You know, I can't impress upon you enough that if I thought a
surplus jet engine could have beat any dragster, I would have had one.
And that's a fact! Just like this was my car:
http://www.----------.com/temp/dragster.mpg

"L.W.(ßill) ------ III" wrote:
>
> Geez, I wish you'd go see a drag race, and check their fifty foot
> speed. Remember, a jet needs a catapult just to get started off a
> carrier. There's no f**kin' way in hell they could beat super stock car
> at eight seconds.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------

 

You know, I can't impress upon you enough that if I thought a
surplus jet engine could have beat any dragster, I would have had one.
And that's a fact! Just like this was my car:
http://www.----------.com/temp/dragster.mpg

"L.W.(ßill) ------ III" wrote:
>
> Geez, I wish you'd go see a drag race, and check their fifty foot
> speed. Remember, a jet needs a catapult just to get started off a
> carrier. There's no f**kin' way in hell they could beat super stock car
> at eight seconds.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------

 

You know, I can't impress upon you enough that if I thought a
surplus jet engine could have beat any dragster, I would have had one.
And that's a fact! Just like this was my car:
http://www.----------.com/temp/dragster.mpg

"L.W.(ßill) ------ III" wrote:
>
> Geez, I wish you'd go see a drag race, and check their fifty foot
> speed. Remember, a jet needs a catapult just to get started off a
> carrier. There's no f**kin' way in hell they could beat super stock car
> at eight seconds.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------

 

Bill,
Do you know the difference between a rocket car and a jet car? I did not say
that the jets were banned, in fact I went to see them at the local track
just a few weeks ago. I do still remember going to watch my first drag race
at the same track 28 years ago, and the ROCKET car that was there that night
ran a 4.93 ET at 344 MPH. This was 28 years ago when the Top Fuel cars still
had the short wings, they shifted gears, and they didn't have the lockup
clutches like they do now. Also thousands fewer ponies too. I can't say what
the TF cars were running back then, but I do know that the 4 second barrier
was not broken until Eddie Hill did it the week after the US Nationals in
1988. He broke the 4 second barrier at the Texas Motorplex running a 4.93ET
if my memory serves me correctly. I was at Indy that year, and Gene Snow and
I believe Joe Amato were in the finals. Snow had run a 5.002 in the semi
finals, and said he would get the 4 in the final, but his throttle linkage
broke right after he launched. Anyway, my point here is that the rocket cars
had got so fast, and I believe I remember hearing about a run that was over
400MPH and in the very low 4 second range, but that I am not sure of. I
think that was when all of the sanctioning bodies started banning the
rockets. Also, the Jets do sometimes hit a higher top speed than the TF
cars, but I haven't seen or heard of a jet that is close to a TF car as far
as ET is concerned, and ET is what counts. Now, I'm sure if someone built an
unlimited jet car based on the newest jet technology, it might be a
different story. I did find this page that only shows the records for a
particular track.

http://www.mirdrag.com/records.htm

It shows a 3 tenths of a second difference in favor of the TF car. This ET
difference at 300MPH equates to 132 feet! Not my imagination at all.

Chris



"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:42DFEC7B.C2AB11A3@***.net...
> So Chris, what does your imagination tell a jet's standing quarter mile
> ET is? If NHRA banned them I'm glad, they use to take so...... much time
> away from serious drag racing. I been on the drag strip with them, and
> took 8 mm pictures of them while they were there, couldn't even get them
> in the same frame when the light turned green:
> http://www.----------.com/temp/jetDragster.mpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> c wrote:
> >
> > You might be thinking of the rocket cars that NHRA banned several years
ago.
> > The jets do not compare to the current Top Fuel cars.
> >
> > Chris

 

