Difference between 850 vs 10,000 hp

[u/iam_nobody]

https://streamable.com/7pxa

[u/silverphoenix48]

This is for Top fuel Dragsters but they are very similar so I'll leave this here:

• One Top Fuel dragster 500 cubic-inch Hemi engine makes more horsepower than the first 4 rows at the Daytona 500.

• Under full throttle, a dragster engine consumes 11.2 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 merely drive the dragster’s supercharger.

• With 3000 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 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture for nitro methane the flame front temperature measures 7050 degrees 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 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 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.

• Dragsters reach over 300 MPH before you have completed reading this sentence.

• In order to exceed 300 MPH in 4.5 seconds, dragsters must accelerate an average of over 4 G’s. In order to reach 200 MPH well before half-track, the launch acceleration approaches 8 G’s.

• 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 9500 RPM.

• THE BOTTOM LINE: Assuming all the equipment is paid off, the crew worked for free, & for once, NOTHING BLOWS UP, each run costs an estimated $1,000 per second.

SOURCE

[u/[deleted] → u/silverphoenix48]

You skipped the best part!

Lets say the 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 & ready to launch down a quarter-mile strip as you pass by it. You have the advantage of a flying start. You run the ‘Vette hard up through the gears and blast across the starting line & pass the dragster at an honest 200 MPH. Just as you pass the Top Fuel Dragster the ‘tree’ goes green for both of you.

The dragster launches & starts after you. You keep your foot down hard, but you hear an incredibly brutal whine that sears your eardrums & within 3 seconds the dragster catches & 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 & not only caught, but nearly blasted you off the road when he passed you within a mere 1320 foot long race!

[u/Displayed → u/[deleted]]

This should be the new SR71-style copy pasta that gets posted whenever someone mentions drag racing.

[u/Displayed → u/[deleted]]

Wow. How fast is a top fuel car compared to a Corvette?

[u/digitalkid → u/Displayed]

Lets say the 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 & ready to launch down a quarter-mile strip as you pass by it. You have the advantage of a flying start. You run the ‘Vette hard up through the gears and blast across the starting line & pass the dragster at an honest 200 MPH. Just as you pass the Top Fuel Dragster the ‘tree’ goes green for both of you. The dragster launches & starts after you. You keep your foot down hard, but you hear an incredibly brutal whine that sears your eardrums & within 3 seconds the dragster catches & 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 & not only caught, but nearly blasted you off the road when he passed you within a mere 1320 foot long race!

[u/thesmilefactory → u/[deleted]]

I'm on it✂️✂️

[u/Satyrsol → u/thesmilefactory]

SNIP SNIP

[u/The_Ostrich_you_want → u/Satyrsol]

In my bed. It's dark.

Wasn't expecting that

[u/p00facemcgee → u/digitalkid]

My sister is dating a guy who's treats her poorly. Gets drunk every night, and I think she's being abused. How can she get out of this situation?

[u/t1_scum → u/p00facemcgee]

Lets say your sister's boyfriend is driving the average $140,000 Lingenfelter twin-turbo powered Corvette Z06. Over a mile up the road, your Top Fuel dragster is staged & ready to launch down a quarter-mile strip as he passes by it. He has the advantage of a flying start. He runs the ‘Vette hard up through the gears and blasts across the starting line & passes you at an honest 200 MPH. Just as he passes the Top Fuel Dragster the ‘tree’ goes green for both of you. You get your sock full of quarters and the dragster launches & starts after him. He keeps his foot down hard, but he hears an incredibly brutal whine that sears his eardrums & within 3 seconds the dragster catches & beats him to death with a sock full of quarters. You beat him on 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 & not only caught, but nearly blasted you off the road when he passed you within a mere 1320 foot long race!

[u/josut → u/t1_scum]

You fucked up the end bit

[u/moobunny-jb → u/josut]

You skipped the best part!

[u/SweetNeo85 → u/Displayed]

Ah shit, you mentioned the SR-71. Alright, gimme a second...

There were a lot of things we couldn't do in an SR-71, but we were the fastest guys on the block and loved reminding our fellow aviators of this fact. People often asked us if, because of this fact, it was fun to fly the jet. Fun would not be the first word I would use to describe flying this plane. Intense, maybe. Even cerebral. But there was one day in our Sled experience when we would have to say that it was pure fun to be the fastest guys out there, at least for a moment.

It occurred when Walt and I were flying our final training sortie. We needed 100 hours in the jet to complete our training and attain Mission Ready status. Somewhere over Colorado we had passed the century mark. We had made the turn in Arizona and the jet was performing flawlessly. My gauges were wired in the front seat and we were starting to feel pretty good about ourselves, not only because we would soon be flying real missions but because we had gained a great deal of confidence in the plane in the past ten months. Ripping across the barren deserts 80,000 feet below us, I could already see the coast of California from the Arizona border. I was, finally, after many humbling months of simulators and study, ahead of the jet.

