GSXRAntwon Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 This info is amazing! 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. The current Top Fuel dragster elapsed time record is 4.441 seconds for the quarter-mile (10/05/03, Tony Schumacher). The top speed record is 333.00 MPH (533 km/h) as measured over the last 66' of the run (09/28/03, Doug Kalitta). Putting this all into perspective: You are driving the average $140,000 Lingenfelter twin-turbo powered Corvette Z06. Over a mile up the road, a Top Fuel dragster is staged & ready to launch down a quarter-mile strip as you pass. You have the advantage of a flying start. You run the 'Vette hard up through the gears and blast across the starting line & pass the dragster at an honest 200 MPH. The 'tree' goes green for both of you at that moment. The dragster launches & starts after you. You keep your foot down hard, but you hear an incredibly brutal whine that sears your eardrums & within 3 seconds the dragster catches & passes you. He beats you to the finish line, a quarter-mile away from where you just passed him. Think about it - from a standing start, the dragster had spotted you 200 MPH & not only caught, but nearly blasted you off the road when he passed you within a mere 1320 foot long race! That's acceleration! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMeanGreen Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 Thanks for explaining how my car works to everyone, I appreiate it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSXRAntwon Posted June 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 Thanks for explaining how my car works to everyone, I appreiate it Is this Linn posting under Anthony's name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorne Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 Shit but can it 40 roll? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam1647545489 Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 * 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. Sounds like my fucking work truck.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMeanGreen Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 Lol, I use a half tank at the track with ten passes. That equivalates to about 1.1 gallons per pass or .27mpg :grin2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mensan Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23177&highlight=top+fuel+dragster http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20699&highlight=top+fuel+dragster http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6860&highlight=top+fuel+dragster http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7311&highlight=top+fuel+dragster http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8421&highlight=top+fuel+dragster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 if you guys want me to translate what eli posted without even having to click the links it would go something like this repost of a repost of a repost of a repost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfunnyryan Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 * 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. These cars dont even have that big of a gas tank, and they are spending 5 seconds going down the track, so that would be 56 gallons. I looked it up and the real number is 1 1/2 gallons per second. Someone somewhere typo'd it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sol740 Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 That really put things into perspective for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mensan Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 if you guys want me to translate what eli posted without even having to click the links it would go something like this repost of a repost of a repost of a repost I'm not hatin', I'm just sayin'. No matter how many times it gets posted, it's still cool though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mopar Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 i remember hearing that 8gs is equal to the weight of a dump truck siting on you. sounds inaccurate though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jelloman4571647545499 Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 great now people are going to try and build a top fuel dragster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerTurbo Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 Lol, I use a half tank at the track with ten passes. That equivalates to about 1.1 gallons per pass or .27mpg :grin2: 1.1 / .25 mile = 4.4 gal / mile 1 mile / 4.4 gal = .227 mpg Unless you're somehow calculating pit's, staging, and the shutdown area in your calc's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koolrayz Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 There is a one hour show on the history channel on top fuel dragsters. Anyone else seen it? I thought they burned around 15 gallons a pass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMeanGreen Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 1.1 / .25 mile = 4.4 gal / mile 1 mile / 4.4 gal = .227 mpg Unless you're somehow calculating pit's, staging, and the shutdown area in your calc's. It wasn't exactly 1.1, it was rounded up. The .27 was actually like .26573 or some shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirks5oh Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 very interesting info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 no matter how many times i read that (and as eli pointed out, its been about a dozen times now) its still cool. last time the debate was as to wether or not the last bit with the corvette was actually true in scientific terms. interesting math in that. ant wishes his car was cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 how you gonna take advice from a man that got a 1250 on his SAT? man, you know i was sick that day! sick? youd have to have a damn anuerysm to get a 1250 on your sat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 sometimes i feel just like those black kids, only reversed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EM1 2ENVY Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 nice find antown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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