conclusion that his jet truck is a sham.  Or he's was just  clueless about
his engine choice when he bought it. he dont have money to build one right.
hes living with the engine choice mistake.   He bought a surplus F5 engine
which is underpowered for his truck. A lot underpowered.  I can't say how
much .  Because I dont know how much the truck weighs.  But the thrust to
weight ratio can be used to figure acceleration speeds.    I can guess its
50% to 80% underpowered. Based on the thrust of other drag jet trucks
engines . It would be ok in a light funny car maybe.  But he needs a much
larger engine for the weight he's trying to move in a quarter mile.   I
doubt he could get much past 130 in a quarter mile.  Im thinking he should
accelerate like an airliner. Not a dragster.  They dont let drivers open
them engines up. They dont want compressor blades flying through the crowds.
And they arent required to maintain them for full power runs.  He's just
kinda screwed unless he gets a much larger surplus engine.   He's pretty
much got a truck that needs to be at Bonneville  salt flats to have enough
room to get up to some unknown  speed.   He doesnt have any choice but to
blow smoke and fire and waste gas.  It wont do 300mph runs with that engine
in a quarter mile.  Maybe not even a mile or even at all.