OT: Dragsters
 

Top Fuel Dragster:

- Dragsters reach over 300 miles per hour before you have completed reading
this sentence.

- 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 1-1/2 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 drive the
dragster 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 (stoichiometry: methodology and technology by which
quantities of reactants and products in chemical reactions are determined)
1.7:1 air/fuel mixture for nitromethane 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 ½ 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.

- In order to exceed 300 mph in 4.5 seconds dragsters must accelerate an
average of over 4G's. In order to reach 200 mph well before half-track, the
launch acceleration approaches 8G'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 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).

- The Bottom Line; Assuming all the equipment is paid off, the crew worked for
free, and for once NOTHING BLOWS UP, each run costs an estimated $1,000.00 per
second.


Putting all of this into perspective: Let's say that you are driving an average
$240,000 NASCAR Winston Cup racecar. Over a mile up the road, a Top Fuel
dragster is staged and ready to launch down a quarter mile strip as you pass.
You have the advantage of a flying start. You run the stock car hard up through
the gears and blast across the starting line and past the dragster at an honest
200 mph. The 'tree' goes green for both of you at that moment.

The dragster launches and starts after you. You keep your foot down hard, but
you hear an incredibly brutal whine that sears your eardrums and within 3
seconds the dragster catches and 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 and not only caught, but
nearly blasted you off the road when he passed you within a mere 1320 foot long
race course.
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Re: OT: Dragsters
 

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can't reproduce the sound that is recorded as an earthquake on rector
scales throughout the world.
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Brian French wrote:
>
> Top Fuel Dragster:
>
> - Dragsters reach over 300 miles per hour before you have completed reading
> this sentence.
>
> - 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 1-1/2 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 drive the
> dragster 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 (stoichiometry: methodology and technology by which
> quantities of reactants and products in chemical reactions are determined)
> 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture for nitromethane 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 ½ 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.
>
> - In order to exceed 300 mph in 4.5 seconds dragsters must accelerate an
> average of over 4G's. In order to reach 200 mph well before half-track, the
> launch acceleration approaches 8G'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 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).
>
> - The Bottom Line; Assuming all the equipment is paid off, the crew worked for
> free, and for once NOTHING BLOWS UP, each run costs an estimated $1,000.00 per
> second.
>
> Putting all of this into perspective: Let's say that you are driving an average
> $240,000 NASCAR Winston Cup racecar. Over a mile up the road, a Top Fuel
> dragster is staged and ready to launch down a quarter mile strip as you pass.
> You have the advantage of a flying start. You run the stock car hard up through
> the gears and blast across the starting line and past the dragster at an honest
> 200 mph. The 'tree' goes green for both of you at that moment.
>
> The dragster launches and starts after you. You keep your foot down hard, but
> you hear an incredibly brutal whine that sears your eardrums and within 3
> seconds the dragster catches and 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 and not only caught, but
> nearly blasted you off the road when he passed you within a mere 1320 foot long
> race course.
> <a href="http://members.aol.com/brimiljeep/WebPages/wwwDriveToWWII.html">
> Brian's Military Jeeps of WWII www.Drive.To/WWII </a>
> <a href="http://members.aol.com:/brimiljeep/WebPages/SquadronPatchPage.html">
> Squadron Patches of WWII </a>

