ChevyMan1972 Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 Everyone, Saw this video on how much fuel flow's into a 8000 hp engine. WOW!!! Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3.1cutlass Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 Everyone, Saw this video on how much fuel flow's into a 8000 hp engine. WOW!!! Dan If you read the description thats just for ONE cylinder!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fubar231 Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 Holy crap that is a shitload of fuel. 8 cylinders using 64 Gallons per minute... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossle Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 So how much fuel do they carry on a run if you figure all the idleing, the burnout and the run? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Removed Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 (edited) So how much fuel do they carry on a run if you figure all the idleing, the burnout and the run? if you watched it, they did idle it, burnout, and then the run. and its a few gallons, im thinking 15 iirc Edited January 26, 2010 by Removed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWW$HEEET Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 I thought they burned around 30 gal. per run? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Removed Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 Actually, during the run itself, from the time the driver floors the pedal to the finish, it will use about 1.1 gallon per second times 4.4 sec equals 5 gallons. Start-up, burnout, backup, and idling will consume at least five more. If they have to idle for an extra ten seconds during staging, etc., they barely have enough for the run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Main3s Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 Christ! So we're est. that they burn 5 gallons per qtr mile. 20 MPG isn't bad, but 20 GPM is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 Actually, during the run itself, from the time the driver floors the pedal to the finish, it will use about 1.1 gallon per second times 4.4 sec equals 5 gallons. Start-up, burnout, backup, and idling will consume at least five more. If they have to idle for an extra ten seconds during staging, etc., they barely have enough for the run. and sometimes if they have a staging duel the NHRA offical will shut them down because they don't have enough to make the run and the cars can blow up. at least thats what they said the 2 times i have seen that happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossle Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 if you watched it, they did idle it, burnout, and then the run. and its a few gallons, im thinking 15 iirc Huh, that's pretty interesting. Not a drag guy here at all obviously...it would be neat to look at one up close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Removed Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 Huh, that's pretty interesting. Not a drag guy here at all obviously...it would be neat to look at one up close. take a closer look at those engines. they run dual magnetos. during the burn out you can see how raw fuel will dump from the headers. after they back up, they turn on the other mag system. then you can watch the pipes clear up. after it runs for 30-40 seconds, it needs rebuilt also. but that kind of racing, IMO just seems like throwing money away. but major cool still. watch this close to the end, you can tell when the second mag comes on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossle Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 It's interesting seeing how people get that much power out of an engine, then when you break down what all has to go into the engine to make it run at those power levels is just crazy. That's still really interesting... I also watched the one video about the warm up procedure, which was neat to see how some of the mechanicals work in the cockpit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avenger1647545502 Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 And each of those Magnetos is sending 44amps to the plugs...whose electrodes are vaporized to stubs in the first 1.25-1.5 seconds of the run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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