Bill,
Do you know the difference between a rocket car and a jet car? I did not say
that the jets were banned, in fact I went to see them at the local track
just a few weeks ago. I do still remember going to watch my first drag race
at the same track 28 years ago, and the ROCKET car that was there that night
ran a 4.93 ET at 344 MPH. This was 28 years ago when the Top Fuel cars still
had the short wings, they shifted gears, and they didn't have the lockup
clutches like they do now. Also thousands fewer ponies too. I can't say what
the TF cars were running back then, but I do know that the 4 second barrier
was not broken until Eddie Hill did it the week after the US Nationals in
1988. He broke the 4 second barrier at the Texas Motorplex running a 4.93ET
if my memory serves me correctly. I was at Indy that year, and Gene Snow and
I believe Joe Amato were in the finals. Snow had run a 5.002 in the semi
finals, and said he would get the 4 in the final, but his throttle linkage
broke right after he launched. Anyway, my point here is that the rocket cars
had got so fast, and I believe I remember hearing about a run that was over
400MPH and in the very low 4 second range, but that I am not sure of. I
think that was when all of the sanctioning bodies started banning the
rockets. Also, the Jets do sometimes hit a higher top speed than the TF
cars, but I haven't seen or heard of a jet that is close to a TF car as far
as ET is concerned, and ET is what counts. Now, I'm sure if someone built an
unlimited jet car based on the newest jet technology, it might be a
different story. I did find this page that only shows the records for a
particular track.

http://www.mirdrag.com/records.htm

It shows a 3 tenths of a second difference in favor of the TF car. This ET
difference at 300MPH equates to 132 feet! Not my imagination at all.

Chris



"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:42DFEC7B.C2AB11A3@***.net...
> So Chris, what does your imagination tell a jet's standing quarter mile
> ET is? If NHRA banned them I'm glad, they use to take so...... much time
> away from serious drag racing. I been on the drag strip with them, and
> took 8 mm pictures of them while they were there, couldn't even get them
> in the same frame when the light turned green:
> http://www.----------.com/temp/jetDragster.mpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> c wrote:
> >
> > You might be thinking of the rocket cars that NHRA banned several years
ago.
> > The jets do not compare to the current Top Fuel cars.
> >
> > Chris

 

Bill,
Do you know the difference between a rocket car and a jet car? I did not say
that the jets were banned, in fact I went to see them at the local track
just a few weeks ago. I do still remember going to watch my first drag race
at the same track 28 years ago, and the ROCKET car that was there that night
ran a 4.93 ET at 344 MPH. This was 28 years ago when the Top Fuel cars still
had the short wings, they shifted gears, and they didn't have the lockup
clutches like they do now. Also thousands fewer ponies too. I can't say what
the TF cars were running back then, but I do know that the 4 second barrier
was not broken until Eddie Hill did it the week after the US Nationals in
1988. He broke the 4 second barrier at the Texas Motorplex running a 4.93ET
if my memory serves me correctly. I was at Indy that year, and Gene Snow and
I believe Joe Amato were in the finals. Snow had run a 5.002 in the semi
finals, and said he would get the 4 in the final, but his throttle linkage
broke right after he launched. Anyway, my point here is that the rocket cars
had got so fast, and I believe I remember hearing about a run that was over
400MPH and in the very low 4 second range, but that I am not sure of. I
think that was when all of the sanctioning bodies started banning the
rockets. Also, the Jets do sometimes hit a higher top speed than the TF
cars, but I haven't seen or heard of a jet that is close to a TF car as far
as ET is concerned, and ET is what counts. Now, I'm sure if someone built an
unlimited jet car based on the newest jet technology, it might be a
different story. I did find this page that only shows the records for a
particular track.

http://www.mirdrag.com/records.htm

It shows a 3 tenths of a second difference in favor of the TF car. This ET
difference at 300MPH equates to 132 feet! Not my imagination at all.

Chris



"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:42DFEC7B.C2AB11A3@***.net...
> So Chris, what does your imagination tell a jet's standing quarter mile
> ET is? If NHRA banned them I'm glad, they use to take so...... much time
> away from serious drag racing. I been on the drag strip with them, and
> took 8 mm pictures of them while they were there, couldn't even get them
> in the same frame when the light turned green:
> http://www.----------.com/temp/jetDragster.mpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> c wrote:
> >
> > You might be thinking of the rocket cars that NHRA banned several years
ago.
> > The jets do not compare to the current Top Fuel cars.
> >
> > Chris

 

