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12-15-2006 07:35 PM #1
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Top Fuel!!!!!!!
You can tell when the alcohol is shut off and the nitro methane is turned on.Also that cloud thats coming out of the exhuast when they hit it is raw fuel.Man I love this stuff!!!
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12-15-2006 07:44 PM #2
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There are no words to describe the feel of TOP FUEL!
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12-15-2006 08:00 PM #3
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Ahhhh yes....I love it....I've always thought it was kind of cool how the motor quiets down right before the big BURP!!Sometimes NOW are the "good old days"...
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12-15-2006 08:11 PM #4
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Raw fuel
Originally Posted by Firechicken
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12-15-2006 08:28 PM #5
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the way i inderstand it is, they are started with straight pump gas squirted into the injector, because the motor will not start on the nitro and methanol mixture. the burn rate of the race fuel is to slow to fire the motor. when the motor bellows out the plume is when it is then running on the nitro meth mix. and with one fuel pump only, when the cars are pre staged and the car idols down and gets kinda quieter they are kicking on the 2nd fuel pump for the 15 gallon pass. and when they run at night and you see the little embers coming from the pipes at half track and beyond, it is the tips of the plugs melting off, either way its insane the power they get these days!
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Not pump gas ,its alcohol Originally Posted by mooneye777
Maybe its pump gas squirted into the injector for the initial start up .Then its ran on alcohol until the engine comes to temp. ,during this time its sounds like its reving faster.When the alcohol is shut off and the nitro introduced thats when it gets chopy and sounds like a freakin monster,lol.
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cruz pedregon told me in seattle that its regular 87-92 pump gas just to get it fired then they turnt he pumps on.
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12-15-2006 09:38 PM #8
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Ok Originally Posted by gassersrule_196
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well all teams are differnt i am just bored so i thought id ramble on.
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12-15-2006 10:46 PM #10
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I have heard that as well. Originally Posted by mooneye777
It's also kind of funny to see people walk up in the pits for the first time and not realize that when the nitro-meth starts flowing, it will burn their eyes and nose. I've seen people get right up there and then suddenly turn and hurry away from the ropes completely shocked....
Everybody's gotta learn I guess.
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Went to the 2006 U.S Nats and had forgotten how awesome that stuff was. There was a crowd around Force's car so me and my son-in-law went to check it out. No sooner that we got there, two more fired up; John's Mustang, the TF next to him, and FC across the aisle. Surrounded by three Nitro cars at the same time! That stuff will absolutely light you up! Last time I had been around nitro was mid-70s early-80s at Ohio Valley Raceway.Last edited by Deano2450; 12-16-2006 at 04:55 PM.
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Now being on the line when 2 fuel cars take off,pure hell,but oh so good
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You think its rough just being around them while they're idling? How do you think the driver feels? lol
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Funny Cars .. Rules ..trust me ......... ch3no2fc...one of my old toysLast edited by nitrofc; 12-16-2006 at 05:54 PM.
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Originally Posted by nitrofc
Never mind now I get it ,the pic just popped up.
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on small cars yes. but fat fender cars are pretty much the same in size and weight as the donor car. i found s10 brakes work great on fat fender and pickups. a deuce will just need manual brakes...
Time for brakes