Hey.

I found this picture today, taken on a trip we did earlier in the year to the south of France and the Nürburgring in Germany (which I'm taking my RX-8 to in a few weeks).

Now, I'm sure there isn't a jet engine under the bonnet of that thing... I'm assuming it's just a different kind of engine? Jet engine fuel is just Kerosene or something similar, isn't it?

Can anyone shed any light on this?

http://www.rx8club.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=58182

It's a diesel. They run perfectly well on Avtur (Jet fuel).

Probably just a joke.

Av gas is used at the drag strip some times for the higher octane, added power.

Hey.

I found this picture today, taken on a trip we did earlier in the year to the south of France and the Nürburgring in Germany (which I'm taking my RX-8 to in a few weeks).

Now, I'm sure there isn't a jet engine under the bonnet of that thing... I'm assuming it's just a different kind of engine? Jet engine fuel is just Kerosene or something similar, isn't it?

Can anyone shed any light on this?

http://www.rx8club.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=58182

No joke. It's an airport agency car. They'll have access to loads of waste jet fuel.

Doubt it was a joke - this was in France, and the car Aéroport d'Avignon on the side - it's an 'official' car for the nearby airport.

Edit: Beaten to it!

No joke. It's an airport agency car. They'll have access to loads of waste jet fuel.

So will the car/engine have been modified at all do you think, or just a bog-standard diesel?

It will run perfectly well bog standard.