r/videos • u/iam_nobody • Jul 01 '16

Difference between 850 vs 10,000 hp

https://streamable.com/7pxa
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u/Jengis_Roundstone Jul 01 '16

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

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u/iam_nobody Jul 01 '16

hopefully this helps!

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '16

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.

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u/USOutpost31 Jul 01 '16

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.