Hybrid square steel tube spaceframe with bonded carbon composite panels
Powertrain
Engine
Two JCB444 common rail injection diesel engines with twin compound turbochargers and intercoolers
Transmission
Forward transmission and final drive connected to forward engine; rear transmission and final drive unit connected to rear engine
Dimensions
Wheelbase
5.9 m
Length
9.1 m
Width
1.15 m
Height
0.98 m to canopy; 1.34 m to fin tip
Curb weight
2.7 tonnes
JCB Dieselmax on display at the British International Motor Show
The JCB Dieselmax is a streamliner car designed for the purpose of breaking the land speed record for a diesel-engined vehicle.
The car was built for JCB, a British multinational equipment company. As of 2018, the car holds the world diesel-powered land speed record, having been driven to over 350 miles per hour (560 km/h) by Wing Commander Andy Green in 2006.[1]
^"JCB Dieselmax: world's fastest diesel". Autocar. Haymarket Media Group. 22 August 2006. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
JCBDieselmax is a streamliner car designed for the purpose of breaking the land speed record for a diesel-engined vehicle. The car was built for JCB...
aerodynamics of the land speed record-holding vehicles, ThrustSSC and JCBDieselmax, and was Chief Aerodynamicist for the Bloodhound SSC. Born in Westminster...
A JCB Fastrac appeared in news coverage of the JCBDieselmax land speed record car, pushing it to its 30 mph starting speed. In 2019 a modified JCB Fastrac...
intercoolers for each stage of the turbocharging/supercharging, such as in the JCBDieselmax land speed record racing car. Some aircraft engines also use an intercooler...
dubbed "The Fox". 29 May Ron Ayers, 92, English engineer (ThrustSSC, JCBDieselmax). Sir Mansel Aylward, 81, public health physician and academic John...
miles per hour (563.418 km/h) at Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, in the JCBDieselmax with the aid of a diesel engine designed with Ricardo combustion-chamber...
Standard International) is to the east of Rugeley in Armitage with Handsacre; JCB Cab Systems was next to the A51 on the Riverside Industrial Estate. The UK...
coming from the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP diesel powered racer. In 2006, the JCBDieselmax broke the diesel land speed record posting an average speed of over...
riding accident. 29 May – Ron Ayers, 92, English engineer (ThrustSSC, JCBDieselmax). 30 May – Geoff Follin [sv], 58, English video game composer (Silver...
Sox, Milwaukee Brewers). Ron Ayers, 92, English engineer (ThrustSSC, JCBDieselmax). Sir Mansel Aylward, 81, Welsh physician and academic, chair of Public...
Retrieved 9 February 2022. Engine Specification Sheet: 430 DIESELMAX Stage V 55kW (74hp) Base (PDF). JCB Power Systems. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2022...
JCB raced the specially designed JCBDieselmax car at 563.4 km/h (350.1 mph). The driver was Andy Green and the car was powered by two modified JCB 444...
November 2006). The World's Fastest Diesel: The Inside Story of the JCBDieselmax Land Speed Record Success. UK: J H Haynes & Co Ltd. ISBN 1-84425-420-8...
Demon: Wheel-driven land speed record of 439 mph (706.5 km/h) (2012) JCBDieselmax: Diesel-powered land speed record of 350 miles per hour (560 km/h) (2006)...
Attack Rocky Robinson 25 Sep 2010 FIM Diesel-powered 563.998 350.452 JCBDieselMax Andy Green 23 Aug 2006 FIA Electric-powered 550.627 342.144 Venturi...
27, 2010. "Cheshire's Anson Engine Museum Displays the Award Winning JCBDieselmax | Culture24". Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2010-10-27...
formerly of the Williams Formula One team who recently worked on the JCBDieselmax car which in August 2006 set a new diesel land speed record. The revised...
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