Blonk Iconoclast Donating Members 4,330 Member For: 20y 7m 10d Gender: Male Location: CH Posted 09/03/06 11:09 PM Share Posted 09/03/06 11:09 PM Definition of Acceleration.* One Top Fuel dragster 500 cubic inch Hemi engine makes more horsepower than the first 4 rows of NASCARS 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's supercharger. * With 3,000 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 nitro methane, the flame front temperature measures 7,050 deg 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 halfway, the engine is dieseling from compression, plus the glow of exhaust valves at 1,400 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. * Dragsters reach over 300 miles per hour before you have completed reading this sentence. * Top Fuel engines turn approximately 540 revolutions from light to light! * Including the burnout, the engine must only survive 900 revolutions under load. * The redline is actually quite high at 9,500 rpm. * 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 driving the average $140,000 Lingenfelter "twin-turbo" powered Corvette Z06. 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 'Vette 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 1,320 foot long race course. ... and that my friends, is ACCELERATION! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/23926-acceleration/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paradoxx Colossal Member Member 5,049 Member For: 20y 8m 13d Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 09/03/06 11:16 PM Share Posted 09/03/06 11:16 PM Holy crap Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/23926-acceleration/#findComment-358120 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ducatijb Lifetime Members 3,448 Member For: 22y 1m 4d Gender: Male Location: sydney Posted 09/03/06 11:19 PM Share Posted 09/03/06 11:19 PM Pretty sure Redhawk posted this up a while ago...nothing like a Top fueller thou Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/23926-acceleration/#findComment-358122 Share on other sites More sharing options...
F6 RAPID Formerly Turbo6 Donating Members 2,332 Member For: 22y 4m Location: North Brisbane Posted 09/03/06 11:19 PM Share Posted 09/03/06 11:19 PM Bah, try that against a T or F6......................... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/23926-acceleration/#findComment-358123 Share on other sites More sharing options...
T007 Woooooooosh Donating Members 734 Member For: 19y 10m Location: Sydney Posted 10/03/06 02:18 AM Share Posted 10/03/06 02:18 AM Read it before But always good to read it again Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/23926-acceleration/#findComment-358190 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 5m 23d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 10/03/06 02:51 AM Share Posted 10/03/06 02:51 AM ducatijb said: Pretty sure Redhawk posted this up a while ago...nothing like a Top fueller thou <{POST_SNAPBACK}> http://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=12305You'd be right. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/23926-acceleration/#findComment-358202 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goobz Member 746 Member For: 20y 6m 26d Location: Sutherland Shire, Sydney Posted 10/03/06 06:29 AM Share Posted 10/03/06 06:29 AM Those things are damn impressive pieces of machinery. I would love to see what a team could do with a F1 budget!!!Chris Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/23926-acceleration/#findComment-358277 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlr8ed Phantom lives Member 1,417 Member For: 21y 16d Gender: Male Location: who knows Posted 10/03/06 06:50 AM Share Posted 10/03/06 06:50 AM It wouldnt catch me the peice of crap... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/23926-acceleration/#findComment-358282 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPV TRANNY Im the one and only Donating Members 3,557 Member For: 20y 4m Gender: Male Location: In my house Posted 10/03/06 06:53 AM Share Posted 10/03/06 06:53 AM xlr8ed said: It wouldnt catch me the peice of crap...It already has Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/23926-acceleration/#findComment-358285 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blonk Iconoclast Donating Members 4,330 Member For: 20y 7m 10d Gender: Male Location: CH Posted 10/03/06 07:12 AM Author Share Posted 10/03/06 07:12 AM Dagabond said: ducatijb said: Pretty sure Redhawk posted this up a while ago...nothing like a Top fueller thou http://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=12305You'd be right. Damn, looks like I overposted....... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/23926-acceleration/#findComment-358292 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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