Not just the fastest cars to accelerate, but the fastest anything to accelerate. At launch, Top Fuel drivers endure G-forces similar to astronauts during a space shuttle launch.
And almost just as quickly, they need to stop. Since these cars would wear through brakes pretty quickly at more than miles per hour After crossing the finish line, the driver hits a switch that deploys two parachutes behind the car, and the intense wind resistance slows the car with little risk of additional mechanical failure. Funny Cars use the same kind of engines as Top Fuel cars, but there are plenty of differences.
The rear wheel placement has been slightly adjusted, and the rear tires are a lot larger now, too. The different wheelbase of Funny Cars, as compared to Top Fuel cars, may account for some of the differences in speed and acceleration, since the huge amount of power going to the rear wheels can cause a lot of extra movement as the cars zip down the strip. In Top Fuel cars, the engine is situated behind the driver, but Funny Cars put the engine up front.
Funny Cars use the wheelbase of a production car from the model year or later, and then a fiberglass replica of the body is constructed to reduce weight. Funny Cars are powered by the same supercharged and fuel-injected inch engines as Top Fuel dragsters. Funny Cars are also similar to Top Fuel dragsters in that they do not use a transmission but rather transmit power to the huge Goodyear rear slicks through a multistage clutch assembly that is activated by timers.
Built around a sophisticated tube chassis and four-link rear suspension, Pro Stock cars must conform to precise measurements and weigh no less than 2, pounds. Pro Stock engines use electronic fuel injection and spec gasoline and are restricted to a maximum of cubic inches. They can make in excess of 1, horsepower. A competitive Pro Stock car can run in the 6. These highly modified vehicles, which can run under 6. Engine sizes vary widely, ranging from 92 to cubic inches.
Fuel injection is permitted, and spec gasoline is the only fuel allowed. Top Alcohol Dragsters may look like Top Fuelers, but they have significant differences. Whereas Top Fuelers use supercharged, nitro-burning engines, Top Alcohol Dragsters may use a supercharged methanol-burning engine or an injected nitromethane combination.
The injected nitro cars do not use a transmission, and the supercharged cars have three forward speeds. Weights vary according to combination but are generally between 1, and 2, pounds.
Performances can be in the 5. Similar in physical appearance to their nitro-burning Funny Car counterparts, Top Alcohol Funny Cars are restricted to the use of methanol fuel and have a three-speed transmission.
Top Alcohol Funny Cars feature basically the same chromoly steel chassis as the nitro cars and are fitted with the same carbon-fiber replica bodies, though the Top Alcohol Funny Car bodies do not need as much downforce and use a much smaller rear spoiler. Top Alcohol Funny Cars are capable of performances in the 5.
So the "super car" has the advantage of a flying start and crosses the starting line at mph, passing the stationary dragster. At this moment the 'tree' start light goes green and the dragster launches Well, the Top Fuel car would still pass the mph car and win the drag race!!
Here are some incredible facts about drag racing: Did you know … … That the nitromethane-powered engines of NHRA Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars produce approximately 7, horsepower, about 37 times that of the average street car! Some brands of passenger-car tires are guaranteed for 80, miles. This ensures proper weight transfer to the rear wheels, a crucial part of a good launch and quick run. Article Gallery.
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