"cletus44 aka Clayton Seams" (cletus44)
06/19/2015 at 10:30 • Filed to: None
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"cletus44 aka Clayton Seams" (cletus44)
06/19/2015 at 10:30 • Filed to: None | 5
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This much. I’m astounded and I can’t stop watching. That’s nutso.
Alfalfa Romeo
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
06/19/2015 at 10:35 |
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All that fuel could run a Geo Metro for a solid week!
SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
06/19/2015 at 10:35 |
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They don’t have injectors. They just stuff a hose in there.
Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
06/19/2015 at 10:37 |
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That’s insane. That’s probably more than my cars engine capacity of fuel in each cylinder per run.
davedave1111
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
06/19/2015 at 10:42 |
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Yeah, I was astonished the first time I saw that video.
This puts it in an interesting context:
http://www.harwoodandassociates.co.uk/faqs/guidance-…
A typical bath tap has about 10-15 litres per minute flow rate - 15l/m would be a good, powerful one, 10l/m a bit weak. The top fuel dragster’s cylinders each have peak flow of 45 litres per minute.
To offset against that, though, the fuel used is only about half as energy-dense as petrol. Even so, that’s a metric fuckton being pumped through there.
Grindintosecond
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
06/19/2015 at 10:47 |
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I think its something like 15 gallons nitro-meth in a quarter mile. Crazy to actually see that.
McMike
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
06/19/2015 at 10:56 |
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Crazy. Makes me think of the 12-15 liters a second the old F1 fuel rigs could flow.*
*when connected to a fuel source.
Ronin
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
06/19/2015 at 11:11 |
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Well you gotta think, during the run that single cylinder produces more power than a Bugatti Veyron.
Cé hé sin
> Ronin
06/19/2015 at 11:40 |
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Then again, a Veyron will keep producing its relatively puny output for rather longer.
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cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
> Ronin
06/19/2015 at 12:28 |
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That’s an insane way to put it. I’ve never thought about that before. Top fuel dragsters are mind blowing.
WiscoProud
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
06/19/2015 at 12:51 |
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I saw at a science museum years back. Very cool. Its astonishing how much fuel is consumed
TheD0k_2many toys 2little time
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
06/19/2015 at 12:52 |
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also that the engines are sometime one run and done. they rebuild them at the trailer. its insane
MM54
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
06/19/2015 at 16:10 |
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I met Antron Brown a while back with some friend, and as engineers we had all sorts of questions and learned a ton about top fuel dragsters - they really are mind blowing. 500CI engines with a hemispherical head and flat-top piston & a blower that take ~800HP to run? Insane.
Also if you ever get the change to see them run in person, do it. I went to the NHRA nationals about a year ago and it was definitely a worth-while experience, even if you’re not that in to drag racing.