I once saw a top fuel dragster smoke the tires off the line, shut it down in the first couple hundred feet, coast to the finish, and run in the 13's. At the time I owned an S2000 that could get mid to low 14's and I realized if I were to race the dragster and that happened, the dragster would still win. Insanity.
not to mention their warmup burnouts take so little throttle they’re only through about 1/16-1/8th of the range by the time they get their tires warm enough to grab a strip properly.
At a prepared drag strip, it'll be well over 100 mph before it passes the tree. 0 to 60 is a waste of time lol. 0 to 300 mph in 2.6 seconds. Yes you read that right.
The first time i took my girlfriend to top fuel she was in the row in front of me and before the launch i motioned to her "put your fingers in your ears". She looked confused for a moment (she was no stranger to drag racing and loud cars) and did it BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT She understood and was thankful right away :)
few years ago I saw a video (hp tv I think it was) of a single topfuel dragster fuel injector.. it was in like a round clear 8in diameter poly tube and they ran the injector at full tilt.. honestly I had to watch it like 15 times over bc the amount of water or fuel it was pumping out and that super loud high pitched whine just absolutely astonished me..I'm a decent mechanic but not by trade and I have been around fast cars and bikes and all that good stuff for a long time and it still blew me the FCK away that that much fluid could come out of a single fuel injector lmfao..yeah it was the size of my hand but still.. the shoved a entire fire trucks pump system into a hand size fuel injector.. then they use 8 of those things??? I see how they go thru 20 something gallons of fuel in 4 secs lmao.. omg I don't wanna know how much those things cost either lol
I think I seen they have, I believe, 32 injectors throughout the motor. And because nitromethane carries its own oxygen, it can be compressed to a near solid state and still combust
Top fuel dragsters would typically have to have their engine entirely rebuilt after just a mile but if driven If the engines not pushed it could do slightly more but that’s not often.
@@oldmateize wrong. Its more like being in the pitts tho. Tbh that would have been a better display of power. This looks like the longest burnout lol which is cool too ig but hella risky
I grew up racing MX and building off-road trucks so I know what amounts of hp and tq can do mostly, but 12,000?! I can't imagine what that is like. I launch a 56hp bike 120ft+ and think it's exhilarating. 600 times the power of my bike?!?! I want one!! Actually not really cause I'd be dead in 2 days. Lol
@@jasonjaeger4042 the hp is a guess, based upon weight, speed, weight of car, etc. The engines pretty much need a full rebuild after even run which is approx only 5-6sec at full power. Due to such bearings and everything inside under so much stress its impossible to dyno it.
@@arbiter1 yeah, I'm a gearhead so I know a little bit about top fuel cars. Just can't imagine feeling that much power. Been in many 1000+hp cars/trucks and built a few 250+hp road bikes for customers. Feeling 200+hp on a 500lb bike is intoxicating, multiply that by 50......I wanna experience that!
@@BigCheeseIsReal it consumes around 11 gallons a second, and it goes down a quarter mile in 4 seconds, times that by 4, take away 5 (this is very guesstimated) seconds to account for it not needing to start from 0 every quarter mile, we get 77 gallons a mile, in 7 seconds. That’s not even counting that the engine explodes after 5 seconds.
And there’s 10,000-12,000 horse top fuel dragsters… this is one of the lower spectrum top fuel cars, you can tell by the width of the front roller axle and the height and width of the spoiler. Still a badass fucken machine, I’d love to drive one.
It takes like 500+ hp just to spin the supercharger on those things. Standing by the starting line at NHRA events when the top fuel guys launch is one of the coolest things to experience.
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay cheaper. Hell, right now even 100 octane race gas is costing nearly $10/gal. And in the racing scene, thats dirt cheap.
This is not gasoline. Top fuel cars burn a 90 something% nitromethane and the remainder methanol. Both are ridiculously expensive and this car burns 14 gallons per run. That's nothing though. The engine needs an in frame rebuild after every single run.
whos brilliant idea was it to put a human behind the wheel of a top fuel car on what looks like a nascar pit road with 0 rubber or glue on the surface whatsoever
@@gm16v149 I know that but still. You saw what happened to Salinas. And that was in pamona. A good track. They still should have drug rubber on the surface.
To reduce weight and rolling resistance. They're only what is necessary and nothing more. These cars are all about accelerating as fast as possible. Watched one do 0 to 300 mph in 1.6 seconds two weeks ago. Yes you read that correctly lol.
It's less that and more just it's prepared. They spray a super sticky compound onto the surface that helps them manage to get traction. If you were to walk onto the track in sandals you'd make it 3 steps before they stick and come off your feet haha. Ask me how I know..... Lol
Roughly 56 gallons per mile, if they were capable of making it a full mile without engine exploding haha. But..... 0 to 300 mph in 2.6 seconds. Yes you read that correctly lol.
No prep run and stuck like glue kinda not this shows you on how much the track plays a part in grip it's probably 85% track and rest of it is tires for grip on these cars
In person it literally vibrates the air. It produces a shock wave with every power stroke. You can't see clearly as they pass and the ground shakes so much around you it will knock over water bottles or shake a lady's purse off of the stands.
If you watch a real run from driver's POV you'll see them steering the car quite a bit to keep the car in the groove. Funny cars are even worse since they have a full body and a shorter wheelbase so they're inherently more squirrelly.
They actually have to wrestle them all the way down the track. It's wild to watch. These things are on the absolute edge of what's possible. They're bobbing and weaving all the way down fighting for traction. Watch an in car video and you'll see what I mean. The design of the wheel is so their hands don't leave the wheel easily. These pull 9 Gs of force at the launch for instance. 0 to 300 mph in 2.6 seconds.
The exhaust flow out of the headers alone produces roughly 1000 pounds of down force. At night, there is an 8 ft tall rooster tail of flame that comes out of both sides.
Wrong. They have to wrestle them all the way down the track. These things operate at the absolute edge of what's possible acceleration wise. They bob and weave all the way down the track fighting for traction. 9 Gs of force at launch. 0 to 300 mph in 2.6 seconds.