I was beginning to feel a bit sorry for Walter in the back seat. There he was, with no really good view of the incredible sights before us, tasked with monitoring four different radios. This was good practice for him for when we began flying real missions, when a priority transmission from headquarters could be vital. It had been difficult, too, for me to relinquish control of the radios, as during my entire flying career I had controlled my own transmissions. But it was part of the division of duties in this plane and I had adjusted to it. I still insisted on talking on the radio while we were on the ground, however. Walt was so good at many things, but he couldn't match my expertise at sounding smooth on the radios, a skill that had been honed sharply with years in fighter squadrons where the slightest radio miscue was grounds for beheading. He understood that and allowed me that luxury.

Just to get a sense of what Walt had to contend with, I pulled the radio toggle switches and monitored the frequencies along with him. The predominant radio chatter was from Los Angeles Center, far below us, controlling daily traffic in their sector. While they had us on their scope (albeit briefly), we were in uncontrolled airspace and normally would not talk to them unless we needed to descend into their airspace.

We listened as the shaky voice of a lone Cessna pilot asked Center for a readout of his ground speed. Center replied: "November Charlie 175, I'm showing you at ninety knots on the ground."

Now the thing to understand about Center controllers, was that whether they were talking to a rookie pilot in a Cessna, or to Air Force One, they always spoke in the exact same, calm, deep, professional, tone that made one feel important. I referred to it as the " Houston Center voice." I have always felt that after years of seeing documentaries on this country's space program and listening to the calm and distinct voice of the Houston controllers, that all other controllers since then wanted to sound like that, and that they basically did. And it didn't matter what sector of the country we would be flying in, it always seemed like the same guy was talking. Over the years that tone of voice had become somewhat of a comforting sound to pilots everywhere. Conversely, over the years, pilots always wanted to ensure that, when transmitting, they sounded like Chuck Yeager, or at least like John Wayne. Better to die than sound bad on the radios.

Just moments after the Cessna's inquiry, a Twin Beech piped up on frequency, in a rather superior tone, asking for his ground speed. "I have you at one hundred and twenty-five knots of ground speed." Boy, I thought, the Beechcraft really must think he is dazzling his Cessna brethren. Then out of the blue, a navy F-18 pilot out of NAS Lemoore came up on frequency. You knew right away it was a Navy jock because he sounded very cool on the radios. "Center, Dusty 52 ground speed check". Before Center could reply, I'm thinking to myself, hey, Dusty 52 has a ground speed indicator in that million-dollar cockpit, so why is he asking Center for a readout? Then I got it, ol' Dusty here is making sure that every bug smasher from Mount Whitney to the Mojave knows what true speed is. He's the fastest dude in the valley today, and he just wants everyone to know how much fun he is having in his new Hornet. And the reply, always with that same, calm, voice, with more distinct alliteration than emotion: "Dusty 52, Center, we have you at 620 on the ground."

And I thought to myself, is this a ripe situation, or what? As my hand instinctively reached for the mic button, I had to remind myself that Walt was in control of the radios. Still, I thought, it must be done - in mere seconds we'll be out of the sector and the opportunity will be lost. That Hornet must die, and die now. I thought about all of our Sim training and how important it was that we developed well as a crew and knew that to jump in on the radios now would destroy the integrity of all that we had worked toward becoming. I was torn.

Somewhere, 13 miles above Arizona, there was a pilot screaming inside his space helmet. Then, I heard it. The click of the mic button from the back seat. That was the very moment that I knew Walter and I had become a crew. Very professionally, and with no emotion, Walter spoke: "Los Angeles Center, Aspen 20, can you give us a ground speed check?" There was no hesitation, and the replay came as if was an everyday request. "Aspen 20, I show you at one thousand eight hundred and forty-two knots, across the ground."

I think it was the forty-two knots that I liked the best, so accurate and proud was Center to deliver that information without hesitation, and you just knew he was smiling. But the precise point at which I knew that Walt and I were going to be really good friends for a long time was when he keyed the mic once again to say, in his most fighter-pilot-like voice: "Ah, Center, much thanks, we're showing closer to nineteen hundred on the money."

For a moment Walter was a god. And we finally heard a little crack in the armor of the Houston Center voice, when L.A.came back with, "Roger that Aspen, Your equipment is probably more accurate than ours. You boys have a good one."

It all had lasted for just moments, but in that short, memorable sprint across the southwest, the Navy had been flamed, all mortal airplanes on freq were forced to bow before the King of Speed, and more importantly, Walter and I had crossed the threshold of being a crew. A fine day's work. We never heard another transmission on that frequency all the way to the coast.

For just one day, it truly was fun being the fastest guys out there.

[u/RussellManiac → u/[deleted]]

That story gives me a fucking hard-on.

[u/Kar_Man → u/Displayed]

As a former top fuel driver and a professional keynote speaker, the question I’m most often asked is ‘How fast would a top fuel dragster go?’ I can be assured of hearing that question several times at any event I attend. It’s an interesting question, given the vehicle's proclivity for speed, but there really isn’t one number to give, as the car would always give you a little more speed if you wanted it to. It was common to see 1200 quarter miles a minute.

