Top Fuel Dragster Data

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You forgot to mention the exhaust from the dragster creates 800 pounds of downforce.
 
the force of a dragster deploying its airbags and a F1 car on full brakes is enough to rip the retinas from your eyes.

driving in the land speed vehicle next to a bullet would be impossible, i think. the air displaced by the car would disrupt the bullet's flight path, right?

if you stuck your arm out of a car at 700mph, you'd be sucked out with your arm ripped off.
 
Omnis
the force of a dragster deploying its airbags and a F1 car on full brakes is enough to rip the retinas from your eyes.

driving in the land speed vehicle next to a bullet would be impossible, i think. the air displaced by the car would disrupt the bullet's flight path, right?

if you stuck your arm out of a car at 700mph, you'd be sucked out with your arm ripped off.
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The flight path of the bullet would only be disrupted if it were traveling behind, or very closely beside. If it were slighlty ahead of the car or just far enough ahead, the bullet would be fine.
 
Slick6
Do you have a link to that video? I've never seen it, but I've been looking for it. Thanks. :)
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McLaren'sAngel
And LethalChem, can you please post that link of that Mustang Turbo going to a fast food place? I am sure we all want to see it. :O
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Sure. Here it is. Like I said, not much happening other than the sheer rediculousness of it. Can you imagine sitting at a stop light and having this thing roll up next to you? He should have romped on it at least once! :lol:

http://members.cox.net/mustangho/DanMillenRide.wmv
 
Holy mother of pearl. He didn't even have tire chrip driving that thing! He must have been bummin around in 3rd gear or something. whoa.
 
ND4SPD
Who.....heres another cool thing, if you have the land speed record holding car, Thrust SSC, which btw does around 763mph. If you have it pass you the moment you shoot a gun, you'll still be faster than a bullet....Whoa, or if you have a bit higher powered bullet that matches the Thrust SSC car, you can have a bullet right beside you....Cool.
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Someone's been watching Rat Race, haven't they? :lol:
 
SlipZtrEm
Someone's been watching Rat Race, haven't they? :lol:
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hee hee i love that movie.
and you could go almost infinite speeds if u had no air around you. except that would mean no downforce which would be very bad
 
Yah that would be dangerous...

Fun fact! In order to press down the clutch on a TFD, your leg must exert a force of 140LBS IN ORDER TO GET INTO 1RST! Now that my friend, is one heavy goddamned clutch. I think I can lift like 180 with both my legs!
 
Fun fact! In order to press down the clutch on a TFD, your leg must exert a force of 140LBS
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One interesting addition to that though. Pushing the clutch pedal down in a top fuel dragster in fact engages the clutch. Yes, you push the clutch in to engage it. Just the oposite of a normal car.

A few more fun facts. Top Fuel Dragsters only have one gear. Well, two if you count reverse. Off the line The rear tiers squash down decreasing the overall drive ratio and fattening the contact patch. At about half track the revs have droped to about 4000 rpm, the clutch is finaly fully engaged and the tiers have begun to expand increasing the drive ratio and decreasing the rolling resistence. From there it's just a full throttle climb to redline and 300+ mph. all in about 4 seconds. Funny cars are just the same, except with the engine mounted in front and the slightly higher weight, the launches arent as good and the quarter passes in about six seconds.
 

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