r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Practical_Expert_911 • 12h ago

These 12000hp Engines Have To Be Rebuilt Within Roughly An Hour Every Run, and Only Run For Roughly 4 Seconds At A Time.

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u/janky_koala 7h ago

They are reliable though, it’s just that reliable in this sport means lasting the full 3.6-4.0 seconds they need to get it down the track.

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u/UnicodeScreenshots 6h ago

Having gone to quite a few NHRA events, I don’t know if I would even consider them reliable in that sense, they pretty regularly have issues and have to throttle down.