The Definition of Acceleration and Power...!

Old 05-25-2011, 07:38 PM
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DEFINITION OF ACCELERATION and POWER…

One top fuel dragster’s 500 cubic inch Hemi engine makes more horsepower than the first 4 rows of NASCAR stock cars at the Daytona 500.

It takes just 15/100ths of a second for all 6,000+ horsepower of an NHRA Top Fuel dragster engine to reach the rear wheels.

Under full throttle, a dragster engine consumes 1½ 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 even 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 of nitro methane, the flame front temperature measures 7,050 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 halfway, the engine is dieseling from compression, plus the glow of exhaust valves at 1,400 deg 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, redline at 9,500 rpm. Including the burnout, the engine must survive 900 revolutions under load.

Assuming all the equipment is paid off, the crew worked for free, and for once NOTHING BLOWS UP, each run costs an estimate $1,000.00 per second.

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 Corvette hard up through the gears and blast across the starting line and pass 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 you, but nearly blasted you off the road when he passed you within a mere 1,320 foot long race course!
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Old 05-26-2011, 09:10 AM
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No way!!You have a Corvette motor.
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Old 05-26-2011, 10:57 AM
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that last section cant be true, not against a vette... :lol:
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Old 05-26-2011, 03:06 PM
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S=1/2AT squared.He is correct!
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Old 05-26-2011, 04:55 PM
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The last time I saw this it was a FRRD mustang it passed. Now that would be believable!! lol
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Old 05-26-2011, 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by TheRabbit
The last time I saw this it was a FRRD mustang it passed. Now that would be believable!! lol
Thats Awesome!!!!There is no way its passing a vette. Unless Chuck Norris was behind the wheel.
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thats why i wouldnt have a vette.!!!!
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Old 05-27-2011, 06:07 AM
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Originally Posted by outlaw256
thats why i wouldnt have a vette.!!!!

Dang! I want to sell mine now

Why Oh why couldn't it have been a camaro :cry:
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