lets see, run 1860' with 7000hp...
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/741879ee-250e-42ae-8707-984d00d9fa21.htm
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/741879ee-250e-42ae-8707-984d00d9fa21.htm
amazing drag racing footage... everyone survived...
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Empty Pockets
ex-GT Owner
When things go bad on the 'strip - they go bad in a hurry...
It's absolutely amazing no one was killed in any of those events.
It's absolutely amazing no one was killed in any of those events.
fjpikul
GT Owner
My wife doesn't know any better - I'm going to show her this and tell it's Indy. Maybe she'll change her mind about coming.
FlorIdaho Chris
Yeah, I've got one.
Luxury&Exotics
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dgussin1
Well-known member
That was bugging me as well, I tried every possible combination of 1/4, 1/2, and 3/4 mile trying to figure out of he included the return road in the math. :lol
Empty Pockets
ex-GT Owner
I 'figgered' he was including the "shut down" area some of 'em traveled thru.
But, what the heck. His point was correct even if his "feet" weren't!
But, what the heck. His point was correct even if his "feet" weren't!
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KMCBOSS
RED GT owner
FYI, Top Fuel Dragster Trivia
One TF dragster's 500-inch Hemi makes more horsepower than the first 8 rows at the Daytona 500.
Under full throttle, a dragster engine consumes 1 1/2 gallons of nitro per second, the same rate of fuel consumption as a fully loaded 747 but with 4 times the energy volume.
A stock hemi will not produce enough power to drive the dragster's supercharger.
Even with nearly 3000 CFM of air being rammed in by the supercharger on overdrive, the fuel mixture is compressed into nearly-solid form before ignition. Cylinders run on the verge of hydraulic lock.
Dual magnetos apply 44 amps to each spark plug. This is the output of an arc welder in each cylinder.
At stoichiometric (exact) 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture(for nitro), the flame front of nitromethane measures 7050 degrees F.
Nitromethane 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.
Spark plug electrodes are totally consumed during a pass. After ½ 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 those cylinders and then explodes with a force that can blow cylinder heads off the block in pieces or split the block in half.
To exceed 300 mph in 4.5 seconds dragsters must accelerate at an average of over 4G's. But in reaching 200 mph well before ½ track, launch acceleration is closer to 8G's.
If all the equipment is paid off, the crew worked for free, and for once NOTHING BLOWS UP, each run costs $1000.00 per second.
Dragsters reach over 300 miles per hour before you have completed reading this sentence.
Top Fuel Engines turn ONLY 540 revolutions from light to light!
The redline is actually quite high at 9500rpm
The current TF dragster elapsed time record is 4.477 seconds for the quarter mile (06/02/01 Kenny Bernstein)
Putting all of this in perspective:
You are driving in your FORD GT. Over a mile up the road, a Top Fuel dragster is staged and ready to launch down a quarter mile strip as you pass. You have the advantage of a flying start, but you still run the GT hard up through the gears and blast across the starting line and past the dragster at an honest 200 mph. At this moment, the dragster launches and starts after you. You keep your foot hard down, but you hear an incredibly brutal whine that sears your eardrums and within seconds the dragster catches and passes you. He beats you to the finish line, a quarter mile away from where you passed him.
One TF dragster's 500-inch Hemi makes more horsepower than the first 8 rows at the Daytona 500.
Under full throttle, a dragster engine consumes 1 1/2 gallons of nitro per second, the same rate of fuel consumption as a fully loaded 747 but with 4 times the energy volume.
A stock hemi will not produce enough power to drive the dragster's supercharger.
Even with nearly 3000 CFM of air being rammed in by the supercharger on overdrive, the fuel mixture is compressed into nearly-solid form before ignition. Cylinders run on the verge of hydraulic lock.
Dual magnetos apply 44 amps to each spark plug. This is the output of an arc welder in each cylinder.
At stoichiometric (exact) 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture(for nitro), the flame front of nitromethane measures 7050 degrees F.
Nitromethane 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.
Spark plug electrodes are totally consumed during a pass. After ½ 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 those cylinders and then explodes with a force that can blow cylinder heads off the block in pieces or split the block in half.
To exceed 300 mph in 4.5 seconds dragsters must accelerate at an average of over 4G's. But in reaching 200 mph well before ½ track, launch acceleration is closer to 8G's.
If all the equipment is paid off, the crew worked for free, and for once NOTHING BLOWS UP, each run costs $1000.00 per second.
Dragsters reach over 300 miles per hour before you have completed reading this sentence.
Top Fuel Engines turn ONLY 540 revolutions from light to light!
The redline is actually quite high at 9500rpm
The current TF dragster elapsed time record is 4.477 seconds for the quarter mile (06/02/01 Kenny Bernstein)
Putting all of this in perspective:
You are driving in your FORD GT. Over a mile up the road, a Top Fuel dragster is staged and ready to launch down a quarter mile strip as you pass. You have the advantage of a flying start, but you still run the GT hard up through the gears and blast across the starting line and past the dragster at an honest 200 mph. At this moment, the dragster launches and starts after you. You keep your foot hard down, but you hear an incredibly brutal whine that sears your eardrums and within seconds the dragster catches and passes you. He beats you to the finish line, a quarter mile away from where you passed him.