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4000 bhp anyone
macspeedy - 9/12/05 at 09:33 PM

http://videos.streetfire.net/Player.aspx?fileid=EF72972B-1543-4C67-A00E-052C936F472C&p=0

donut - 9/12/05 at 09:42 PM

From a 4 pot

OMG!!!

iank - 9/12/05 at 10:18 PM

Thick billet alloy block with no oil or water passages explains how those turbos don't grenade it. Impressive, but only good for a 1/4 mile run

Makes 100bhp per litre look pretty sick

stevebubs - 10/12/05 at 06:33 PM

Is it me, or is that Mike from American Hotrod sat in the driver's seat?

PaulBuz - 11/12/05 at 01:15 PM

Would you feel safe in a car, that in a front end smash, has nothing to stop a wave of alcohol & methanol washing over the driver, after very handily possibly being ignited on its way past the engine??
surely the fuel tanks could have been better placed?
ie. more weight over the rear wheels

[Edited on 11/12/05 by PaulBuz]

martthefridgeman - 31/12/05 at 08:28 PM

sounds impressive, thats 833hp/litre. but then again 80's F1 turbo's were running anywhere between 650 and 800hp/litre for race distance.

steve_gus - 31/12/05 at 11:09 PM

quote:
Originally posted by stevebubs
Is it me, or is that Mike from American Hotrod sat in the driver's seat?


dunno what you look like so its hard to say...

atb

steve

Peteff - 1/1/06 at 11:12 AM

It's a dragster...... What's it going to hit? There's nothing coming the other way.

PaulBuz - 1/1/06 at 12:19 PM

Its not uncommon for a dragster to slew sideways & impact the side safety walls head on .

iank - 2/1/06 at 08:04 PM

quote:
Originally posted by PaulBuz
Its not uncommon for a dragster to slew sideways & impact the side safety walls head on .


So it wouldn't be better or worse than other top-fuel dragster in that case possibly slightly better since the engine will be stronger). IIRC they all have their fuel tanks at the front. The design has been honed by the rules so I presume their don't need/want/aren't allowed more weight over the rear wheels.

Now if a jet car's turbine fan disintegrated I dread to think what would happen to the crowd