I know its not LS1 related...but DAMN COOL nonetheless

Doug Kallita was within thousandths of a second from backing it up...but unfortunately...its only a track record...not the official ET record. but he did get the official trap speed record

60ft-0.835 sec
330ft-2.116
660ft-3.008 @ 281.83mph
1,000ft-3.766
1,320ft-4.428 @ 333.00

that is freaking moving

 

Outstanding stuff!

What a great race. I watched it last night. It was cool to see people wearing coats on the starting line. :p Great weather for records to falls!

Coach

 

Did you see the funny car national record fell? 329+ mph by Scelzi

 

Yup...saw that too last night... weather conditions kicked major butt for them

 

Pro Stockers were running over 205mph

I knew some fast runs were gonna be made when I saw the winter jackets on.

 

somebody help me out here.. these things only pick up 50mph in the second quarter? and some ls1's can pick up nearly 40.. please explain. thanks.

 

cool air coming Man I can't wait! DA was 3300 ft at the track Saturday with 95 degree heat!

 

When you're doing 250+mph at the 1/8th it doesn't leave you much time to pick up speed on the second half of the track. Just shows how much POWAH those bastages have.

 

I was wondering about the small MPH increase as well (Relatively speaking)..

 

.8 60' time. now i bet THAT is a fun ride

 

it was awesome to watch!!!!

 

at 281 at the 1/8 mile...that leaves 1.6 seconds (if it weren't accelerating anymore to finish the 1/4 mile)

that don't leave a heck of alot of time to add mph while fighting ungodly wind resistance. The fact that they add 50 more is incredible

 

I saw that yesterday.....asbolutely amazing.
Phillip

 

That is ungodly. I'm not sure if there's any merit to it, but I've been told that the technology is there for top fuel guys to run high 3's at over 350mph and that the NHRA won't allow it. They keep tight restrictions against that due to the fact that the g-forces are very unhealthy at that level.

Do you think there's any validity to that?

On a side note, could you imagine lining up next to something that pulls a .835 60'.

 

YOu should have seen it live. It was cold but great to see at the track.

 

they could certainly go quicker and faster with less restrictive rules, but its not in the interest of the drivers (safety) or the fans (oil cleanups after every pass).

they are limited on engine size (only 500ci), nitro fuel mixture, wing and body dimensions/angles, zoomie angles, etc as well as having the blower of choice banned from competition

 

NHRA pulled some nitro out of the fuel due to engine explosions (they now run 90% NM)...but they upped the boost and changed the tune and are right where they left off...

Kalitta's crew chief said thier 330 foot performance wasn't up to par...they thought they could improve that aspect of the run and possibly a 4.40...maybe a 4.39...that would've been SICK!!!

 

i get it now thanks guys

 

Fastest run ever in the 1/4 mile was by a hydrogen peroxide powered vehicle. If I remember correctly it went a 3.20-3.30 at 400+ mph.

 

It's crazy to think they get up to 333 MPH in just 1/4 mile. It's amazing. I wonder at what point it goes from being a fun ride to a painful one?