Chopshop85

iTrader: (4)

Don't know if this is a repost or not...however:

2,400bhp
6.9 second quarter mile @ 210mph..... with 10mpg, electric windows and cup holders!!!

http://www.streetlegaltv.com/forum/y...reet-5652.html

dojj

iTrader: (3)

There's a link to msd leads there too

Properly mental though of a 1 second 0-60

Chip

iTrader: (3)

You do know thats a totally different company to Stu's one?

Chip

iTrader: (3)

That really is a work of art, show car and drag car rolled into one and genuinely street useable too.

cool as fuck

Fiddy

Thats stunning. love the bonnet for the turbos

Chopshop85

iTrader: (4)

its the 10mpg I can't get my head round. for 2,400bhp thats some amazing mpg.

Pete frst

Beat me to it,that's the first thing i noticed............

obviously you beat me to it,coss you fucking posted it...........durrr

Chip

iTrader: (3)

His old blue one did 20mpg+ and was still fucking awesome performance wise although not this quick, just been reading about it.

Love the old split window ones.

dug112y

iTrader: (1)

his 10mpg will be tootling along at 2400 revs though....on a quarter mile run a dragster uses about 8 gallon at full crack so its 32 gallons per mile!!!!!

Chip

iTrader: (3)

Well it sure as fuck isnt during running the quarter mile in 6 seconds, that'll be more like gallons to the mile

dug112y

iTrader: (1)

dragster facts...some of this is unreal


* One dragster's 500-inch Hemi makes more horsepower then the first 8 rows at Daytona.

* 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.

* The supercharger takes more power to drive than a stock hemi makes.

* 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 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 off its 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 blow the block in half.

* Dragsters twist the crank (torsionally) so far (20 degrees in the big end of the track) that sometimes cam lobes are ground offset from front to rear to re-phase the valve timing somewhere closer to synchronization with the pistons.

* To exceed 300mph in 4.5 seconds dragsters must accelerate at an average of over 4G's. But in reaching 200 mph well before 1/2 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 read this sentence.

Did you know …

… that the nitromethane-powered engines of NHRA Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars produce approximately 7,000 horsepower, about 37 times that of the average street car?

… that one cylinder of the eight cylinders of a Top Fuel dragster or a Funny Car produces 750 horsepower, equaling the entire horsepower output of a NASCAR engine?

… that the gasoline-powered engines of NHRA Pro Stock cars produce about 1,200 horsepower, about eight times that of the average street car?

… that an NHRA Top Fuel dragster accelerates from 0 to 100 mph in less than .8-second, almost 11 seconds quicker than it takes a production Porsche 911 Turbo to reach the same speed?

… that an NHRA Top Fuel dragster leaves the starting line with a force nearly five times that of gravity, the same force of the space shuttle when it leaves the launching pad at Cape Canaveral?

… that an NHRA Funny Car is slowed by a reverse force more than seven times that of gravity when both parachutes deploy simultaneously?

… that NHRA Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars consume between four and five gallons of fuel during a quarter-mile run, which is equivalent to between 16 and 20 gallons per mile?

… that NHRA Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars use between 10 and 12 gallons of fuel for a complete pass, including the burnout, backup to the starting line, and quarter-mile run?

… that NHRA Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars travel the length of more than four football fields in less than five seconds?

… that NHRA Top Fuel dragsters can exceed 280 mph in just 660 feet?

… that from a standing start, NHRA Top Fuel dragsters accelerate faster than a jumbo jet, a fighter jet, and a Formula One race car?

… that a fuel pump for an NHRA Top Fuel dragster and Funny Car delivers 65 gallons of fuel per minute, equivalent to eight bathroom showers running at the same time?

… that the fuel-line pressure for NHRA Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars is between 400 and 500 pounds, about 20 times greater than the pressure on passenger-car fuel pumps?

… that depending on size and angle, the large rear wing on an NHRA Top Fuel dragster develops between 4,000 and 8,000 pounds of downforce?

… that the 17-inch rear tires used on NHRA Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars wear out after four to six runs, or about two miles? Some brands of passenger-car tires are guaranteed for 80,000 miles.

… that it takes just 15/100ths of a second for all 7,000 horsepower of an NHRA Top Fuel dragster engine to reach the rear wheels?

… that it's desirable for an NHRA Top Fuel dragster to race with its front wheels inches off the ground for about the first 200 feet of the run? This ensures proper weight transfer to the rear wheels, a crucial part of a good launch and quick run.

… that the nitromethane used to power the engines of NHRA Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars costs about $30 per gallon?

AustenW

This held the title beforehand

Larry Larson runs 6.95 @ 209 on Drag Week!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwF-kr91uxU

dug112y

iTrader: (1)

To give you an idea of this acceleration, the current TF dragster
elapsed time record is 4.477 seconds for the quarter mile. This means
that you could be coming across the starting line in your average
Lingenfelter powered "twin-turbo" Corvette at 200 mph (on a FLYING
START) and the dragster would BEAT you to the finish line FROM A DEAD
STOP in a quarter mile distance!

XRT_si

iTrader: (2)

Larson has never held the record as far as I know. He's run a best of 6.93 this year IIRC but that Corvette ran a 6.75 last year and a 6.73 this year, before Larson.

LOVE Larson's car though, more so than the Corvette.

natehall

iTrader: (2)

what is it about Rod's and 200mph + cars

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

Very nice the paintwork is quality too.