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Originally Posted by next69
Nothing like a 500 inch hemi burning 1-1/2 gallons of nitro per minute to produce over 7,000 HP, if you have not seen it live you need to, it is an incredible experience. Great video.
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I'm sure you meant to type per second, instead of per minute, and even at that, you'd not even be remotely close. These cars hold around 20 gallons of nitro. It takes every drop of that, from warm up at the hauler, to the lights at the big end of the track, including the burn out, before the race. The engines are 500 CI, produce 30ish lbs of boost at idle, and over 60 lbs of boost at throttle. The fuel lines hold somewhere in the neighborhood of 50,000 lbs of pressure (but so do some Diesel engines) at throttle, and we're just getting started.
The warmup session is also used to set the clutch, which most people aren't aware of. It takes an immense amount of data, to be competitive at this level.
Roughly 5 gallons of nitro is gone at warmup. Another 4 to do burnout. 11 gallons is left to go 1000 feet. And these engines are over 8000 HP currently, and I'm sure it will increase this winter to even more. Just imagine the speeds we would see, if these cars could still go a full 1/4 mile!
This makes the cup engines I used to build, seem very, very unmeaningful.
I agree with what's already been said about the footage. It's by far, the best footage I've ever seen in any type of Motorsports. You are a very talented guy! Bravo!!!