Jim 1 Posted July 1, 2016 Awesome clip showing what 850BHP vs 10,000BHP looks like on a 1/4 mile drag strip.... https://streamable.com/7pxa :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robrado974 1 Posted July 2, 2016 Tell you what , it must take some balls to drive them . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VAG-hag 0 Posted July 2, 2016 Good find. That's bonkers! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oli1vw 0 Posted July 2, 2016 Epic. What a starting sound. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cmalyan 11 Posted July 2, 2016 Wow, just wow... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim 1 Posted July 2, 2016 This makes for interesting reading too.. some facts about top fuel dragsters.. One Top Fuel dragster 500 cubic-inch Hemi engine makes more horsepower than the first 4 rows at the Daytona 500. Under full throttle, a dragster engine consumes 11.2 gallons of nitro methane per second; a fully loaded 747 consumes jet fuel at the same rate with 25% less energy being produced. A stock Dodge Hemi V8 engine cannot produce enough power to merely drive the dragster’s supercharger. With 3000 CFM of air being rammed in by the supercharger on overdrive, the fuel mixture is compressed into a near-solid form before ignition. Cylinders run on the verge of hydraulic lock at full throttle. At the stoichiometric 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture for nitro methane the flame front temperature measures 7050 degrees F. Nitro methane burns yellow. The spectacular white flame seen above the stacks at night is raw burning hydrogen, dissociated from atmospheric water vapor by the searing exhaust gases. Dual magnetos supply 44 amps to each spark plug. This is the output of an arc welder in each cylinder. Spark plug electrodes are totally consumed during a pass. After 1/2 way, the engine is dieseling from compression plus the glow of exhaust valves at 1400 degrees F. The engine can only be shut down by cutting the fuel flow. If spark momentarily fails early in the run, unburned nitro builds up in the affected cylinders and then explodes with sufficient force to blow cylinder heads off the block in pieces or split the block in half. Dragsters reach over 300 MPH before you have completed reading this sentence. In order to exceed 300 MPH in 4.5 seconds, dragsters must accelerate an average of over 4 G’s. In order to reach 200 MPH well before half-track, the launch acceleration approaches 8 G’s. Top Fuel engines turn approximately 540 revolutions from light to light! Including the burnout, the engine must only survive 900 revolutions under load. The redline is actually quite high at 9500 RPM. THE BOTTOM LINE: Assuming all the equipment is paid off, the crew worked for free, & for once, NOTHING BLOWS UP, each run costs an estimated $1,000 per second. Mental. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dragon green 4 Posted July 2, 2016 If you've never experienced Top fuel racing LIVE, it's a must do,it's that noisy,your chest vibrates ! Until you see them with your own eyes,you'll never understand how fast they are ! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harrier 1 Posted July 2, 2016 I have been to Santa Pod and seen some dragsters along with Vw's and other stuff at Vw action. Not sure what level of performance they were compared to that one above but they are brilliant. Planning to take my sons to Santa Pod this summer, think they will love it too 8) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