Re: OT: Dragsters
 

Ain't it cool: http://www.nhra.com/2004/multimedia.html Too bad we
can't reproduce the sound that is recorded as an earthquake on rector
scales throughout the world.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Brian French wrote:
>
> Top Fuel Dragster:
>
> - Dragsters reach over 300 miles per hour before you have completed reading
> this sentence.
>
> - 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 1-1/2 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 drive the
> dragster 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 (stoichiometry: methodology and technology by which
> quantities of reactants and products in chemical reactions are determined)
> 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture for nitromethane 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 ½ 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.
>
> - In order to exceed 300 mph in 4.5 seconds dragsters must accelerate an
> average of over 4G's. In order to reach 200 mph well before half-track, the
> launch acceleration approaches 8G'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 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).
>
> - The Bottom Line; Assuming all the equipment is paid off, the crew worked for
> free, and for once NOTHING BLOWS UP, each run costs an estimated $1,000.00 per
> second.
>
> Putting all of this into perspective: Let's say that you are driving an average
> $240,000 NASCAR Winston Cup racecar. Over a mile up the road, a Top Fuel
> dragster is staged and ready to launch down a quarter mile strip as you pass.
> You have the advantage of a flying start. You run the stock car hard up through
> the gears and blast across the starting line and past the dragster at an honest
> 200 mph. The 'tree' goes green for both of you at that moment.
>
> The dragster launches and starts after you. You keep your foot down hard, but
> you hear an incredibly brutal whine that sears your eardrums and within 3
> seconds the dragster catches and 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 and not only caught, but
> nearly blasted you off the road when he passed you within a mere 1320 foot long
> race course.
> <a href="http://members.aol.com/brimiljeep/WebPages/wwwDriveToWWII.html">
> Brian's Military Jeeps of WWII www.Drive.To/WWII </a>
> <a href="http://members.aol.com:/brimiljeep/WebPages/SquadronPatchPage.html">
> Squadron Patches of WWII </a>

Re: OT: Dragsters
 

Ain't it cool: http://www.nhra.com/2004/multimedia.html Too bad we
can't reproduce the sound that is recorded as an earthquake on rector
scales throughout the world.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Brian French wrote:
>
> Top Fuel Dragster:
>
> - Dragsters reach over 300 miles per hour before you have completed reading
> this sentence.
>
> - 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 1-1/2 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 drive the
> dragster 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 (stoichiometry: methodology and technology by which
> quantities of reactants and products in chemical reactions are determined)
> 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture for nitromethane 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 ½ 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.
>
> - In order to exceed 300 mph in 4.5 seconds dragsters must accelerate an
> average of over 4G's. In order to reach 200 mph well before half-track, the
> launch acceleration approaches 8G'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 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).
>
> - The Bottom Line; Assuming all the equipment is paid off, the crew worked for
> free, and for once NOTHING BLOWS UP, each run costs an estimated $1,000.00 per
> second.
>
> Putting all of this into perspective: Let's say that you are driving an average
> $240,000 NASCAR Winston Cup racecar. Over a mile up the road, a Top Fuel
> dragster is staged and ready to launch down a quarter mile strip as you pass.
> You have the advantage of a flying start. You run the stock car hard up through
> the gears and blast across the starting line and past the dragster at an honest
> 200 mph. The 'tree' goes green for both of you at that moment.
>
> The dragster launches and starts after you. You keep your foot down hard, but
> you hear an incredibly brutal whine that sears your eardrums and within 3
> seconds the dragster catches and 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 and not only caught, but
> nearly blasted you off the road when he passed you within a mere 1320 foot long
> race course.
> <a href="http://members.aol.com/brimiljeep/WebPages/wwwDriveToWWII.html">
> Brian's Military Jeeps of WWII www.Drive.To/WWII </a>
> <a href="http://members.aol.com:/brimiljeep/WebPages/SquadronPatchPage.html">
> Squadron Patches of WWII </a>

