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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18099 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: The defnition of acceleration Reply #15 - 11/04/15 at 02:00:09 pg: I have seen that before at the Dragon Run each summer.....it is Oldfeller: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In9XQZFPv0o
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Re: The defnition of acceleration
Reply #16 - 11/04/15 at 04:31:18

I seem to remember them shortening the run distance because so many dragsters were going air born (or sideways) in the last little bit and coming down in little pieces.

Top speeds were in excess of 350 mph. Horsepower had gotten to the point it was just plain BREAKING the frames whenever the tires would hit a sticky spot on the track and "hook up a bit better" unexpectedly.

Too many top drivers were getting killed or severely injured in the last few seasons.

And they couldn't stop well enough either. Not with three chutes even.

By shorting the run they made it safer and still allowed the "anything goes" mentality of the teams to continue.

Tires and running gear became the focus then as there was more horsepower already available than could possibly be used.

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Re: The defnition of acceleration
Reply #17 - 11/04/15 at 07:30:11

I rode in my buddy's 11-second, tubbed, Chevy Nova once...

The launch felt like we were rear-ended... my guts jumped into the non-existent, back seat...
First couple of seconds, all I saw was sky,... once the ground appeared I was fixated on a spot far beyond the end of the pavement, where I believed we would stop...
Only thought in my head was... "This can't be right"... Huh

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When we stopped he looked over at me, and said, "Yeah,... it still gets me every time, and I do it every weekend"....
Grin

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BSTON Full Member Offline Posts: 218 Milwaukee, WI	Re: The defnition of acceleration Reply #18 - 11/04/15 at 07:32:01 Example of the fuel pump on a single cylinder of a top fuel drag racer. https://youtu.be/xGTbQuhhluY
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: The defnition of acceleration Reply #19 - 11/04/15 at 08:19:50 I looked at others, firing order change, moved the super charger back.. Crazy how flow times the motor turns and they go so far.
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Re: The defnition of acceleration
Reply #20 - 11/04/15 at 08:27:40

Serowbot wrote on 11/04/15 at 07:30:11:

I rode in my buddy's 11-second, tubbed, Chevy Nova once...

The launch felt like we were rear-ended... my guts jumped into the non-existent, back seat...
First couple of seconds, all I saw was sky,... once the ground appeared I was fixated on a spot far beyond the end of the pavement, where I believed we would stop...
Only thought in my head was... "This can't be right"... Huh

...

When we stopped he looked over at me, and said, "Yeah,... it still gets me every time, and I do it every weekend"....
Grin

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he;s right, my 12 second Chevelle was just as brutal, and i never got used to it

crazy how the 13 second Ninja didn't really seem near as fast Shocked

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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: The defnition of acceleration Reply #21 - 11/04/15 at 15:37:50 BSTON wrote on 11/04/15 at 07:32:01: Example of the fuel pump on a single cylinder of a top fuel drag racer. https://youtu.be/xGTbQuhhluY Geez! So that's how they get 8000 horsepower! Ya gotta dump 5 gallons a second of fuel into the cylinder! I got 'em beat! My bike gets 60-70 mpg!
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: The defnition of acceleration Reply #22 - 11/04/15 at 15:41:34 Correction! That's over 3 cups of fuel a second! I did the math. Check the stats on this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VF0JwxQqcA
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