How much per gallon...????

[63 dream'n]

http://www.competitionplus.com/drag...as-smaller-nhra-teams-throwing-their-hands-up

A top fuel dragster consumes 15 gallons for 1/4 mile run at $40 per gallon .......That’s $600 per quarter mile run........

 

[bobs409]

Well that's it! My top fuel dragster is staying in the garage!

 

[Iowa 409 Guy]

I'm dropping my compression to 10.5-1

 

[1964SuperStocker]

I'm dropping my compression to 10.5-1

Yah right. To put a blower on maybe. LOL!

 

[Iowa 409 Guy]

10.5 now for true Randy. Built engine for the street and never ran against the clock until a couple years later. First race with a car. Raced a bike once in 1970.

 

[409newby]

Kinda makes you wonder what kind of pump it takes to push that much fuel from tank to engine????

 

[Tooth]

That uses an engine driven mechanical fuel pump, with 42 fuel nozzles and flows at a rate of 500 psi at 7500 RPM which is about 100 gallons per minute. I love fuel funny cars and dragster’s. Take my son to the drag races to get his nitro fix every year! Nothing like watery eyes and snot bubbles coming out of your nose! Soon as he gets it cleared up he goes back for more! I raised him right. Nothing on this earth shakes the ground like two top fuel dragster’s running side-by-side. 20,000 hp. One cylinder makes more horsepower than a NASCAR engine, think about that! A friend of mine builds fuel funny car’s and dragsters and has a championship IHRA season trophy.

 

[1958 delivery]

Kinda makes you wonder what kind of pump it takes to push that much fuel from tank to engine????

What about an alcohol dragster? Got to pump double

 

[Tooth]

I don’t remember how much alcohol the top alcohol dragster is used off the top of my head I have to do some thinking, I used to go with Bob McCosh in Columbia who is a Chevrolet dealership and had an alcohol dragster. I do remember that his engine was about 11 to 1 compression and he shifted at 10,600 RPM. I used to help him at the track... I do remember that those engines made about 4000 hp. Alan Johnson done his cylinder head work. And I remember you could buy a new Corvette for a set of heads! Trust me Bob had several engines on the trailer. Several million dollars in his set up until he got a divorce
i’m sure James remembers Bobs alcohol dragster days. He used to come down to our camp and hang out too!

 

[64ss409]

http://www.competitionplus.com/drag...as-smaller-nhra-teams-throwing-their-hands-up

A top fuel dragster consumes 15 gallons for 1/4 mile run at $40 per gallon .......That’s $600 per quarter mile run........

That $600 worth of fuel lasts for about 3.7 seconds.

 

[1964SuperStocker]

10.5 now for true Randy. Built engine for the street and never ran against the clock until a couple years later. First race with a car. Raced a bike once in 1970.

10.5:1? Your car gets it for that kind of compression.

 

[Iowa 409 Guy]

10.5:1? Your car gets it for that kind of compression.

It was less than that until I glued washers on top of the pistons.

 

[64ss409]

 

[hammer-time]

It was less than that until I glued washers on top of the pistons.

Hope you used JB Weld not super glue.

 

[Iowa 409 Guy]

Hope you used JB Weld not super glue.

D bonded pistons like Cummings used back in the 9O's. New engine....one came apart at a little over 3k hours on a power unit. Took to dealer Friday pm and it was on their dock for pickup Monday am. Warranty. Went 15k more hours before any more problems. Kept up on overheads and cleaning injectors.

 

[tenxal]

A pals son crews on the Mike Salinas Top Fuel car. With normal expendables and fuel, each pass is $5K.

If they don't hurt anything.

 

[Iowa 409 Guy]

Thanks Al, I feel better now about the $$$ I spent on the Crusher lately......

 

[1958 delivery]

So sometimes it's better to go out 1st round

 

[scott hall]

Never!!!!

 

[Iowa 409 Guy]

Never!!!!

Only the first loser....