Top Fuellers

[ozkat]

I know its not about bikes but Large and i were at Willowbank tonight for the Nationals and saw my first Top Fuel race. Those blokes who race them are FUCKIN INSANE!!! They must have balls the size of watermelons. Im sure Large will have plenty of pics to show when he gats back to Sydney.

[03gixxerpilot]

oz you more " feel " a top fuel race rather then " see " one. they are an experience not to be missed.

[suxukifreak]

Here is one tuning up.....turn up the sound and enjoy [:p]
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4530549599507663097&q=top+fuel

[Large]

the dagwood dogs were good too :D

[pt]

they only have two gears yeah? go and go faster?

[ozkat]

4.63 @ 523kph at about 3.30 this arvo. Absolutley bloody amazing.

[suxukifreak]

Tonights winner 4.69 and 520 Ks

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/62384564783547.jpg

[papa smurf]

Hey Oz,
You should've stuck around yesterday for the finals
Amongst some other great racing the top fuel final between Morgan & Read
produced a mindblowing side by side pass both with full candles lit all the way to the end & both at nearly 300 MPH[8D]
It took 20 minutes for my guts to go back to where they should have been:D

[03gixxerpilot]

her freek, nice photo

[Matt]

If any of you have never seen these crazy machines, do yourself a favour and get out there. They will blow you away!!

[TurboKat]

You should know by now Oz, there's no such thing as KM/H in drag racing.

[ozkat]

quote:Originally posted by turbokat

You should know by now Oz, there's no such thing as KM/H in drag racing.
yes there is TK cause thats all they display on the readout for spectators. You only get MPH on your own timeslip. 99% of spectators would be driving their KPH Corolla home so they really wouldnt understand. 523kph = 324.97mph

[TurboKat]

That's a disgrace, now we're catering to Corolla drivers ?????? :([V]:( Fuck 'em, let 'em work it out.
Heathcote has both readouts & Calder only has MPH.
Is that really the first time you've seen a 'Fueller??
You need to get out more. ;):D

[Tony Nitrous]

Not really a top Fueler,
but anyone here remember Sammy Miller ?
Anyone who run's a 3.58 @ 386mph is a f*ck&n Hero.
They banned Hydrogen Peroxide Rockets in the US
so he ran it in the UK.


HOW TO DRIVE A ROCKET DRAGSTER

"In preparation for a run, you check the nitrogen pressure in the air bottles. Then you put in just enough fuel for a quarter-mile run and for me an average run needed about 20-22 gallons of hydrogen peroxide in the fuel tank. Check the safety valves, then close the vent on the tank. You are pushed to the track just behind the starting line and aimed straight down the race track. Obviously, you can't be cranking the wheel all over in one of these cars, so you want the car straight as a string. Then you put about 50-lbs. PSI on the fuel tank, which allows you to preheat the silver screen catalyst in the rocket. I just tap the throttle a little and this gives off a little steam. Once the engine is cleaned from this pre-heating, you put about 700-pounds of pressure on top of the hydrogen peroxide fuel.

"As I sit in the car on the line, I always pushed my head back in the seat and fixed my eyes on a point in the horizon. Like it might be a tree at the end of the track or some object like that. I take a deep breath and then slam down on the throttle. Instantaneously, you're hit with about 12 to 13 Gs and go into severe tunnel vision-it's sort of like a gun scope. Naturally, you are getting pushed back in the seat all the way down the track. I actually make about 20-30 corrections in steering under those conditions. They are small in motion and that might not seem like much, but as fast as I'm going they have to be precise and done extremely quickly.

"After all, in a quarter of a second I'm going 60-mph, in .36 seconds I've gone a 100 feet. I made a run in Holland one time where I had gone 1.606 at 307-mph at the eighth mile point. You have no time to hesitate with these cars, it's gotta happen right now with the driver.

"I've heard it said that I've passed out after one of my three-second runs, but that's not so. My body does take a bit of beating. At times, I've gotten a bloody nose, bloody eyes, maybe an upset stomach, and all in all, I need about an hour to recuperate from the run."

[TurboKat]

I remember Sammy & "Vanishing Point" I heard/read that the reason he went to Europe was that the US Govt. banned the sale of hydrogen peroxide to the public but it was freely available in Europe.
I've heard of another US rocket dragster (a couple of years ago) that has apparently run 2.9 sec 1/4s !!! Dunno what they were fuelling it with tho - are there different rocket fuels?

[gsx1201r]

did you take this pic? You would have had your skin burned off.F#*k.
quote:Originally posted by suxukifreak

Tonights winner 4.69 and 520 Ks

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/62384564783547.jpg

[suxukifreak]

Na, i cheated. ;)
I got the photo off a drag site. :D

[veetwo tls]

now you had a tast of the T/F now go see the JET CARS.

[Brookesy]

What's really impressive is when they trow a belt and blow the blower off the top - esp. at night...

I don't know how they can stay conscious during the acceleration
It'd be a buzz tho.

[ozkat]

quote:Originally posted by veetwo tls

now you had a tast of the T/F now go see the JET CARS.
Ive seen jet cars, while they are im impresive they are no where near as impresive as a T/F

[luke4130]

Yea, those jet dragsters look good for a show an all but they're made to look pretty soft when u see off the line accecleration of a top fueler. Fully sick!

[Booster]

The only place to watch the jetcars is from behind :D just watch out for cans,plastic bottles and small children blown at you.

[suxukifreak]

They are doin a Top fuel pass friday night at INDY plus other drag cars, drifters, stunt bikes and lots of other stuff if anybody is interested. $15.00 get you in after 5pm.

Info....http://www.indy.com.au/news/articleid/140/index.htm

[Gix11]

Oh yea, of course. Forgot about that. Think I'll be there this time if it doesn't get rained off like last time.

[ozkat]

Rich will be visiting me then so might be a good idea to go. Beer, Boobs and Burnouts sound good to me.