Turbo Mountain, Steel roller coaster at Adventure World in Perth, Australia
Turbo Mountain was a steel roller coaster at Adventure World featuring approximately 420 meters of track with a chain lift system. The ride reached speeds of 57 kilometers per hour and rose 12 meters above the ground.
Turbo Mountain began as a second-hand Schwarzkopf Jet Star 2 at Luna Park Sydney. In 1991 it was moved to Adventure World in Perth, where its spiral lift hill was converted to a standard chain lift for maintenance reasons. It closed and was removed in 2009 to make way for the HUSS Shot'N Drop tower Freefall.
Turbo Mountain was a second-hand Schwarzkopf Jet Star 2, a model also known as the Jet Star 2 that ran at Luna Park Sydney before its 1991 move west. Its spiral lift hill was swapped for a standard chain lift at Adventure World because the original was hard to maintain.
The Jet Star 2 model carried riders in small trains on a compact layout, and the ride's spiral lift was swapped for a standard chain lift in 1991 so maintenance at Adventure World would be simpler. The coaster stood on the park grounds until it was removed in 2009.
The original spiral lift mechanism was replaced with a chain lift system when the coaster was relocated from Sydney to Perth in 1991. This modification changed how riders were transported to the top of the track.
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