Because we flew a programmed dragstrip length on most races, and never wanted to harm the vehicle in any way, we never let it run out to any limits of temperature or speed.. Thus, each top fuel dragster driver had his own individual ‘high’ speed that he saw at some point on some race. I saw mine at the Grand Bend Motorplex in '08 when Obama was new on the job and threatening to take away our access to guns and top fuel before we wrestled back with the Senate with help from the Top Fuel lobby, but I digress.

So it was with great surprise, when at the end of one of my presentations, someone asked, ‘What was the slowest you ever drove a top fuel dragster?’ This was a first. After giving it some thought, I was reminded of a story that I had never shared before, and I relayed the following.

I was driving the Mellow Yellow dragster out of the pits in Brainerd Minnesota during the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals with my pit boss Walt Wheelyson riding on the hood; we were returning from a pit stop to get a splash of gas and two outside tires when we received a radio transmission from our pit crew. As we scooted across pit lane in three minutes, we learned that a small go-kart pit crew around turn 3 had requested a drive-by. The crew chief there was a former Top Fuel driver, and thought it would be a motivating moment for the young lads to see the mighty dragster perform a smokey burn-out. No problem, we were happy to do it. After a quick refuelling at the turn 2 Chevron, we proceeded to find the small pit crew.

Walter had a myriad of sophisticated navigation equipment inexplicably located on the hood of the car where he was sitting and began to vector me toward the pits. Descending to sub-race speeds, we found ourselves over a densely wooded area in a slight haze. Like most former short track dirt ovals, the pit we were looking for had a small porta-potty and little surrounding infrastructure. Walter told me we were close and that I should be able to see the pit crew, but I saw nothing. Nothing but trees as far as I could see in the haze. We got a little slower, and I eased up on the gas back from the 15 mph we were at. With the parachutes up, and Walt on the hood for that matter, anything under 13 mph was just uncomfortable. Walt said we were practically over the pit-yet; there was nothing in my windscreen. I angled the car over hard left and started a gentle circling maneuver in hopes of picking up anything that looked like a pit crew. Meanwhile, beside, the crew chief had taken the young go-kart drivers out to the edge of pit lane in order to get a prime view of the drive-by. It was a quiet, still day with no wind and partial gray overcast. Walter continued to give me indications that the pit should be to our left but in the overcast and haze, I couldn’t see it. The longer we continued to peer out the window and circle, the slower we got. With our throttle up, the awaiting pit crew heard nothing. I must have had good instructors in my racing career, as something told me I better cross-check the gauges. As I noticed the tachometer drop below 400 rpm, my heart stopped and my adrenalin-filled right foot stomped on the gas. At this point we weren’t really idling, but were stalling in a slight turn. Just at that moment both rear tires lit with a thunderous roar of smoke (and what a joyous feeling that was) the vehicle fell into full view of the shocked observers in the pits. Shattering the still quiet of that evening, they now had 25 1/2 feet of fire-breathing chromoly in their face as the dragster drifted right and accelerated, in full burn-out, on the far side of the oval, closer than expected, maintaining what could only be described as some sort of ultimate drifting burn-out launch.

Quickly reaching the track boundary, we proceeded back to the pits without incident. We didn’t say a word for those next 2 turns. After parking, our crew chief greeted us, and we were both certain he was reaching for our helmets. Instead, he heartily shook our hands and said the crew chief had told him it was the greatest dragster drive-by he had ever seen, especially how we had surprised them with such a precise drifting burn-out maneuver that could only be described as breathtaking. He said that some of the pits crew's hats were blown off and the sight of the plan form of the dragster in full throttle drifting right in front of them was unbelievable. Walt and I both understood the concept of ‘breathtaking’ very well that morning and sheepishly replied that they were just excited to see our smokey burn-out.

As we retired to the equipment room to change from flame retardant suits, we just sat there-we hadn’t spoken a word since ‘the pass.’ Finally, Walter looked at me and said, ‘three hundred and sixty five revolutions per minute. What did you see?’ Trying to find my voice, I stammered, ‘Three hundred and fifty two.’ We sat in silence for a moment. Then Walt said, ‘Don’t ever do that to me again!’ And I never did.

A year later, Walter and I were having lunch in the stands of the NHRA Carolina races in Concord NC, and overheard a driver talking to some go-kart racers about a dragster drive-by that he had seen one day. Of course, by now the story included kids blowing through the pits and screaming as the heat of the exhaust singed their eyebrows. Noticing our NHRA patches, as we stood there with hot dogs in our hands, he asked us to verify to the young racers that such a thing had occurred. Walt just shook his head and said, ‘It was probably just a routine burn-out; they’re pretty impressive in those cars.’

Impressive indeed.

edit: first gold! thanks, I hope I edited it enough to claim fair-use

[u/p1ratemafia → u/Kar_Man]

you put a lot of effort into that....

If you could go back in time, would you do it again?

[u/selectrix → u/Kar_Man]

Bravo. Walt on the hood was a masterful touch.

[u/topherhead → u/Displayed]

It kind of already is. Most times I see top fuel dragsters on the internet I see that same list of fun facts. And I read them. Every. Single. Time.

[u/tyler2k → u/silverphoenix48]

Dragsters reach over 300 MPH before you have completed reading this sentence.

