0-300MPH 8.3 sec.

[AginKajun]

Star Spangled tribute in Oklahoma City Tinker AFB.
Air Force Reserve Jet car

[Vermin87]

is it just jet powered or is there a motor in there too?

[Zilly]

erm the jet is the motor lol

but 8.3 seconds is sloooow

[Paul C-J]

The guy in that has got to have some massive ball's

what a nutter

o yes... and cool photos ..

[Vermin87]

jets are slow to start largely due to weight. I saw a tv show that put a lambo against an f-18, and the lambo won for the first 1/2 mile or so until the f-18 started gaining enough momentum.

[danccooke]

0-300mph SLOW I really hope you are joking or misread that to be 0-100mph,
As above there are a few examples of cars beating Jets from the off.
Champcar vs. CF-18A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LVfBwxPw1Q
F1 vs. Euro Fighter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m98SmhO5ANM&mode=related&search=

The last one shows the Jet using it's reheat (afterburners)

[Zilly]

im not talking about 0-300 im talkin 8.3 seconds

fireforce does it in around 5.7

then sammy miller did 300mph in july 1979 then went 386 in 3.58 seconds back in 1984 this still stands as the fastest et pass on the planet he then went on to cruise threw the 400mph barrier, not bd for a guy riding the quater mile

300 in 8.7 is a walk in the park

[CH3NO2]

I'm with zilly.....It seems slow time wise considering a top fuel car goes 330 in 4.5 seconds and 0-100 in .8 seconds. Either way you look at it is still fast. Nice shots

[sandpiper]

im not talking about 0-300 im talkin 8.3 seconds

fireforce does it in around 5.7

then sammy miller did 300mph in july 1979 then went 386 in 3.58 seconds back in 1984 this still stands as the fastest et pass on the planet he then went on to cruise threw the 400mph barrier, not bd for a guy riding the quater mile

300 in 8.7 is a walk in the park

Yeah Slammin' Sammy was awesome. I remember trying to catch him launching, I panned as fast as I could swivel and still missed :lol:

I did eventually figure out how to shoot "Vanishing Point" at speed, but it took practise.

The guy was a legend, I remember him doing some serious damage at Santa Pod. Once blowing out the windows in the timing tower and another time taking out the top end timing lights with the shockwave as he passed through. Sadly, the last damage he did was to the guardrail when he lost control. I'm glad I wasn't at the Pod that day, I can remember him as the showman he was.

RIP Slammin' Sammy, the only man to crack 400mph in under 4 seconds in the quarter mile.

[Zilly]

yeh god rest him its 5 years in october :( used to be a family friend still go and see the car when were down that end of the country

[sandpiper]

I'm with zilly.....It seems slow time wise considering a top fuel car goes 330 in 4.5 seconds and 0-100 in .8 seconds. Either way you look at it is still fast. Nice shots

Yeah, jets are quite "slow" compared to top fuelers and Fuel funny cars, they look it as well - especially as they launch so sedately, in comparison.

For real speed you need a rocket motor, like Vanishing Point's.

[SR071]

Not vouching for extreme accuracy - but it gives you an idea:

Definition of Acceleration:
* One Top Fuel dragster 500 cubic inch Hemi engine makes more horsepower than the first 4 rows of NASCARS at the Daytona 500.
* Under full throttle, a dragster engine consumes 1-1/2 gallons of nitromethane per second; a fully loaded 747 consumes jet fuel at the same rate with 25% less energy being produced.
* A stock Dodge Hemi V8 engine cannot produce enough power to drive the dragster's supercharger.
* With 3,000 CFM of air being rammed in by the supercharger on overdrive, the fuel mixture is compressed into a near-solid form before ignition. Cylinders run on the verge of hydraulic lock at full throttle.
* At the stoichiometric (stoichiometry: methodology and technology by which quantities of reactants and products in chemical reactions are determined) 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture for nitromethane, the flame front temperature measures 7,050 degrees F.
* Nitromethane burns yellow. The spectacular white flame seen above the stacks at night is raw burning hydrogen, dissociated from atmospheric water vapor by the searing exhaust gases..
* Dual magnetos supply 44 amps to each spark plug. This is the output of an arc welder in each cylinder.
* Spark plug electrodes are totally consumed during a pass. After halfway, the engine is dieseling from compression, plus the glow of exhaust valves at 1,400 degrees F. The engine can only be shut down by cutting the fuel flow.
* If spark momentarily fails early in the run, unburned nitro builds up in the affected cylinders and then explodes with sufficient force to blow cylinder heads off the block in pieces or split the block in half.
* In order to exceed 300 mph in 4.5 seconds, dragsters must accelerate an average of over 4G's. In order to reach 200 mph (well before half-track), the launch acceleration approaches 8G's.
* Dragsters reach over 300 miles per hour before you have completed reading this sentence.
* Top Fuel engines turn approximately 540 revolutions from light to light!
* Including the burnout, the engine must only survive 900 revolutions under load.
* The redline is actually quite high at 9,500 rpm.
* Assuming all the equipment is paid off, the crew worked for free, and for once NOTHING BLOWS UP, each run costs an estimated $1,000.00 per second.

