six sigma racing

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by speedworks &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">redlines are now limited to 8000 rpms. 5gs during acceleration and 4gs when they pop the chute. the clutch side of the crank is machined about 10 degrees off from the front of the crank. when they hit the throttle the torque of the engine twists the crank back in sinc. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Wow is this really true? insane!

Darton Sleeves

Doug Kalitta used to run LA Sleeves and could never catch Schumacher. This season all three of the Team Kalitta cars use Darton Sleeves and now Doug Kalitta is in first place over Schumacher which also uses Darton Sleeves.

The two that dont in the list on near the bottom of the 15.

hatch34

damn that is crazy

fast is fun

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1point5CRX

the 1st time i saw one was at the gatornationals when i was a kid, everyone was standing up and when that bitch came by...i sat down and was scared shitless to stand up for the next pair of dragsters lol. that left an impression on me forever !

RMF

I have been around fuel cars and fuel boats My whole life .Except the last 4 years.My dad race Dragsters when I was born.And my girlfriend's dad was killed in a fuel car at Pomona .Racing Don Prudomme.I was crew chief on a top fuel hydro called TOP GUN for 8 years.And have work on Fuel funnies and fuel cars also.
But the most exciting thing to me is standing at the lights when they come by at over 300 mph.I don't care how many times you do it ,It still scares the **** out of you.
Another quick fact-A fuel car ,In the first 60' its going over 120mph and in .75 of 1 sec.That's 0 to 120 in less than a sec.And that's 4 1/2 g.s off the line and 1g at the lights.Then 7 to 8 neg. g.s when the chute comes out.
If it pulls more than 41/2 right off the line ,It will bust the tires lose.About 100' feet out.

kiggly

Some of those stats are really cool, but whoever did the calculations on G's needs to freshen up on their physics.

There is about 12" of rollout before the cars break the beams. Using this and averaging speed over the last 66', a 4.50 run at 333mph averages 3.3g's acceleration.

Also using the 12" rollout, 4g's cuts a 0.833 60' time. I think this is in line with what they are running. I suspect they would peak closer to 4.5g's though because it is not constant/perfect traction.

All these real numbers are impressive nonetheless.

Kevin

adseguy

$5,000 per pass...I've heard that before....DAMN!

What horsepower do they produce, I've always been curious?

MrParks

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by crx12 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Make that 336.15 mph by Schumacher. This is old but still cool</TD></TR></TABLE>

thats right i saw that **** and he wasnt even excited...... he was like yeah i do that **** on the way to the supermarket tony.....is the **** period

MOPED

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by adseguy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">$5,000 per pass...I've heard that before....DAMN!

What horsepower do they produce, I've always been curious?</TD></TR></TABLE>

A little over 8000HP about a 1000HP per cylinder.

accordking

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by FWDrag Inc &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Folks, that is the one and only reason i LOVE drag racing!
Ive got chills!
If you havent seen a top fuel draggster run in person, i suggest you should. CRAZY!
Gary I.</TD></TR></TABLE>

And bring ear plugs! I wish i did.

FWDrag

Ive had hearing problems ever since my first Top Fuel experience. I made the mistake of standing too close when they fired one up. But ill never give that experience back.
Gary I.

MackSpeed-616

all that without V-TECH?!?

...unpossible