A lot of the outlaw guys mount the turbos right up front behind the bumper with the turbo inlets facing forward like this: (Tim Lynch FTW also)
Top fuels run in the 4s, don't see why you would want to go faster than that. I think that the outlaw cars are the most fun to watch anyways.
Definitely not as bad as the murder video, but that's still fucked up. I've never heard a sound like that, and the dude was on fire.
It's not sickening, just sad to see. I don't think he realized what he did until it was too late.