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You only have an exhaust, right? My guess is low 14's if you're lucky.

ToxicBug wrote:You only have an exhaust, right? My guess is low 14's if you're lucky.

intake and tune as well. 13.5-14.0 most likely

andyman wrote:

PhoeniX wrote:Meh car racings more fun, it lasts longer for one

and I don't mean nascar

lol

I like watching them mostly because the speed is just incredible.

I don't like nascar very much either. Formula 1 and rally is more my type.

Nascar is dreadful to watch - I only watch the collisions and the final 5 laps of each race :icon25:

F1 definitely boasts some of the best driving talent in the world.

Captain Mazda wrote:

andyman wrote:

PhoeniX wrote:Meh car racings more fun, it lasts longer for one

and I don't mean nascar

lol

I like watching them mostly because the speed is just incredible.

I don't like nascar very much either. Formula 1 and rally is more my type.

F1 definitely boasts some of the best driving talent in the world.

If you want driving talent, watch the WRC.

Already do. Brilliant stuff :icon26:

:icon14:

Fact: Chuck Norris' urine is used to run Top Fuel dragsters.

Dukester wrote:

PhoeniX wrote:Meh car racings more fun, it lasts longer for one

and I don't mean nascar

They race two road courses a year. Sears Point and Watkins Glen.

The 8-10 drivers out of 40 who know how to turn right leave everyone else in the dust (or by the side of the road lol)

but yet still a borefest.

hah small world - last night was having a discussion on fastest accelerating vehicles, and i ended up stumbling upon top-fuelers.

i read somewhere that they go to 100mph in 0.8 seconds. I wonder how fast they go to 100 kmh (60 mph)


i also read that the g-forces are enough to detach retinas.

0-330mph in 4.5 seconds or less...... that is just mind boggling

i imagine you'd need special tires and road surfaces to allow the grip necessary for such acceleration right?

big huge drag tires and a sticky coated track pretty much do it. the track is so stick at the starting area, if you were to walk across it you would lose your shoes in like one step.

just watch these, you'll start to get the idea

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=top+fuel

got any vids of a top fueler in action?

[xeno]Julios wrote:got any vids of a top fueler in action?

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... q=top+fuel

holy fuck...

[xeno]Julios wrote:holy fuck...

if you get a chance.. you should go see em live..

I had the chance to go to an NHRA event at Infineon Raceway for free some years ago, but I didn't go

[xeno]Julios wrote:i imagine you'd need special tires and road surfaces to allow the grip necessary for such acceleration right?

I believe the tires also extensively deform during the immediate launch, so that helps grip the road (i think).

SOAPboy wrote:

[xeno]Julios wrote:got any vids of a top fueler in action?

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... q=top+fuel

christ, it looks like they're on fast forward or something.

here's more http://www.motortrend.com/features/cons ... 2_numbers/

i wish i could find more videos.

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:

Dukester wrote:

PhoeniX wrote:Meh car racings more fun, it lasts longer for one

and I don't mean nascar

They race two road courses a year. Sears Point and Watkins Glen.

The 8-10 drivers out of 40 who know how to turn right leave everyone else in the dust (or by the side of the road lol)

but yet still a borefest.

Actually, don't different sponsors host the same track a few times in a season? I believe there are 2 races at Watkins Glen and 2 at the now-called Infineon Raceway.

i read that the angled headers by themselves are responsible for ~700lbs of downforce. The huge win gon the back does much more though