Background Information	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Background Information [Abstract]
Background Information	1. Background Information Turbine Truck Engines, Inc. (the "Company") is a development stage enterprise that was incorporated in the state of Delaware on November 27, 2000, and converted to a Nevada corporation. To date, the Company's activities have been limited to raising capital, organizational matters, and the structuring of its business plan. The corporate headquarters is located in Paisley, Florida. The Company's planned line of business will be the design, development, and testing of turbine truck engine technology licensed through Alpha Engines Corporation ("Alpha"). Alpha owns the patents to a new gas turbine engine system called Detonation Cycle Gas Turbine Engine. If the Company can successfully demonstrate a highway truck engine using the technology, the Company intends to form a joint venture with a major heavy duty highway truck manufacturer to manufacture, market, and sell turbine truck engines for use in heavy duty highway trucks throughout the United States.

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