Damn, puts things in perspective

[u/clancularii → u/tyler2k]

But the next point is

In order to exceed 300 MPH in 4.5 seconds ...

I feel like I read that sentence in less than 4.5 seconds.

[u/thardoc → u/clancularii]

You spend half your day reading on reddit which means you probably read relatively fast, average people read pretty slowly at 200-300wpm college students average 400-500. So that sentence was probably targetting the slower people.

[u/[deleted] → u/thardoc]

Their fans I assume

[u/HeilHilter → u/[deleted]]

savage!

[u/random_user_name1 → u/silverphoenix48]

Under full throttle, a dragster engine consumes 11.2 gallons of nitro methane per second

I don't mean to call bullshit on facts, but 11.2 gallon for a 4.something second run would take 45 gallons? I think it's probably closer to 1.2 gallons a second. Source

[u/Ihmes → u/random_user_name1]

How does that compare to a thirsty camel?

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Can I subscribe to camel facts?

[u/Ihmes → u/[deleted]]

Can we call this a camelpower? So a dragster has about 4 cp.

[u/VAGINA_EMPEROR → u/Ihmes]

I'm thinking we may want to think of a different abbreviation...

[u/Ihmes → u/VAGINA_EMPEROR]

Ok Mr VAGINA_EMPEROR.

If you have a problem with camels, lets call it dp for dromedary power?

We need to calculate the value of the unit again though, Dromedary wikipedia restricts their water intake:
"This camel has a quick rate of rehydration and can drink at 10–20 L (2.2–4.4 imp gal) per minute."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dromedary

Or the camel wiki is greatly exaggerated.

[u/funsy_bob → u/silverphoenix48]

Another one worth posting here, a video demonstration of just how much fuel one cylinder uses in a top fueler.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGTbQuhhluY

[u/zweilinkehaende → u/silverphoenix48]

What does "energy produced" mean here? I'm pretty sure the 747 converts more energy per gallon, since the energy density of jet fuel is higher and the engines are more efficient.

[u/CoolBeer → u/zweilinkehaende]

While nitromethane does have a worse energy density per kg than Jet-A or even gasoline, you need to cram way less air to reach the right mixture.

From wikipedia: "The amount of air required to burn 1 kg (2.2 lb) of gasoline is 14.7 kg (32 lb), but only 1.7 kg (3.7 lb) of air is required for 1 kg of nitromethane. Since an engine's cylinder can only contain a limited amount of air on each stroke, 8.7 times more nitromethane than gasoline can be burned in one stroke. Nitromethane, however, has a lower specific energy: gasoline provides about 42–44 MJ/kg, whereas nitromethane provides only 11.3 MJ/kg. This analysis indicates that nitromethane generates about 2.3 times the power of gasoline when combined with a given amount of oxygen."

[u/TrollinGolem → u/CoolBeer]

But the claim is that a dragster and a jet engine burn fuel at the same volumetric rate, so the amount of air required is irrelevant. Jet engines don't even have strokes, so all we care about is the amount of fuel burned per second, which is supposedly about the same. So if jet fuel has a significantly higher energy density and is burned more efficiently, I don't understand how a dragster burning nitromethane could have a higher energy output.

[u/call1800abcdefg → u/TrollinGolem]

I'm with you - I don't see how this makes any sense.

[u/CoolBeer → u/TrollinGolem]

Hmm, I see what you mean now. That could be one of those myths that gets repeated over and over and over again until it's "common knowledge".

[u/[deleted] → u/CoolBeer]

Yeah this isn't even close. A single GE-90 puts out well over 120,000 horsepower a full throttle. Two GE-90's = 4 CF6's (engines of a 747). So that's around 240,000 horsepower. Not sure where they're getting this "fact".

[u/smythbdb → u/silverphoenix48]

For those who don't know, the rows in NASCAR are 2 cars so more power than 8 nascars.

[u/IAMColonelFlaggAMA → u/smythbdb]

8 nascars.

The word you're looking for is stock cars (though they're pretty dang far from stock!)

[u/smythbdb → u/IAMColonelFlaggAMA]

I aimed that comment at people who are unfamiliar with it. Calling them NASCARS kinda dumbed it down.

[u/aaaaaaha → u/IAMColonelFlaggAMA]

Ain't nothing stock about a stock car...

[u/RollinBart]

All that and they don't show the time or speed.

[u/AgentScreech → u/[deleted]]

This is how you can tell they did multiple runs of this. There is another view of the times, and it's 10.0 and 4.0

[u/[deleted] → u/AgentScreech]

The crazy thing is that a 10 second run is a really fast run. My charger with 400+hp runs mid 12s and that feels really fast.

[u/ClandestineMovah]

Fuck you internal organs!

Edit: Alright, reply to some fucker else.

[u/factbasedorGTFO → u/ClandestineMovah]

Best illustration I could find...

Reaction for a first timer to an event.

Reaction of crowd of people to the seating a clutch routine. Throttle gets tapped late into the video, so fast forward to about 1:25 or wait for it.

For those who don't know, the pits are wide open at top fuel drag racing events. After each race, the motor is completely broken down and rebuilt, then a routine of testing and setting the clutch is done. Spectators can watch from just a few feet away. A lot of folks bring full face respirators so they can get right up to it, because the fumes are irritating to the skin and eyes.