Re: OT: Dragsters
 

Ain't it cool: http://www.nhra.com/2004/multimedia.html Too bad we
can't reproduce the sound that is recorded as an earthquake on rector
scales throughout the world.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Brian French wrote:
>
> Top Fuel Dragster:
>
> - Dragsters reach over 300 miles per hour before you have completed reading
> this sentence.
>
> - 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 1-1/2 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 drive the
> dragster 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 (stoichiometry: methodology and technology by which
> quantities of reactants and products in chemical reactions are determined)
> 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture for nitromethane 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 ½ 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.
>
> - In order to exceed 300 mph in 4.5 seconds dragsters must accelerate an
> average of over 4G's. In order to reach 200 mph well before half-track, the
> launch acceleration approaches 8G'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 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).
>
> - The Bottom Line; Assuming all the equipment is paid off, the crew worked for
> free, and for once NOTHING BLOWS UP, each run costs an estimated $1,000.00 per
> second.
>
> Putting all of this into perspective: Let's say that you are driving an average
> $240,000 NASCAR Winston Cup racecar. Over a mile up the road, a Top Fuel
> dragster is staged and ready to launch down a quarter mile strip as you pass.
> You have the advantage of a flying start. You run the stock car hard up through
> the gears and blast across the starting line and past the dragster at an honest
> 200 mph. The 'tree' goes green for both of you at that moment.
>
> The dragster launches and starts after you. You keep your foot down hard, but
> you hear an incredibly brutal whine that sears your eardrums and within 3
> seconds the dragster catches and 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 and not only caught, but
> nearly blasted you off the road when he passed you within a mere 1320 foot long
> race course.
> <a href="http://members.aol.com/brimiljeep/WebPages/wwwDriveToWWII.html">
> Brian's Military Jeeps of WWII www.Drive.To/WWII </a>
> <a href="http://members.aol.com:/brimiljeep/WebPages/SquadronPatchPage.html">
> Squadron Patches of WWII </a>

Re: Dragsters
 

A few weeks ago I went to look at an old Jeepster in Coloma, and the guy
showed me his pride and joy, under 5 years of dust and debris.
He has an early 80s CJ with a "500 HP" smallblock chevy with a blower,
sitting on Landcruiser axles with 44 inch Gumbos and drum brakes. I have no
idea what his drug-addled brain planned on doing with it in the Sierras,
(might work in a Louisiana swamp), but this makes me wonder how big a fuel
tank he would need to jump the Rubicon.

--
Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California

Re: Dragsters
 

A few weeks ago I went to look at an old Jeepster in Coloma, and the guy
showed me his pride and joy, under 5 years of dust and debris.
He has an early 80s CJ with a "500 HP" smallblock chevy with a blower,
sitting on Landcruiser axles with 44 inch Gumbos and drum brakes. I have no
idea what his drug-addled brain planned on doing with it in the Sierras,
(might work in a Louisiana swamp), but this makes me wonder how big a fuel
tank he would need to jump the Rubicon.

--
Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California

Re: Dragsters
 

A few weeks ago I went to look at an old Jeepster in Coloma, and the guy
showed me his pride and joy, under 5 years of dust and debris.
He has an early 80s CJ with a "500 HP" smallblock chevy with a blower,
sitting on Landcruiser axles with 44 inch Gumbos and drum brakes. I have no
idea what his drug-addled brain planned on doing with it in the Sierras,
(might work in a Louisiana swamp), but this makes me wonder how big a fuel
tank he would need to jump the Rubicon.

--
Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California

Re: Dragsters
 

A few weeks ago I went to look at an old Jeepster in Coloma, and the guy
showed me his pride and joy, under 5 years of dust and debris.
He has an early 80s CJ with a "500 HP" smallblock chevy with a blower,
sitting on Landcruiser axles with 44 inch Gumbos and drum brakes. I have no
idea what his drug-addled brain planned on doing with it in the Sierras,
(might work in a Louisiana swamp), but this makes me wonder how big a fuel
tank he would need to jump the Rubicon.

--
Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California

Re: Dragsters
 

Hi Paul,
I bet he was afraid of it too. I remember sticking my foot in my
CJ-2A and it jumped into the air, and I thought I could drive her out of
it, I was in my third hop when I got out of it, but I was from what
witnesses said twenty feet in the air and when it we came down it stuck
in the sand from about fifty miles an hour breaking my seat and front
and rear axles. How, as soon as it rocks back on it's front wheels and
bounces, I'm out of it!
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
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Paul Calman wrote:
>
> A few weeks ago I went to look at an old Jeepster in Coloma, and the guy
> showed me his pride and joy, under 5 years of dust and debris.
> He has an early 80s CJ with a "500 HP" smallblock chevy with a blower,
> sitting on Landcruiser axles with 44 inch Gumbos and drum brakes. I have no
> idea what his drug-addled brain planned on doing with it in the Sierras,
> (might work in a Louisiana swamp), but this makes me wonder how big a fuel
> tank he would need to jump the Rubicon.
>
> --
> Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California