now THATS some POWER!
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now THATS some POWER!
copied from the internet:
COOL NHRA FACTS
* One dragster's 500-inch Hemi makes more horsepower then the first 8
rows at Daytona
* Under full throttle, a dragster engine consumes 1 1/2 gallons of nitro
per second, the same rate of fuel consumption as a fully loaded 747 but
with 4 times the energy volume.
* The supercharger takes more power to drive then a stock hemi makes.
* Even with nearly 3000 CFM of air being rammed in by the
supercharger on overdrive, the fuel mixture is compressed into nearly-solid form
before ignition. Cylinders run on the verge of hydraulic lock.
* Dual magnetos apply 44 amps to each spark plug. This is the output
of an arc welder in each cylinder.
* At stoichiometric (exact) 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture (for nitro), the
flame front of nitromethane 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.
* 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
of it's fuel flow.
* if spark momentarily fails early in the run, unburned nitro builds up
in those cylinders and then explodes with a force that can blow cylinder
heads off the block in pieces or blow the block in half.
* Dragsters twist the crank (torsionally) so far (20 degrees in the big
end of the track) that sometimes cam lobes are ground offset from
front to rear to re-phase the valve timing somewhere closer to synchronization
with the pistons.
* To exceed 300mph in 4.5 seconds dragsters must accelerate at an
average of over 4G's. But in reaching 200 mph well before 1/2 track, launch
acceleration is closer to 8G's.
* Drivers shut off before the finish line, or even dual parachutes will
not stop the car.
* If all the equipment is paid off, the crew worked for free, and for
once NOTHING BLOWS UP, each run costs $1000.00 per second.
* Dragsters reach over 300 miles per hour before you have read this
sentence.
COOL NHRA FACTS
* One dragster's 500-inch Hemi makes more horsepower then the first 8
rows at Daytona
* Under full throttle, a dragster engine consumes 1 1/2 gallons of nitro
per second, the same rate of fuel consumption as a fully loaded 747 but
with 4 times the energy volume.
* The supercharger takes more power to drive then a stock hemi makes.
* Even with nearly 3000 CFM of air being rammed in by the
supercharger on overdrive, the fuel mixture is compressed into nearly-solid form
before ignition. Cylinders run on the verge of hydraulic lock.
* Dual magnetos apply 44 amps to each spark plug. This is the output
of an arc welder in each cylinder.
* At stoichiometric (exact) 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture (for nitro), the
flame front of nitromethane 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.
* 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
of it's fuel flow.
* if spark momentarily fails early in the run, unburned nitro builds up
in those cylinders and then explodes with a force that can blow cylinder
heads off the block in pieces or blow the block in half.
* Dragsters twist the crank (torsionally) so far (20 degrees in the big
end of the track) that sometimes cam lobes are ground offset from
front to rear to re-phase the valve timing somewhere closer to synchronization
with the pistons.
* To exceed 300mph in 4.5 seconds dragsters must accelerate at an
average of over 4G's. But in reaching 200 mph well before 1/2 track, launch
acceleration is closer to 8G's.
* Drivers shut off before the finish line, or even dual parachutes will
not stop the car.
* If all the equipment is paid off, the crew worked for free, and for
once NOTHING BLOWS UP, each run costs $1000.00 per second.
* Dragsters reach over 300 miles per hour before you have read this
sentence.
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Rep Power: 0 I just read about the new Lenliefer(forget the spelling) Corvette? Motortrend compared it to an F/A 18 hornet. 0-60 in 1.89 secs 0-100 in 4.87 secs? 0-150 in 10.4 secs. Those are just estimates. I could not remember the numbers. Some quick times for a street legal car. They were using Mickey Thompsons though. The street tires are close in the their times.
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so can an F-16... AND it can fly!
...not to mention fire satellite-guided missles to destroy that silly "drag racer" and its redneck fans [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG]
so can an F-16... AND it can fly!...not to mention fire satellite-guided missles to destroy that silly "drag racer" and its redneck fans [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG]
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