What is NHRA Drag Racing? (Top Fuel and Funny Car) 

they are paid just a little bit more money I'm guessing. also the engines they're rebuilding aren't expected to last through the day whereas street car engines can last hundreds of thousands of miles if they are cared for

@@berengerchristy6256 actually they say the block and crank are good for between 8-16 passes (1-2 trips to the winner circle, or 2-4 races if they don't qualify) and when they do rebuild they take the rods and stuff out and mostly the same stuff goes back in again, if they are bent or they get to a certain amount of passes (he said 12, not for sure if that was a rough number) then they get pulled out just to be safe so they are definitely expected to last through the day, and they are cared for like crazy to get that far... (that info comes from Hagerty's video btw) and to be fair to the standard engine shop, these top fuel guys rebuild the same engine, up to 7 times in one day, and they have all the parts they need at hand, and like when they pull one head assembly off (including the zoomies) they don't have to rebuild that set and put it on for the next pass, they have like 4 sets of heads ready to go, that way they pull one set off and start working on it and put a different set on, so their not even really rebuilding the whole engine in 35 minutes just replacing some parts (this is like comparing a 12 second pit stop in NASCAR to the half hour it may take an auto shop to mount new tires... the auto shop is actually "rebuilding" you wheels where NASCAR is just putting different ones on...) and a large part of the months it can take an engine shop to rebuild an engine is waiting on parts and machine work, the more of this that the shop does in-house, the fast the job normally is, and that is not including wait time (like if the shop is busy) From my own experience, (we have a pair of 900 hp big block chevy's in our pulling tractors, and we do all the disassembly and assembly ourselves) there have been many times in the past when we "blow up" an engine, this season we had the oil hole in the little disk in the lifter get plugged with something, and it rekt a rod and rocker, which then smashed a valve into the piston.... we tore it apart sent the piston to our engine builder, we had parts back and the engine running in less then a week... pretty good when it is like 4 hour round trip just to get to our shop...), this is not that uncommon, (as we are getting better parts of the last 30+ years it has become much less common) but it works because we have spare parts as well, when we buy valves, we dont buy 16, we have 18 made etc, because we are running custom parts that you cant just buy off the shelve so when one gets bent, it could take weeks to get a new one.... not good for the point schedule. at the same time my cousin who needed engine work done for his engine on his hot rod, an engine that our shop is not familiar with, does not know the specs of etc took a lot more time to have a simple rebuild done, specs had to be found by measuring parts, and then the parts had to be ordered etc (I'm speculating on some of that.. but I know a one-off engine rebuild takes a lot longer, vs our engines that we rebuild every year, (even though last year with the rebuild in my engine we barely replaced a thing, basically just new plugs)) just my two cents

that's at least a nickel

@@killorkubed Im pretty sure they change the slugs after every run.

Hahaha I was thinking the same thing. My rebuild has been going on for half a year

They can't just copy their own show, they might get sued

No this works much better on RU-vid

no cause broadcasting has way too much control over the creative process also they just want people flipping cars with tons of drama 😒

@I Am Sekou Big companies do it all the time, they copy their own format and sue them so they can have the money

I’d rather watch utube over tv nowadays

YES QUALITY IS GREAT THERE LIKE LITTLE DOCUMENTARY'S

*8

This is what you call a short movie.

Looks very good, wonder what camera and lenses they're using

Especially at 1:53

Okay, okay. Thats pretty good.

Get good mate

69ers Net I don’t get it

Funny asl man 😂

The four second man 😭👍🏻

Yeah her balls are on her chest dude. Well thats a stupid comment lol

Harrier 2.0 them girls are straight bad asses no doubt

Girls dont have balls just sayen

@@thesavagespongebobuu6936 I was also just saying that they got bigger balls 😂

they got them big ol ovaries

Sam Mattox, I agree and also been a longtime fan. But just once I would like to do it just for the thrill

You've got to be pretty crazy just to drive Pro Stock. That class now runs at the speeds Top Fuel used to run.

@@ericynot pro stock??

@@Jay-jb2vr Yes, Pro Stock. Those cars now run about 200 MPH in the quarter mile, with ET's around 6 seconds. That's what top fuel cars used to run (back in the days when their engines were in front of the drivers, and drivers got killed all the time). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro_Stock

A deathwish aswell

Mr. Nature LMAO WTAF

LMAO XD

LOL

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hands

If that hemi engine was in your Civic , it would rip the car apart ! Lmao !

ThrustSSC is the fastest land vehicle. Top Fuel dragsters would look like, they are going in slow motion compared to the ThrustSSC.

@@lars38010 I'm talking about v8 engines not not rockets. And a top fuel dragster will smoke one through the quarter mile !

@@michaelpincavitch5245 My comment was for that other guy, who said that it is the fastest land vehicle.

@@lars38010 he said fastest accelerating

An interesting stat for sure. The blower also helps add something like 5,000-6,000hp (estimated of course) to these engines. I'd say thats quite the net gain.

can you ELI5 what that means for someone not familiar?

xPr1m3 how much HP u think the stickers add and sponsors

@@DrumBum561 Gas needs air to burn, more gas needs more air. These cars burn so much fuel they need 500bhp just to push enough air into the engine to burn with all the gas they’re using

Groom Lake so true. When i was a kid and my dad was talkng to Mr Force i kept saying im hungry, im hungry and he said gon in the trailer and get something to eat so they could still talk. I will never forget that. 3 more months to the Gatornationals

Wooosh

If you are worried about the earth try shutting your car off when you are sitting in the drive through at McDs or stop running it for 20 minutes in the driveway to warm it up on cold days. You probably drive around with the check engine light on all the time which means you are defeating the emission controls of your car and polluting the earth. Better yet ride your bicycle for transportation. It's not like they drive these things to work everyday. BTW, Def Leppard sucks!

@@manstersr fun fact: idling your car consumes next to nothing compared to shitty driving

manstersr yes because I rather freeze my ass off in my car because I let it run for 20 minutes. Not only that, but it’s better on the car engine to run. Theres plenty of regulations cars have to have to pass inspection. Yes people do change their exhaust all the time. But letting a car run is literally not that big of a deal. It’s big time factories and plastic waste that’s fucking this planet. And if Def Leppard sucks so badly, why were they so successful?

Luffy Chinjah r/wooosh

You were a kid?? Where were your parents??

What do you mean?! That’s the best feeling ever!!

TomZeBomb it’s very easy to get into!! My team is hiring right now just like all other teams!! What is hard is to find some one that can cope with performing under huge pressure while spending lots of time away from home!! If you have a CDL it’s almost a guaranteed job.

@@groomlake51 do you work for Kalitta? Saw your video with JR Todd's celebration

The Thomahawk negative . Them dudes kicked ass though💪🏼

he's just making me a delicious cylinder head sandwich. 3:48

@@5PYZ3R yummy😋😂

It's the car guys dream kitchen

@@gp8666 When your wife asks you to suggest a kitchen design

@@5PYZ3R No crust

You mean Ovaries of Steel

@@trevorflink2235 True facts. Well played.

Group B was.

Nah man. 🙅‍♂️ Isle of man TT is the BALLS OF STEEL

@@Xjnthn_ More like brains of mush.

The only thing faster than my civic 😂

Except on a track with corners xD

@@k1er4n544 r/wooooooosh

theres always that one guy with a d15 who'll say he could gap that

TheHMS Drifter r/woooooosh yourself for not realizing it’s a joke

paul austin almost every car has hidden not legal stuff . Rules are words , and words are open to interpretation . As far as his team orders most teams do it so I don’t see him as a cheat . The funny thing is they fired brits whole crew today

paul austin lol it’s so convoluted but I’m with you. The hammer dropped today!! 40 people let go from DSR. Brittany fires her whole crew and chief and mike Salinas picked them up. Grubnic and his whole crew are now on Brits monster car.

What does it take to get onto a team? I am still in high school and would be very interested in being a mechanic for a team after graduation.

Nathan S if you really want to get on to a team all you really need is a CDL . Even if it’s just the permit . If you have a resume, send it to Caleb cox on face book he is are GM. Mine is groomlakeperformance@gmail

Funny I did too for two years... Royal purple RaceWay

@@claytontylergolf6081 oh that's cool, didn't they change their name a while back

Brown Gumshoe yeah they did last year or early this year. Can't remember the name.

