Why is no one building a modern steam car? They have great torque

>>17578272
They are dangerous as fuck

In 1906 the Land Speed Record was broken by a Stanley steam car, piloted by Fred Marriott, which achieved 127 mph (204 km/h)

It got 15 mpg on Kerosone.

Surely a modern steam car could beat that easily.

>>17578272
Nobody has the money to build them and the government would probably outlaw them to protect the Big Three because >muh too big to fail.

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1924 Doble Steam Car

sorry got that mixed up
This one got 15 mpg on kerosene

>>17578277
Maybe possible to make them safer with modern engineering?

Somebody build a steam powered Twingo please

>>17578278
This sounds far easier than it is. Speed records require all revs and power and the correct gear ratios, and steam engines are all torque and no revs. Even diesels suffer from the same issues despite being very similar to gasoline engines, and to this day the diesel motorcycle speed record is only 130 mph.

>>17578289
people cant maintain a car that tells you exactly whats wrong and when to change the oil, do you think they can take care of a high pressure steam system?
>spoiler: no, see rotaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUg_ukBwsyo

>>17578312
Modern digital sensors

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>>17578272
They are inefficient since the carnot efficiency of a steam engine can not be as high as the one of a internal combustion engine.
That is basic thermodynamics...
The only benifit I can see is biofuel aka wood.

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Meanwhile in Sweden

loving the quiet operation
quieter than a modern ICE

>>17578336
Even if it doesn't beat modern ICE, 15-20 mpg is not unreasonable and you can use all sorts of fuel, like propane

>>17578344
Except for the fact, that ICEs can run on propane as well...

>>17578360
ICE are loud
Steam is nice and quiet and gets 1000 lbft of Torque

>>17578371
>loud
Depends on silencer in exaust system
>muh torque
That´s why you have a gearbox...

>>17578272
You see all of those knobs? Can you confidently tune a carburetor? What if you missed a dial and instead of an off idle hesitation you explode.
Thats why no mo steam.

Why has nobody mentioned the fact that they run on fucking STEAM?
That's made from WATER.
Do you really want to have a 500 gallon water tank that needs to be refilled more often than your fuel tank?

>>17579740
They run on water and fuel...

>>17578331
cars have a literal text and picture display that tell them "OIL CHANGE DUE" and "LOW LEFT FRONT TIRE PRESSURE" and shit like that and they STILL cant fucking take care of their cars. now add a high pressure steam vessel in the mix that can explode and kill or burn the shit out of people in a small radius and you have a recipe for a bigger disaster than giving everyone flying cars.

>>17579913
My point being that they may get 15mpg on the kerosene, but it uses 10 gallons of water per mile.

>>17579973
Ok, I missunderstood your point.
Also condensers where a thing in later steam cars , wich reduced the required amouunt of water significantly.