NHL Playoffs, MLB

Blown · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 2:05 pm Post subject:

Read all of this there is some unreal info in it !

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.

The gasoline-powered engines of NHRA Pro Stock cars produce about 1,200 horsepower, about eight times that of the average street car.

NHRA 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.

NHRA 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.

NHRA Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars travel the length of more than four football fields in less than five seconds.

From a standing start, NHRA Top Fuel dragsters accelerate faster than a jumbo jet, a fighter jet, and a Formula One race car.

A fuel pump for an NHRA Top Fuel dragster and Funny Car delivers 65 gallons of fuel per minute, equivalent to eight bathroom showers running at the same time.

The fuel-line pressure for NHRA Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars is between 400 and 500 pounds, about 20 times greater than the pressure on passenger-car fuel pumps.

The 17-inch rear tires used on NHRA Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars wear out after four to six runs, or about two miles. Some brands of passenger-car tires are guaranteed for 80,000 miles.

It's desirable for an NHRA Top Fuel dragster to race with its front wheels inches off the ground for about the first 200 feet of the run. This ensures proper weight transfer to the rear wheels, a crucial part of a good launch and quick run.

The nitromethane used to power the engines of NHRA Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars costs about $30 per gallon.

NHRA Top Fuel Dragsters can exceed 280 mph in just 660 feet.

NHRA Top Fuel Dragsters are slowed by a reverse force five times that of gravity when both parachutes deploy simultaneously.

NHRA Top Fuel Dragsters leave the starting line with a force six times that of gravity, the same as the space shuttle when it leaves the launch pad at Cape Canaveral.

NHRA Top Fuel Dragsters accelerates from 0 to 100 mph in less than 0.8 second, almost 11 seconds quicker than a production Porsche 911 Turbo takes to reach the same speed.

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

Depending on size and angle, the large rear wing of a NHRA Top Fuel Dragster develops between 4,000 to 8,000 pounds of downforce.

Under full throttle, this 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 density.

Each quarter mile run by this dragster costs approximately $1,000 per second ... if nothing blows up!

One TF dragster's 500-inch Hemi makes more horsepower than the first 8 rows at the Daytona 500.

A stock passenger car Hemi will not produce enough power to drive the dragster's supercharger.

Even with nearly 3000 CFM of air being rammed in by the supercharger on overdrive, the fuel mixture is compressed into nearly-solid form before ignition. Cylinders run on the verge of hydraulic lock.

Dual magnetos apply 44 amps to each spark plug. This is the output of an arc welder in each cylinder.

At stoichiometric (exact) 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture (for nitro), the flame front of nitromethane measures 7050 degrees F.

Nitromethane 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.

Spark plug electrodes are totally consumed during a pass. 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 those cylinders and then explodes with a force that can blow cylinder heads off the block in pieces or split the block in half.

To exceed 300 mph in 4.5 seconds dragsters must accelerate at an average of over 4G's. They reach 200 mph well before 1/2 track.

Dragsters reach over 300 miles per hour before you have completed reading this sentence.

Top Fuel Engines turn ONLY 540 revolutions from light to light!

The redline is actually quite high at 9500rpm

The current TF dragster elapsed time record is 4.477 seconds for the quarter mile (06/02/01 Kenny Bernstein)

Putting all of this in perspective: You are driving an average Lingenfelter powered "twin-turbo" Corvette. 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, but you still run the 'Vette hard up through the gears and blast across the starting line and past the dragster at an honest 200 mph. At this moment, the dragster launches and starts after you. You keep your foot hard down, but you hear an incredibly brutal whine that sears your eardrums and within seconds the dragster catches and passes you. He beats you to the finish line, a quarter mile away from where you passed him. That, folks, is acceleration. Think about it, from a standing start, this phenomenal machine has spotted you 200mph and not only cought, but nearly blasted you off the road when he passed you within a mere 1320 feet.

Shovel me Silly · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 2:29 pm Post subject:

I guess the best time in sports varies for everyone. There are at least 4 big times for me. NFL playoffs, NCAA basketball tourney, World Series, College Bowl games on New Years Eve and Day too.

FragFailure · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 2:53 pm Post subject:

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Shovel me Silly · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 3:26 pm Post subject:

Quad Post. You belligerent spammer!

Blown · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 3:53 pm Post subject:

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Gurrg · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 5:56 pm Post subject:

I agree 100% with Blown, i only see a couple regs play, ever. I'm on almost everyday and most of the day on weekends. I just wish someone would at least come in and check it out.

btw, TV is only 33% DoD, there is only one more dod server than tfc, no math major, but i think i'm correct.
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Blown · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 6:05 pm Post subject:

I think he is saying players, but still TS is almost always full. Even with my T1 problems of late they connect right back and they are full. The one NS server is full alot. TFC has been doing good except the last couple weeks. Heck, what do I know.

[njk]Nopeace4u-DBD · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 9:18 pm Post subject:

all the Yankees haters out there & #alien

all the Yankees fans that just started being yankees fan within the past few years.

And Red Soxs fans, pfft nuthing there caus ei can go on & on

Hopefully the cubs make it this year cubs vs. yankees im going for!

BTW slim to none but GO DEVILS!!
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Pornstar · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 9:25 pm Post subject:

Jfet Zener · Server Admin Joined: 19 Feb 2003 Posts: 3353

did i tell anyone how much i think MLB sucks and NHL is cool (even though powdermilkman thinks there will be no NHL next year...ask him for details).

FragFailure · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 2:26 am Post subject: