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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!!!!
lynx
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!