Bill,
Do you know the difference between a rocket car and a jet car? I did not say
that the jets were banned, in fact I went to see them at the local track
just a few weeks ago. I do still remember going to watch my first drag race
at the same track 28 years ago, and the ROCKET car that was there that night
ran a 4.93 ET at 344 MPH. This was 28 years ago when the Top Fuel cars still
had the short wings, they shifted gears, and they didn't have the lockup
clutches like they do now. Also thousands fewer ponies too. I can't say what
the TF cars were running back then, but I do know that the 4 second barrier
was not broken until Eddie Hill did it the week after the US Nationals in
1988. He broke the 4 second barrier at the Texas Motorplex running a 4.93ET
if my memory serves me correctly. I was at Indy that year, and Gene Snow and
I believe Joe Amato were in the finals. Snow had run a 5.002 in the semi
finals, and said he would get the 4 in the final, but his throttle linkage
broke right after he launched. Anyway, my point here is that the rocket cars
had got so fast, and I believe I remember hearing about a run that was over
400MPH and in the very low 4 second range, but that I am not sure of. I
think that was when all of the sanctioning bodies started banning the
rockets. Also, the Jets do sometimes hit a higher top speed than the TF
cars, but I haven't seen or heard of a jet that is close to a TF car as far
as ET is concerned, and ET is what counts. Now, I'm sure if someone built an
unlimited jet car based on the newest jet technology, it might be a
different story. I did find this page that only shows the records for a
particular track.

http://www.mirdrag.com/records.htm

It shows a 3 tenths of a second difference in favor of the TF car. This ET
difference at 300MPH equates to 132 feet! Not my imagination at all.

Chris



"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:42DFEC7B.C2AB11A3@***.net...
> So Chris, what does your imagination tell a jet's standing quarter mile
> ET is? If NHRA banned them I'm glad, they use to take so...... much time
> away from serious drag racing. I been on the drag strip with them, and
> took 8 mm pictures of them while they were there, couldn't even get them
> in the same frame when the light turned green:
> http://www.----------.com/temp/jetDragster.mpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> c wrote:
> >
> > You might be thinking of the rocket cars that NHRA banned several years
ago.
> > The jets do not compare to the current Top Fuel cars.
> >
> > Chris

 

So put your money where you month is, it's only a half second away
at National Hot Rod Association's
http://www.nhra.com/stats/natrecord.html Until then you don't mind if I
be Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A** Off! waiting for you, of course
I guess we could always go twelve cylinders. ROTFLMAO!!!!!!
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

c wrote:
>
> Bill,
> Do you know the difference between a rocket car and a jet car? I did not say
> that the jets were banned, in fact I went to see them at the local track
> just a few weeks ago. I do still remember going to watch my first drag race
> at the same track 28 years ago, and the ROCKET car that was there that night
> ran a 4.93 ET at 344 MPH. This was 28 years ago when the Top Fuel cars still
> had the short wings, they shifted gears, and they didn't have the lockup
> clutches like they do now. Also thousands fewer ponies too. I can't say what
> the TF cars were running back then, but I do know that the 4 second barrier
> was not broken until Eddie Hill did it the week after the US Nationals in
> 1988. He broke the 4 second barrier at the Texas Motorplex running a 4.93ET
> if my memory serves me correctly. I was at Indy that year, and Gene Snow and
> I believe Joe Amato were in the finals. Snow had run a 5.002 in the semi
> finals, and said he would get the 4 in the final, but his throttle linkage
> broke right after he launched. Anyway, my point here is that the rocket cars
> had got so fast, and I believe I remember hearing about a run that was over
> 400MPH and in the very low 4 second range, but that I am not sure of. I
> think that was when all of the sanctioning bodies started banning the
> rockets. Also, the Jets do sometimes hit a higher top speed than the TF
> cars, but I haven't seen or heard of a jet that is close to a TF car as far
> as ET is concerned, and ET is what counts. Now, I'm sure if someone built an
> unlimited jet car based on the newest jet technology, it might be a
> different story. I did find this page that only shows the records for a
> particular track.
>
> http://www.mirdrag.com/records.htm
>
> It shows a 3 tenths of a second difference in favor of the TF car. This ET
> difference at 300MPH equates to 132 feet! Not my imagination at all.
>
> Chris

