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Mookie Forums Junkie Location: Tassie Registered: October 2003	Re: fact thread Wed, 23 February 2005 00:39 This came from www.twincam.org.au and was written my "Ryman". So chances are alot of you have already read it but i had to chuck it up in this thread * 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 Top Fuel dragster engine consumes 1½ 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 426 Hemi V8 engine cannot produce enough power to 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. * 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. * 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. * In order to exceed 300 mph in 4.5 seconds dragsters must accelerate at an average of over 4G's. In order to reach 200 mph well before half-track, the launch acceleration approaches 8G's. * Dragsters reach over 300 miles per hour before you have completed reading this sentence. * Top Fuel Engines turn approximately 540 RPM's from light to light! This one confused Stan, but stop & ponder the fact that the engine is only used for apx 4 to 5 seconds. * Including the burnout the engine must only survive 900 revolutions under load. * The red-line is actually quite high at 9500 rpm. * 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. 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 all of this into perspective: You are riding the average $250,000 Honda MotoGP bike. 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 RC211V hard up through the gears and blast across the starting line and past the dragster at an honest 200 mph (293 ft/sec). The 'tree' goes green for both of you at that moment. The dragster launches and starts after you. You keep your wrist cranked 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. [Report message to a moderator]

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	fact thread	Cressida Chick	Tue, 22 February 2005 06:49
	Re: fact thread	Joshstix	Tue, 22 February 2005 06:58
	Re: fact thread	SilverGhost	Tue, 22 February 2005 07:11
	Re: fact thread	Apollo	Tue, 22 February 2005 07:20
	Re: fact thread	Cool1	Tue, 22 February 2005 07:24
	Re: fact thread	finney	Tue, 22 February 2005 08:33
	Re: fact thread	Skip	Tue, 22 February 2005 08:40
	Re: fact thread	Azza	Tue, 22 February 2005 08:40
	Re: fact thread	Azza	Tue, 22 February 2005 09:10
	Re: fact thread	Mr DOHC	Tue, 22 February 2005 09:13
	Re: fact thread	Farkurnell	Tue, 22 February 2005 09:02
	Re: fact thread	Mr DOHC	Tue, 22 February 2005 09:05
	Re: fact thread	time2play	Wed, 23 February 2005 14:30
	Re: fact thread	unforgiven	Tue, 22 February 2005 10:01
	Re: fact thread	Lucid	Tue, 22 February 2005 10:07
	Re: fact thread	Dr_Love	Tue, 22 February 2005 10:24
	Re: fact thread	towe_001	Tue, 22 February 2005 10:49
	Re: fact thread	Cressida Chick	Tue, 22 February 2005 11:18
	Re: fact thread	towe_001	Tue, 22 February 2005 12:26
	Re: fact thread	b1gb3n	Tue, 22 February 2005 18:59
	Re: fact thread	river	Tue, 22 February 2005 20:00
	Re: fact thread	fade-e	Tue, 22 February 2005 20:03
	Re: fact thread	torque	Tue, 22 February 2005 22:41
	Re: fact thread	Squid	Tue, 22 February 2005 23:09
	Re: fact thread	domasik	Mon, 28 March 2005 02:33
	Re: fact thread	M.J.H	Wed, 23 February 2005 01:15
	Re: fact thread	towe_001	Tue, 22 February 2005 23:53
	Re: fact thread	Indi	Wed, 23 February 2005 00:02
	Re: fact thread	towe_001	Wed, 23 February 2005 00:12
	Re: fact thread	Indi	Wed, 23 February 2005 00:14
	Re: fact thread	towe_001	Wed, 23 February 2005 00:20
	Re: fact thread	Indi	Wed, 23 February 2005 00:32
	Re: fact thread	Mookie	Wed, 23 February 2005 00:39
	Re: fact thread	towe_001	Wed, 23 February 2005 01:02
