Oh, and they also had a little special on the 'future of drag racing'. They said that we've pretty much acheived what is possible with big V8s as far as pure speed. They say that safety is limiting us more than technology is.
So, they showed the next stage, the four cylinder dragster. This thing was nuts: 4.7 liter 4 cylinder, block cut from a single block of aluminum. That's right, no water cooling in the block. It was friggin' solid! With the twin turbos and nitromethane, the prototype was running about 4,000 horsepower.
So, they showed the next stage, the four cylinder dragster. This thing was nuts: 4.7 liter 4 cylinder, block cut from a single block of aluminum. That's right, no water cooling in the block. It was friggin' solid! With the twin turbos and nitromethane, the prototype was running about 4,000 horsepower.