 

So put your money where you month is, it's only a half second away
at National Hot Rod Association's
http://www.nhra.com/stats/natrecord.html Until then you don't mind if I
be Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A** Off! waiting for you, of course
I guess we could always go twelve cylinders. ROTFLMAO!!!!!!
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

c wrote:
>
> Bill,
> Do you know the difference between a rocket car and a jet car? I did not say
> that the jets were banned, in fact I went to see them at the local track
> just a few weeks ago. I do still remember going to watch my first drag race
> at the same track 28 years ago, and the ROCKET car that was there that night
> ran a 4.93 ET at 344 MPH. This was 28 years ago when the Top Fuel cars still
> had the short wings, they shifted gears, and they didn't have the lockup
> clutches like they do now. Also thousands fewer ponies too. I can't say what
> the TF cars were running back then, but I do know that the 4 second barrier
> was not broken until Eddie Hill did it the week after the US Nationals in
> 1988. He broke the 4 second barrier at the Texas Motorplex running a 4.93ET
> if my memory serves me correctly. I was at Indy that year, and Gene Snow and
> I believe Joe Amato were in the finals. Snow had run a 5.002 in the semi
> finals, and said he would get the 4 in the final, but his throttle linkage
> broke right after he launched. Anyway, my point here is that the rocket cars
> had got so fast, and I believe I remember hearing about a run that was over
> 400MPH and in the very low 4 second range, but that I am not sure of. I
> think that was when all of the sanctioning bodies started banning the
> rockets. Also, the Jets do sometimes hit a higher top speed than the TF
> cars, but I haven't seen or heard of a jet that is close to a TF car as far
> as ET is concerned, and ET is what counts. Now, I'm sure if someone built an
> unlimited jet car based on the newest jet technology, it might be a
> different story. I did find this page that only shows the records for a
> particular track.
>
> http://www.mirdrag.com/records.htm
>
> It shows a 3 tenths of a second difference in favor of the TF car. This ET
> difference at 300MPH equates to 132 feet! Not my imagination at all.
>
> Chris

 

So put your money where you month is, it's only a half second away
at National Hot Rod Association's
http://www.nhra.com/stats/natrecord.html Until then you don't mind if I
be Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A** Off! waiting for you, of course
I guess we could always go twelve cylinders. ROTFLMAO!!!!!!
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

c wrote:
>
> Bill,
> Do you know the difference between a rocket car and a jet car? I did not say
> that the jets were banned, in fact I went to see them at the local track
> just a few weeks ago. I do still remember going to watch my first drag race
> at the same track 28 years ago, and the ROCKET car that was there that night
> ran a 4.93 ET at 344 MPH. This was 28 years ago when the Top Fuel cars still
> had the short wings, they shifted gears, and they didn't have the lockup
> clutches like they do now. Also thousands fewer ponies too. I can't say what
> the TF cars were running back then, but I do know that the 4 second barrier
> was not broken until Eddie Hill did it the week after the US Nationals in
> 1988. He broke the 4 second barrier at the Texas Motorplex running a 4.93ET
> if my memory serves me correctly. I was at Indy that year, and Gene Snow and
> I believe Joe Amato were in the finals. Snow had run a 5.002 in the semi
> finals, and said he would get the 4 in the final, but his throttle linkage
> broke right after he launched. Anyway, my point here is that the rocket cars
> had got so fast, and I believe I remember hearing about a run that was over
> 400MPH and in the very low 4 second range, but that I am not sure of. I
> think that was when all of the sanctioning bodies started banning the
> rockets. Also, the Jets do sometimes hit a higher top speed than the TF
> cars, but I haven't seen or heard of a jet that is close to a TF car as far
> as ET is concerned, and ET is what counts. Now, I'm sure if someone built an
> unlimited jet car based on the newest jet technology, it might be a
> different story. I did find this page that only shows the records for a
> particular track.
>
> http://www.mirdrag.com/records.htm
>
> It shows a 3 tenths of a second difference in favor of the TF car. This ET
> difference at 300MPH equates to 132 feet! Not my imagination at all.
>
> Chris