Re: Strega Questions: Can It Be True??
Well the experts answered the Top Fuel motor stuff alot better than I could. I know much more about your basic car engine.
As for fuel cars many of you probably know the Force's daughter ran last year in Top Alcohol Dragster, but not with a blower car, but a A/FD, which has no supercharger, and runs 100% nitro, while the blown cars run alcohol. The blower guys cried again this year, so NHRA is limiting the nitro to 96% in TAD next year. The sound these cars make without the blowers on nitro is really cool.
Someone mentioned that they don't start the cars on nitro, this is true. Watching an A/FD car warm up is very interesting. They start it with a tiny detachable tank of alcohol. While on the alcohol the motor sounds like your basic hot motor, but man when they pull that tank off and go to 100% nitro, the motor just shakes, and spits and pops, it's pretty damn cool. Right now the national record is 5.11, not bad for no supercharger. If NHRA would just leave them alone we may see an unblown dragster run in the 4's!!
Well the experts answered the Top Fuel motor stuff alot better than I could. I know much more about your basic car engine.
As for fuel cars many of you probably know the Force's daughter ran last year in Top Alcohol Dragster, but not with a blower car, but a A/FD, which has no supercharger, and runs 100% nitro, while the blown cars run alcohol. The blower guys cried again this year, so NHRA is limiting the nitro to 96% in TAD next year. The sound these cars make without the blowers on nitro is really cool.
Someone mentioned that they don't start the cars on nitro, this is true. Watching an A/FD car warm up is very interesting. They start it with a tiny detachable tank of alcohol. While on the alcohol the motor sounds like your basic hot motor, but man when they pull that tank off and go to 100% nitro, the motor just shakes, and spits and pops, it's pretty damn cool. Right now the national record is 5.11, not bad for no supercharger. If NHRA would just leave them alone we may see an unblown dragster run in the 4's!!
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