OT- NHRA Drag Racing

[Extra Point]

This is insane. After each run they pull the motor and rebuild it in about an hour. They have on mechanic for the block, one for pistons, one for clutch, and yet another mechanic for super charger. They try and get the car up to 400 degrees (normal car runs at 120 degrees) before the run and they are reaching 300+ mph in under 4 seconds.

 

[oldman87]

Most cars opens its thermostate @ about 180 F and operates @ around 200 F.

 

[Tango Two]

This is insane. After each run they pull the motor and rebuild it in about an hour. They have on mechanic for the block, one for pistons, one for clutch, and yet another mechanic for super charger. They try and get the car up to 400 degrees (normal car runs at 120 degrees) before the run and they are reaching 300+ mph in under 4 seconds.

What car runs at 120 degrees

 

[czxqa]

Yeah they blow the doors off those NASCAR kids. It's absolutely crazy how fast those guys are going by the time they hit the brakes. The top fuel cars have 10,000 horsepower and finish in less than 4 seconds all the time.

 

[Piscataway]

The blocks are air cooled. They lack the water jackets used for water cooling in order to strengthen the block. All based off of the Chrysler 426 Hemi (obviously very modified). Pistons are the size of coffee cans. If you have ever been to see them in person, the feeling in your body is other worldly.

 

[Extra Point]

What car runs at 120 degrees

The Chevy volt. I thought the guy on tv said 120 but yea that is very low.

 

[Extra Point]

Most cars opens its thermostate @ about 180 F and operates @ around 200 F.

I thought the guy on tv said that but 120 is obviously wrong, 200 is more like it.

 

[Beancounter88]

Grew up near Raceway Park. It is a spectacle to see once in your life - speed and sound is incredible. Fun night when they have open competition and people race in their homemade cars.

 

[rulaw87]

The top fuel cars have been measured at 180 decibels. You must see it in person to appreciate it. The jet cars are something else altogether with the afterburners lit.

 

[T2Kplus10]

Grew up near Raceway Park. It is a spectacle to see once in your life - speed and sound is incredible. Fun night when they have open competition and people race in their homemade cars.

I grew up in a nearby town and could hear the nitromethane cars loud and clean during the Summernationals. I went a bunch of times and loved it growing up. You just don't hear or see the cars go down the track, you feel them. Amazing experience. I'm just still annoyed that they shortened the track for Top Fuel and Funny Cars from 1/4 mile to 1000 feet. I know why they did it, but it still feels very lame.

 

[RUJohnny99]

I grew up in a nearby town and could hear the nitromethane cars loud and clean during the Summernationals. I went a bunch of times and loved it growing up. You just don't hear or see the cars go down the track, you feel them. Amazing experience. I'm just still annoyed that they shortened the track for Top Fuel and Funny Cars from 1/4 mile to 1000 feet. I know why they did it, but it still feels very lame.

I live roughly 5 miles east of Raceway Park. During the Summer Nationals, my house shakes. One year I was cutting the grass, lawnmower going with ear protection on, and I could hear them.

 

[czxqa]

I grew up in a nearby town and could hear the nitromethane cars loud and clean during the Summernationals. I went a bunch of times and loved it growing up. You just don't hear or see the cars go down the track, you feel them. Amazing experience. I'm just still annoyed that they shortened the track for Top Fuel and Funny Cars from 1/4 mile to 1000 feet. I know why they did it, but it still feels very lame.

Yeah, it's just not the same thing. Then again, the cars are way nore powerful than they were 30 years ago too.

 

[dieselkeane]

I went one year and one of the cars flipped and went into the woods.