The nitromethane-powered engines of NHRA Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars produce approximately 7,000 horsepower, about 37 times that of the average street car and one cylinder of the eight cylinders of a Top Fuel dragster or a Funny Car produces 750 horsepower, equaling the entire horsepower output of a NASCAR engine.Here are some interesting facts that modern technology has done for professional Dragracing...
An NHRA Top Fuel dragster accelerates from 0 to 100 mph in less than .8 of a second, almost 11 seconds quicker than it takes a production Porsche 911 Turbo to reach the same speed.
A Top Fuel dragster leaves the starting line with a force nearly five times that of gravity, the same force of the space shuttle when it leaves the launching pad at Cape Canaveral.
A Funny Car is slowed by a reverse force more than seven times that of gravity when both parachutes deploy simultaneously.
Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars consume between four and five gallons of fuel during a quarter-mile run, which is equivalent to between 16 and 20 gallons per mile .
Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars use between 10 and 12 gallons of fuel for a complete pass, including the burnout, backup to the starting line, and quarter-mile run.
Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars travel the length of more than four football fields in less than five seconds.
Top Fuel dragsters can exceed 280 mph in just 660 feet.
Top Fuel dragsters accelerate faster than a jumbo jet, a fighter jet, and a Formula One race car.
The fuel pump for a Top Fuel dragster and Funny Car delivers 65 gallons of fuel per minute, equivalent to eight bathroom showers running at the same time.
The 17-inch rear tires used on Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars wear out after four to six runs, or about two miles.
How much further will technology take the professional sport of Dragracing? Restrictions have already been put in place to slow them down, But all that manages to do is to force teams to look for other/new technology to counteract the rule changes.
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