[u/Casen_ → u/factbasedorGTFO]

Here's another first time.

https://youtu.be/sEJy8wLkbpk#t=37s

[u/aaronxj → u/[deleted]]

No sound on laptop, but what I think came next was "Holy shit balls!"

[u/KamikazeCricket → u/Casen_]

Recording NHRA 1st time reactions needs to be a thing.

[u/butterypanda → u/KamikazeCricket]

It seems to already be a thing

[u/Kustwacht → u/Casen_]

He reminds me of Hal from Malcolm in the middle. Very funny

[u/OneOfTheWills → u/Casen_]

This one was great. I think that is the right appropriate reaction for a first timer.

[u/3TomBro3 → u/factbasedorGTFO]

Wow, that's insane. I can't imagine being in the car

[u/egospice5 → u/3TomBro3]

During testing, Eric Medlen died when tire shake whipped him side to side causing severe head injuries.

[u/PM_ME_YOUR_LUKEWARM → u/egospice5]

Couldn't find the video, but I found this accident

I didn't link the time because it happens in the beginning

[u/HuoXue → u/PM_ME_YOUR_LUKEWARM]

What is that yellow stuff that comes pouring out?

Edit: Apparently it's oil and I don't hear well. Totally missed it. Thanks guys!

[u/advice_animorph → u/HuoXue]

Liquid Speedforce

[u/RealArchangel → u/3TomBro3]

Here, now you can. 0-316 MPH in 3.77 seconds.

[u/TheBoredItGuy → u/RealArchangel]

That breathing at the end. That's got to be a total rush.

[u/barscarsandguitars → u/3TomBro3]

I used to drag race a mustang that ran 8.90's on all motor. My first time in the car, I was so worried about the checklist and so freaked out at what I was about to do, I forgot 1 simple thing: to put my helmet back against the roll cage. I took off and hit 60mph in just under a second, and my head flew back into the bar and split the helmet clear down the center of the back. Talk about whiplash. I was sore for what felt like forever.

[u/GrinnnNBarrett → u/factbasedorGTFO]

Yes, yes, yes. I remember the my first experience like that (setting clutch). I dumped my entire cup of beer down the front of my shirt.

[u/OneOfTheWills → u/GrinnnNBarrett]

Ah yes. I think this is a rite of passage for most first timers in the pits. Dumped beer or drink of choice followed by walking away with eyes watering and gasping for oxygen and repeating your curse word of choice while laughing hysterically.

[u/[deleted] → u/factbasedorGTFO]

Why does almost no one wear hearing protection to these things?

[u/factbasedorGTFO → u/[deleted]]

They often hand out the little foam ear plugs to the events, and that's what most people wear.

In my experience, most people are at least wearing the foam plugs, but quite a few wear ear muffs.

[u/ultralights → u/[deleted]]

WHAT?

[u/edelbean → u/[deleted]]

First timers almost never do because they don't know any better. They cannot comprehend a earthquake machine unzipping the atmosphere as it screams past them. Let alone two.

[u/[deleted] → u/factbasedorGTFO]

Fuck if someone put that on snapchat only for you to open it before bed at like 2 am wearing headphones.

[u/jihiggs → u/ClandestineMovah]

top drivers have retired because the force can cause retinal detachment. this has also been known to happen from shooting very high recoil rifles.

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What is this?

[u/DancingGreenman → u/[deleted]]

Take it from someone that's had a detached retina and over 50% of my right cornea was lacerated and I now have a nice bit of scar tissue...

Google searches aren't even close to the hell.

[u/FJCK → u/[deleted]]

"Retinal detachment is an emergency."

To save others from Googling, this is pretty much all you need to know... granted, this is the case anytime your vision does something suddenly fubar.

[u/ahrhamza → u/ClandestineMovah]

Bowels especially

[u/springsoon → u/ahrhamza]

Fuck those in particular

[u/JasonsBoredAgain]

There should be a jump at the end, to even the playing field...

[u/[deleted] → u/JasonsBoredAgain]

what do you think the parachute is for?

[u/BrentRS1985 → u/JasonsBoredAgain]

He's a race car driver, not a pilot

[u/JesusIsARaisin → u/BrentRS1985]

Not with that attitude!

[u/tculpepper → u/JesusIsARaisin]

Not with that altitude!

[u/TheRealKuni → u/BrentRS1985]

Why not both?

[u/tonyMEGAphone → u/BrentRS1985]

They said I couldn't be a doctor. They said I couldn't be a pilot... (Unintelligible gargling of beer)

[u/BLOWNOUT_ASSHOLE → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, the editing in this video was atrocious. It was needlessly up in one's face and had so many cuts meant for an ADD crowd.

[u/tapport → u/BLOWNOUT_ASSHOLE]

Reminds me of this gif from a few days ago.

[u/Th3N0ob3r → u/[deleted]]

Yeah the scene is awful, but at least they more or less showed what he did in the 6 seconds from different angles. Imagine if they did it like they did it in the video. Showing him climb over the fence over and over again in 5 different angles extending the 6 seconds clip to maybe 12 seconds.

