Autoweek article: "Here's how Top Fuel Dragsters crank out 11,000 horsepower" (1 Viewer)

[robinjackson]

Here's How Top Fuel Dragsters Crank Out 11,000 Horsepower

The key to big power is optimizing the three pillars of internal combustion: fuel, air, and spark.

www.autoweek.com

"Drag racing is often unduly labelled as 'boring' motorsport..."

Discuss.

 

[mike]

Here's How Top Fuel Dragsters Crank Out 11,000 Horsepower

The key to big power is optimizing the three pillars of internal combustion: fuel, air, and spark.

www.autoweek.com

"Drag racing is often unduly labelled as 'boring' motorsport..."

Discuss.

He better go back and see that it's not nitrous assisted gasoline . the 1964 hemi was not 500 cu. in.

 

[TSK]

Some of the readers tried correcting the author. But the one guy who said Chrysler’s largest engine ever was the 426 Hemi.
I guess he forgot about the 440 and the Viper engines.
The “nitrous assisted gasoline” was an ignorant error.

 

[mick]

errors aside, it's good to see an article like this written for popular mechanics and autoweek, instead of just who won the last race.

 

[ironpony]

bad publicity is better than no publicity.

 

[winr]

I noticed those errors but compared to most articles written by non drag based authors they are pretty benign...

 

[J. S.]

errors aside, it's good to see an article like this written for popular mechanics and autoweek, instead of just who won the last race.

I agree. Drag racing can use all the good publicity it can get to encourage new fans and fan attendance at our races. I say give the guy a break.