Just reading about top fuel cars

"traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn" (el-peasant)
06/29/2016 at 22:50 • Filed to: None

To say that this the epitome of ear-splitting, bone-rattling infernal ferocity and mechanical insanity is an understatement.

You thought the Hellcat was powerful? A Hellcat can’t even power the blower on one of these.

DISCUSSION (8)

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
06/29/2016 at 22:56

Have you ever seen one run in person? It’s insane.

traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
06/29/2016 at 23:00

Nope. I bet it would be a near-religious experience.

Scratch that, it is a religious experience.

XJDano > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
06/29/2016 at 23:03

When you see & feel it in person you’ll understand. I should get tix for when NHRA nationals come to STL in Sept. I have skipped the last few years.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
06/29/2016 at 23:04

You don’t so much hear them, you feel them. Top fuel hydro is even crazier, in a sense.

wafflesnfalafel > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
06/29/2016 at 23:05

the noise was most surprising for me - yeah, sure, they will be loud I thought. The only thing that compares is a Space Shuttle launch. You gotta go to a race just for the noise.

XJDano > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
06/29/2016 at 23:23

More reading material if you haven’t already.

Over 11,000bhp

Nonster > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
06/30/2016 at 07:53

And the fuel pumps are like fire hoses

jimz > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
07/28/2016 at 14:08

I went to my first NHRA event last month. I was not prepared for the Top Fuelers. let me put it this way: as they pass by, your vision blurs, your teeth rattle, the grandstands are vibrating you through your spine. Oh, and if you set an empty beer can next to you, the vibration will knock it over.