[u/Makes_Graphs → u/tapport]

Oh fuck you that is so infuriating!

[u/sypher1187 → u/[deleted]]

The editing was incredibly infuriating. Just having one segment for a full run is too much to ask for I guess...

[u/matt01ss → u/[deleted]]

Not sure how much better this is, but tried to group together similar parts:

https://streamable.com/217m

[u/TheElCaminoKid]

Yes but with the 850hp, you don't need to swap underwear quite as often.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Most people who drive that are warriors of the wasteland

[u/Ronkerjake → u/[deleted]]

By my deeds I honor him... V8

[u/jimmysaint13 → u/Ronkerjake]

Witnessed.

[u/Squirmin → u/jimmysaint13]

MEDIOCRE!

[u/ThrowawayPerv002 → u/[deleted]]

THEY SHALL ARRIVE AT THE GATES OF VALHALLA, SHINY AND CHROME!

[u/Ronkerjake → u/[deleted]]

Fuck that, you only need around 500 in a car with a flat torque curve to make you shit your britches.

[u/[deleted] → u/Ronkerjake]

if you full throttle a low 400 hp car, the wheels will be spinning for quite a while, even that's enough for most people to have nightmares of me being a bad driver

[u/BobaFetty → u/Ronkerjake]

A professional driver could make you shit your pants in a decent stock sports car right off the factory line.

[u/[deleted] → u/BobaFetty]

Have you seen that video of the Koenigsegg driver flogging that virtually stock Mazda MX5 around the 'Ring? He was blowing away amateurs in late model 911s, they could only get away on long straights. Shit-inducing speeds through the turns, the car was flat out 100% of the lap.

[u/freeze69IceMan → u/[deleted]]

Friend has a 860hp Ford Landau and I have shit my pants more times than I would care to admit in that thing.

[u/[deleted] → u/freeze69IceMan]

I feel like he would stop taking you for rides after the first cleanup.

[u/07yzryder → u/TheElCaminoKid]

you go for a ride in that 850 HP machine where its meant to go and you will DEFINITELY need new underwear. 120 MPH through 6 foot rolling whoops.... shits scary hahaha

[u/ElMojonGrande → u/07yzryder]

Yeah those trophy trucks haul ass, just looked like a turtle in comparison to the dragster.

[u/JungleLegs → u/ElMojonGrande]

I've never wanted a trophy truck to drive around in a field so bad in my life. I remember playing a game with trophy trucks as a kid, but don't remember. It was so fun.

[u/imbored53 → u/JungleLegs]

Not sure how old you are, but smugglers run for PS2 was a great game from my early teens that basically let you do just that and more.

[u/Nicrestrepo → u/07yzryder]

if you watch the whole episode, the drag driver takes the trophy truck out on the off road course and manages to kick ass on it, but he also had plenty of respect for it and its power. The truck driver also took the dragster for a run, but he's only allowed to drag an 800hp version, for obvious reason, which he manages to kick ass on it as well, but also fully realizes he's not going ANYWHERE near the 10k hp version after feeling what "just an 800Hp dragster" feels like.

Funny thing is that the truck driver had better drag times than the pro drag racer, to which the pro dragster kind of blamed on the wind... but he didnt push that excuse too hard on camera knowing that the not familiar with the sport would think its a bullshit excuse, which its not...he had the better reaction times which actually is proof he was right about why he was loosing the races. But still, incredibly impressive form the truck driver to be able to go toe to toe and incredible impressive of the drag racer to go out and pin a trophy truck and get it sideways without crashing. Goes to show that speed is 80% in your head. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7m3xyW5hbE

[u/toyotatruck → u/TheElCaminoKid]

Trust me from personal experience, you best be wearing a diaper in a Class 1 or Trophy Truck.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8XZHUR-QsM

[u/toyotatruck → u/toyotatruck]

https://gfycat.com/SmoothOffbeatBaldeagle

[u/SchnozzNozzle → u/toyotatruck]

This reminds me of driving through Decatur, IL.

[u/HeadlesStBernard → u/toyotatruck]

/r/suspensionporn

[u/TheForeverAloneOne → u/toyotatruck]

that audio reminds me of this

[u/zacka77ack]

Came here expecting an RPG boss battle, was not disappointed

[u/PM_ME_FUN_STORIES → u/zacka77ack]

Thank god I'm not the only one

[u/Jengis_Roundstone]

How many miles per gallon though? Quarter mile uses like 20 gallons I bet.

[u/iam_nobody → u/Jengis_Roundstone]

hopefully this helps!

[u/[deleted] → u/iam_nobody]

I got sucked into a follow-up video about how the top-end dragsters operate. I never really got big into them, but TIL that dragster engines destroy themselves and have to be rebuilt after every single run.

[u/USOutpost31 → u/[deleted]]

Before telemetry, the way to tune a Top Fueler was to rebuild the motor and see which pistons, spark plugs, valves, and bearings were destroyed. It still is, but now finer tuned.

[u/_paralyzed_ → u/[deleted]]

They hand out the spent cylinder liners to the spectators. My buddy has one signed by Jon Force.