	Re: fact thread	Indi	Wed, 23 February 2005 01:10
	Re: fact thread	towe_001	Wed, 23 February 2005 01:28
	Re: fact thread	UUP-46X	Wed, 23 February 2005 01:36
	Re: fact thread	finney	Wed, 23 February 2005 02:19
	Re: fact thread	st184 sillycar	Fri, 01 April 2005 14:38
	Re: fact thread	puzzle man	Wed, 23 February 2005 02:48
	Re: fact thread	EldarO	Wed, 23 February 2005 03:58
	Re: fact thread	river	Wed, 23 February 2005 09:35
	Re: fact thread	towe_001	Fri, 25 February 2005 10:48
	Re: fact thread	Siktoy ra23	Sat, 26 February 2005 07:19
	Re: fact thread	gigante	Wed, 02 March 2005 13:01
	Re: fact thread	Mookie	Wed, 23 February 2005 03:28
	Re: fact thread	Yian	Fri, 25 February 2005 21:28
	Re: fact thread	Corona RT142	Wed, 23 February 2005 04:00
	Re: fact thread	Fujiwara_ToFu	Fri, 04 March 2005 17:14
	Re: fact thread	puzzle man	Wed, 23 February 2005 04:00
	Re: fact thread	joyride	Wed, 23 February 2005 04:14
	Re: fact thread	Corona RT142	Wed, 23 February 2005 04:16
	Re: fact thread	towe_001	Wed, 23 February 2005 05:58
	Re: fact thread	towe_001	Wed, 23 February 2005 05:59
	Re: fact thread	Cressida Chick	Wed, 23 February 2005 08:49
	Re: fact thread	b1gb3n	Wed, 23 February 2005 14:23
	Re: fact thread	time2play	Wed, 23 February 2005 14:31
	Re: fact thread	skellator	Thu, 24 February 2005 08:45
	Re: fact thread	Cressida Chick	Fri, 25 February 2005 09:13
	Re: fact thread	SIMDOG	Fri, 25 February 2005 14:28
	Re: fact thread	Cressida Chick	Sat, 26 February 2005 02:20
	Re: fact thread	puzzle man	Sat, 26 February 2005 06:44
	Re: fact thread	JP_TA22	Mon, 28 March 2005 06:29
	Re: fact thread	puzzle man	Sun, 27 February 2005 06:09
	Re: fact thread	WANTED_AE86	Wed, 02 March 2005 04:19
	Re: fact thread	skellator	Wed, 02 March 2005 05:51
	Re: fact thread	Cressida Chick	Wed, 02 March 2005 22:44
	Re: fact thread	nicked	Thu, 03 March 2005 08:23
	Re: fact thread	towe_001	Thu, 03 March 2005 11:34
	Re: fact thread	Cressida Chick	Fri, 04 March 2005 10:08
	Re: fact thread	XiL3D	Tue, 05 April 2005 12:37
	Re: fact thread	WANTED_AE86	Fri, 04 March 2005 15:09
	Re: fact thread	86DRFT	Fri, 04 March 2005 23:31
	Re: fact thread	86DRFT	Sat, 05 March 2005 00:25
	Re: fact thread	Mookie	Mon, 07 March 2005 05:54
	Re: fact thread	WANTED_AE86	Sun, 27 March 2005 17:31
	Re: fact thread	towe_001	Mon, 28 March 2005 01:38
	Re: fact thread	towe_001	Wed, 30 March 2005 01:40
	Re: fact thread	WANTED_AE86	Tue, 05 April 2005 16:40
	Re: fact thread	towe_001	Tue, 05 April 2005 21:51
	Re: fact thread	MFX_Neko_86	Wed, 30 March 2005 02:48
	Re: fact thread	towe_001	Wed, 30 March 2005 08:32
	Re: fact thread	Corona RT142	Wed, 30 March 2005 02:49
	Re: fact thread	Squid	Wed, 30 March 2005 04:08
	Re: fact thread	PMP020	Wed, 30 March 2005 11:42
	Re: fact thread	EldarO	Fri, 01 April 2005 13:45
	Re: fact thread	towe_001	Sat, 02 April 2005 01:41
	Re: fact thread	river	Sat, 02 April 2005 11:24
	Re: fact thread	rthy	Sat, 02 April 2005 11:27
	Re: fact thread	st184 sillycar	Tue, 05 April 2005 00:32
	Re: fact thread	joyride	Tue, 05 April 2005 05:16
	Re: fact thread	Merudo	Tue, 05 April 2005 05:31
	Re: fact thread	Cressida Chick	Thu, 07 April 2005 04:20
	Re: fact thread	ra23celica	Tue, 05 April 2005 06:10
	Re: fact thread	Corona RT142	Tue, 05 April 2005 05:39
	Re: fact thread	river	Tue, 05 April 2005 05:48
	Re: fact thread	st184 sillycar	Tue, 05 April 2005 05:40
	Re: fact thread	Corona RT142	Tue, 05 April 2005 05:47
	Re: fact thread	towe_001	Tue, 05 April 2005 22:08
	Re: fact thread	WANTED_AE86	Wed, 06 April 2005 14:20
	Re: fact thread	h3ff44	Thu, 07 April 2005 00:47
	Re: fact thread	skellator	Fri, 08 April 2005 12:42

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