FUEL - Top fuel dragsters burn a
mix of 90% nitromethane and 10%
alcohol.
ENGINES - The engines can only
be 500 cu in, but produce 10,000
horsepower.
MAGNETOS - Dual magnetos supply
44 amps to each spark plug. It is like
an arc welder for each cylinder.
SPARK PLUGS - Spark plug
electrodes are totally consumed
during one pass.
MORE THAN A HEMI - A stock
Hemi V8 will not produce
enough horsepower to drive the
supercharger.
G FORCES - The launch accelera on
approaches 8 G's.
SPEED - Dragsters reach 300 mph
before you have me to read this
sentence (4 seconds).
SOME SECRETS OF
INSANE ACCELERATION
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