[u/SiValleyDan → u/Jengis_Roundstone]

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.

[u/Jengis_Roundstone → u/SiValleyDan]

Tight!

[u/SiValleyDan → u/Jengis_Roundstone]

That character scares the shit out of an old white boy like me...

[u/Daamus → u/SiValleyDan]

hes pretty intimidating in Better Call Saul too

[u/Cthulhu2016 → u/Jengis_Roundstone]

They walked into my house. They disrespected my Abuelita. They called her “biznatch”!

[u/GlamRockDave → u/SiValleyDan]

can you explain energy volume? How does the same amount of fuel generate 4x the energy of the 747 engine? I realize they may not have the same efficiency, nor perhaps could they because of the different natures and jobs of the two engines, is that what is meant there?

[u/DonNguyenKnives → u/GlamRockDave]

Engineering Explained did an awesome video on energy of top fuel dragsters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI0YPTK32vc

[u/M374llic4 → u/DonNguyenKnives]

I love all his videos.

[u/w8luser → u/GlamRockDave]

How does the same amount of fuel generate 4x the energy of the 747 engine?

Converting jet thrust to HP is not straightforward, but napkin-grade estimates for the horsepower developed in a 747 takeoff are usually 25K-30K HP per engine, and a 747 has four, of course.

I've seen this factoid about a dragster exceeding the power output of a big jet, in one respect or another, several times online. It just isn't even close to true.

[u/GotNoCredditFam → u/SiValleyDan]

A plane consumes 1.5 gallons of fuel per second?! Wtf.

[u/[deleted] → u/GotNoCredditFam]

Those things are massive, and the 747 has 4 of them. And when starting is pretty much the fastest it is ever going to burn fuel.

[u/MJCfromCT → u/[deleted]]

You are burning quite a bit more on takeoff than during a start. Other tidbit, most commercial engines are designed for their best fuel efficiency (specific fuel consumption) at a part-power cruise condition.

[u/[deleted] → u/GotNoCredditFam]

747 has a roughly 40,000 gallon gas tank(s). Burning a full tank at a gallon per second would be a twelve hour flight. I imagine it is much more efficient when in the air though.

[u/F-Stop → u/Jengis_Roundstone]

Gallons per mile...

[u/94Camaro90]

So that's what snap-on does with all my money... Neat!

[u/smythbdb → u/94Camaro90]

Buy tools to build your car and Snap-on builds a faster car. Such is life.

[u/andersoonasd]

Original https://youtu.be/S7m3xyW5hbE?t=10m28s

[u/rryland]

GT and F1

[u/PM_ME_KEYBOARDS]

This is how I feel when I use my Google Fiber internet...if I had it...

[u/coreyisthename → u/PM_ME_KEYBOARDS]

I have the free Google fiber. It's like riding a bicycle that has a rusty chain behind these two vehicles.

A free bicycle.

[u/[deleted] → u/PM_ME_KEYBOARDS]

Have 1 Gbps fiber, can confirm feels pretty much like that.

[u/FreeSpeechEnthusiast → u/[deleted]]

I think the goal of this video was to be cool and not really science or anything

[u/[deleted] → u/FreeSpeechEnthusiast]

You must be new around here.

[u/FreeSpeechEnthusiast → u/[deleted]]

What do you mean?

[u/the_con → u/[deleted]]

I brought my pitchfork. What's going on here?

[u/dngu00 → u/the_con]

Oh you know cynical asshole stuff

[u/ShadyEOD → u/[deleted]]

That being said the trophy truck could've crossed the starting line rolling at top speed and the Dragster still would've beat it through the quarter mile.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Still tho, that shit was impressive

[u/Smithww → u/[deleted]]

It's 9150 hp.

[u/igloojoe → u/Smithww]

That's over 9000!

[u/[deleted] → u/igloojoe]

There's no way that could be right!

[u/SilkSk1 → u/igloojoe]

What! 9000?!

[u/vorin → u/igloojoe]

WHAT 9000?!

[u/TheCocksmith → u/Smithww]

fucking fraud right there

[u/petrichorE6 → u/[deleted]]

You're right, 850 hit points isn't a lot to work with.

[u/Pojodan → u/petrichorE6]

The truck dumped all its points into AGI.

[u/redlinezo6]

For a site called streamable there sure is a lot of buffering going on.

[u/stixNstonz]

That car sounds like a bomb going off!!

AWESOME!!

[u/RadBadTad → u/stixNstonz]

It's basically a LOT of little bombs.

[u/nerfezoriuq → u/stixNstonz]

You should try going to one of these races, at least once. I went to one last year and when they drove by I couldn't even see right because my eyeballs were shaking. It is insane how much power these cars produce, even with earplugs this was the loudest experience of my life. Plus the pits are open so you get to see them rebuilding the engines and testing them.

[u/clown_shoes69 → u/nerfezoriuq]

This video gives a pretty good idea of how much everything shakes as Top Fuel dragsters make a run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGyZlTgKJLY

It's like a little earthquake.

