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Yeap it's insane. Chris Harris did a great video a few years back on the engineering side of things as well as a run in Andy Green's acrobatics plane to give an idea of the forces your body is under during a supersonic run. Its well worth a watch if you haven't seen it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4AyytkpiB0
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Supercharged 5.0 xkr engine, before it was a cosworth 2.4 f1 engine.
The engine drives a pump that provides the rocket with fuel (9 gallons? a second or something like that)
EDIT : https://www.bloodhoundlsr.com/ for all the details as they are in South Africa NOW!!!!
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See that the Bloodhound SSC project is back on, next test is to get it up to 500mph, but here's a little factoid I've just learned; the jet engine needs so much fuel that it's using a 560bhp Jag V8 as a fuel pump!