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Interesting Facts About Top Fuel Dragsters

Posted by zach On April - 21 - 2010ADD COMMENTS
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top fuel army dragster

  • From a stand still, a Top Fuel dragster accelerates to 100 mph in .7 seconds (That is 11 seconds faster than a Porsche 911 Turbo).  They can also exceed 280 mph in 660 feet.  Thats just down the block.

  • Imagine looking at the EPA fuel economy ratings for the purchase of your next car and instead of it reading somewhere in the average 20 miles per gallon, it says .05 miles per gallon or 264 feet per gallon.  Yeah, you read that right.  A Top Fuel dragster can down 10-12 gallons of fuel per complete run (including burnout) Just look at the bright side.  You would rack up a ton of bonus points on your credit card…remember nitromethane costs about $16 per gallon.

  • It has a fuel pump with the capability to pump out the equivalent of eight bathroom showers running at the same time, or 65 gallons per minute.

  • more to come folks

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