You go to Mag?

Wear ear protection

Brodie Bennett I don’t even think they can run without that special fuel

@@Jueen_ that same engines set up will run on ethanol (alcohol) which is a much cooler burning fuel but you lose about 3000 HP without the Nitro and you get approx 3 mins total of run time from 17 gallon tank !!! Its a true manmade modern marvel !!

Not long considering how fast it burns through all of it’s fuel

actually these engines are very old and dated technology. The make a ton of power but aren't practical and ancient.

@@Bahamuttiamat i would disagree, if these engines are ancient, you would assume someone would use cutting edge technology and destroy everyone else.

The engine blocks have no cooling passages for added strength all cooling is performed by the fuel. They are essentially time bombs with about a 10 second fuse at full power hence the 4 second runs and full rebuilds

@@sethwagoner3430 bish wat lmao

It's all in the fuel, Nitro Methane, it burns at a ratio something like 7:1 opposed to gasoline which burns at 14.7:1 air to fuel ratio and like Pablo commented all that fuel cools the engine for the short time it's running. The power is from the explosiveness of it and the amount of air they pack into the combustion chambers with it through the blower. It's pretty high tech stuff.

One word. Vtec

Pablo Gonzalez holy shet

This sport has always been on the verge of dying. Just keep in the groove (pun intended) we're good.

It's definitely dying. Noticed how empty the stands were in many of the shots ? There used to be HUNDREDS of tracks and now there's just a few dozen at most, and even they can't draw big crowds that often. The NHRA is committing suicide by their own hand. So many missteps that it's impossible to start naming them. I hate to think that professional Drag racing in it's current form, won't be around that much longer....but unfortunately, it won't.

Brittany force

That 300+ dragster got nuthin on your civic

Hahahahaha....... ya made me pee on myself sum yung guy !! Glad ya like horsepower though 😎

Just Some Guy if you paint your brake calipers red and put a cheap wing from Amazon on the back, you'll easily beat one of these dragsters.

Dont forget your spare v-tecs

U have to be kidding me. U would never beat a top fuel funny car or top fuel dragster. They run nitro- methane fuel. The cars produce 10,000 horse power. Run a quarter mile in under 4 seconds. There is only one word for u and that is STUPID.

AVRAHAM BREA mix your own alcohol and nitro it’s much cheeper but home land security only allows a person to posses 5 gallons at a time after the Oklahoma City building got blown up with fertilizer and nhra nitro. The mix is called animal

@@groomlake51 insane stuff this is

We paid 32 a gallon for 99.99% when i was wrenching top fuel

Michael Fritsche it’s about the same I think 35$ now or something .

Michael Fritsche have you ever seen the vid of the plant in Texas I think that made it that blew up?

probably 15min

Alot longer you gotta think these engines are basically uncovered for them to jump right into dismantling. A normal car would have all that stuff in a more compact area

An hour or so because these engines are designed to be dismantled

Are stuff is engineered to take apart quickly!! Most crew guys wouldn’t know what even to do with a real car!! You would be surprised how little pro crew guys know about every day mechanics lol!!

Groom Lake I agree with this and can approve this

I think so. Cockpit might be really small also.

No. Actually females have a quicker Reaction time. Lighter is not a factor on a car in the 2,350 (i think,current rules)

Just as many dudes tho, it's probably the most integrated motorsport in terms of drivers.

There are more male drivers in the NHRA. The video really showed two(Courtney and Brittany Force) more than anyone else

Small cockpit or just randomly

I live my life 1 gallon of nitro at a time

Rules for the Class.

Michael Fritsche there are rules for every class, but I myself and thousands of others would rather see a twin turbo small block race a root blown big block

@@WarhorseS197 it's hard to Class different engines,weights,tube vs factory chassis,etc. There's Outlaw , Run-what-ya-bring type shoot outs.

@@WarhorseS197 outlaw/ run what ya brung

@@michaelfritsche4023 NHRA Promod Class is the real class racing, anything Top Fuel is a joke

Probably a cool sight for sure! Keep in mind they probably ran 1/4 mile back then, they only run 1000' now so the ETs are notably quicker.

You're too kind!