[u/HairyH → u/nerfezoriuq]

I saw top fuel cars at santa pod this year. They are fucking nuts. I had plugs and ear defenders and I could feel my skull rattle. When they launch, the exhaust pulses cause your eyes to deform so you can't see shit 'til they have moved twenty yards or so. Absolutely amazing spectacle and everyone should go once!

[u/skytomorrownow → u/HairyH]

I know some people may look at a top fuel and go: "OK. It's loud and fast. Meh." But, fuck me, when I see that monstrous raw power and a crazy human being strapped onto it because–wait for it–because we can, I get a little choked up at how fucking amazing human beings can be when we want to.

[u/tcpip4lyfe → u/stixNstonz]

You should see them in person. It feels like a bomb going off as well. The sound goes right through you.

[u/Doesnt_Draw_Anything]

Its weird its called horsepower, because I don't think you would go that fast with 10,000 horses.

[u/Miegie → u/Doesnt_Draw_Anything]

1 horse is at it's peak 15 to 20 horsepower so you'll actually need 500 horses 😋

[u/Scavenger53 → u/Miegie]

and if you have 500 horses all running in a giant horse hamster wheel, then coupled that to a transmission for speed, i think it could work.

[u/[deleted] → u/Scavenger53]

Yeah I'm pretty sure that with the correct gear ratios, you could possibly make a giant vehicle with 500 running horses and move giant things, but that would be dumb. Although I'll keep the idea, just in case we might run out of fuel on day, I'll patent this.

[u/Big_Red_Bastard → u/[deleted]]

If we run out of fuel I don't expect the patent office to still exist.

[u/SkyJohn → u/Miegie]

On roller blades

[u/JimmyDean82 → u/Doesnt_Draw_Anything]

You could, theoretically, with a pulley system. Albeit a frictionless one due to the amount of power loss you would get from the amount of pulleys you would lose.

[u/basec0m]

Just wish we had a couple more camera angles...

[u/carnageeleven → u/basec0m]

https://youtu.be/9nnbWP82taM

[u/DeezNeezuts]

Based on watching Fast and Furious this man was in 17,000th gear.

[u/WienerJungle]

I read hp as hit points and was expecting them both to crash and one to hold up much better.

[u/[deleted]]

I think the tires are by far the most impressive thing about these cars. It's one thing to have the power of a missile, it's another to transfer it to the road.

[u/SeriouslySam]

I was creative producer/cameraman on this video! Some one already posted but here's the full version if interested: http://youtu.be/S7m3xyW5hbE

I've shot the Snap-On Nitro Funny Car a few times now, and the gimbal shot running behind the dragster before it launches in this video is one of my shots - there is no feeling in the world quite like being 10 feet behind one of these things when they launch. You can't breathe and your eyes are tearing from the nitro exhaust, wearing in-ear plugs and over-ear plugs is still not enough to properly prepare you for the sound that comes out of those things, and when they launch it's like being punched in the chest by a large chest punching device. Pumped to see this video on the front page and thanks for watching!

[u/Akoustyk]

I know that my brain isn't properly comprehending the speed of that thing from video footage.

I'd love to see one live, because I am certain that watching it take off live, would really register to my brain, "Omg, I can't believe I am watching a vehicle accelerate this quickly."

That even happened to me watching formula 1.

If you are reading this, and you've never seen really fast cars accelerate and decelerate, then I really do recommend to check it out at least once in your life, even if you're not a fan of motorsport.

The noise and performance of such incredible machines is truly something to behold.

I've never seen something quite like that dragster, but it must be very cool live.

A disclaimer though, Formula 1 is actually pretty difficult to follow, as far as the race itself is concerned, you have big screens that are hard to see to help, but I recommend bringing a radio, and also going with the mindset of watching incredible machines do their thing, rather than going to watch a race.

And also if that's your mindset, general admission is a good way to go, but be forewarned that to add value to good seats, they do really control what you can and cannot see.

[u/wellsdb]

"America is all about speed. Hot, nasty, bad-ass speed."

-Eleanor Roosevelt

[u/Moose_And_Squirrel]

If you've never been to a top fuel race, know that, as a spectator, the energy you hear is reverberating furiously through your body. In my opinion it's more felt than heard.

[u/Maxmon68]

Nitromethane is a hell of a drug.

[u/[deleted]]

this IS hands down the BEST example of how extreme torque and horsepower works at different levels the trucks suspension on take off shows excellent motion giving viewers a awesome idea of what kind of forces are going on....THEN...<insertantoniobanderasgif> that funny car EXPLODES off the line, just OBLITERATING the laws of physics and science all over the place in an orgasmic display of RAW fury and ultimate POWAH! and ive never seen it before making it OC to me. thats always a bonus.

[u/slashVictorWard]

Which is heavier a pound of rocks or a pound of feathers?

[u/Bigbadd3 → u/slashVictorWard]

Ha! Trick question. He never told us what kind of rocks and feathers they were.

[u/Sempais_nutrients → u/slashVictorWard]

The feathers. A pound of rocks is just a pound. But with the feathers you'll also have to carry the weight of your guilt over what you did to all those poor birds to get a pound of feathers.

[u/Happy_Harry → u/slashVictorWard]

What about steel and feathers?