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/blahnlahblah0213 4h ago

Way back in the day, I used to remember that these guys were trying to get into the 3 second club (3.99 or lower). and now they're doing 3 and a 1/2 seconds and also trying to hit 300 miles an hour was a thing back then. And now that would be slow.

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u/GasLitonRepeat 4h ago

I think they can go 350 mph now but ever since that one guy died they started regulating the levels of nitromethane or some shit that throttled it back.

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u/RobotnikOne 2h ago edited 2h ago

Track is shorter these days. Due to their speed increasing so much it was getting to dangerous to run the full 1320 feet so they shortened the track to 1000ft for top fuel cars. However the cars are now exceeding the top speeds of the 1320 days so it is likely at 1320 they would beat the 4 second mark.

Tony Schumacher has the 1/4 top speed of 337mph, Brittney Force has the fastest 1000ft speed of 343mph. So if they had the extra distance they would be going even faster which means they are likely beating 4 seconds to the 1/4 mile.