Now are you ready for some really amazing facts? Did you know …

… that the nitromethane-powered engines of NHRA Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars produce approximately 7,000 horsepower, about 37 times that of the average street car?

… that one cylinder of the eight cylinders of a Top Fuel dragster or a Funny Car produces 750 horsepower, equaling the entire horsepower output of a NASCAR engine?

… that the gasoline-powered engines of NHRA Pro Stock cars produce about 1,200 horsepower, about eight times that of the average street car?

… that an NHRA Top Fuel dragster accelerates from 0 to 100 mph in less than .8-second, almost 11 seconds quicker than it takes a production Porsche 911 Turbo to reach the same speed?

… that an NHRA Top Fuel dragster leaves the starting line with a force nearly five times that of gravity, the same force of the space shuttle when it leaves the launching pad at Cape Canaveral?

… that an NHRA Funny Car is slowed by a reverse force more than seven times that of gravity when both parachutes deploy simultaneously?

… that NHRA Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars consume between four and five gallons of fuel during a quarter-mile run, which is equivalent to between 16 and 20 gallons per mile?

… that NHRA Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars use between 10 and 12 gallons of fuel for a complete pass, including the burnout, backup to the starting line, and quarter-mile run?

… that NHRA Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars travel the length of more than four football fields in less than five seconds?

… that NHRA Top Fuel dragsters can exceed 280 mph in just 660 feet?

… that from a standing start, NHRA Top Fuel dragsters accelerate faster than a jumbo jet, a fighter jet, and a Formula One race car?

… that a fuel pump for an NHRA Top Fuel dragster and Funny Car delivers 65 gallons of fuel per minute, equivalent to eight bathroom showers running at the same time?

… that the fuel-line pressure for NHRA Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars is between 400 and 500 pounds, about 20 times greater than the pressure on passenger-car fuel pumps?

… that depending on size and angle, the large rear wing on an NHRA Top Fuel dragster develops between 4,000 and 8,000 pounds of downforce?

… that the 17-inch rear tires used on NHRA Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars wear out after four to six runs, or about two miles? Some brands of passenger-car tires are guaranteed for 80,000 miles.

… that it takes just 15/100ths of a second for all 7,000 horsepower of an NHRA Top Fuel dragster engine to reach the rear wheels?

… that it's desirable for an NHRA Top Fuel dragster to race with its front wheels inches off the ground for about the first 200 feet of the run? This ensures proper weight transfer to the rear wheels, a crucial part of a good launch and quick run.

… that the nitromethane used to power the engines of NHRA Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars costs about $30 per gallon?

* The current Top Fuel dragster elapsed time record is 4.428 seconds for the quarter mile (11/12/06), Tony Schumacher). The top speed record is 333.00 mph. (533 km/h) as measured over the last 66' of the run (09/28/03, ! Doug Kalitta). Putting all of this into perspective: Imagine you are driving the average $140,000 Lingenfelter "twin-turbo" powered Corvette Z06. Over a mile up the road, a Top Fuel dragster is staged and ready to launch down a quarter mile strip as you pass. You have the advantage of a flying start. You run the 'Vette hard up through the gears and blast across the starting line and past the dragster at an honest 200 mph. The 'tree' goes green for both of you at that moment. The dragster launches and starts after you. You keep your foot down hard, but you hear an incredibly brutal whine that sears your eardrums and within 3 seconds, the dragster catches and passes you. He beats you to the finish line, a quarter mile away from where you just passed him. Think about it, from a standing start, the dragster had spotted you 200 mph and not only caught, but nearly blasted you off the road when he passed you within a mere 1,320 foot long race course. ... and that my friend, is ACCELERATION!

[Swiss Toni]

You forgot to mention that the shots aren't very good either! :D

[Joseph Garza]

* The current Top Fuel dragster elapsed time record is 4.428 seconds for the quarter mile (11/12/06), Tony Schumacher). The top speed record is 333.00 mph. (533 km/h) as measured over the last 66' of the run (09/28/03, ! Doug Kalitta). Putting all of this into perspective: Imagine you are driving the average $140,000 Lingenfelter "twin-turbo" powered Corvette Z06. Over a mile up the road, a Top Fuel dragster is staged and ready to launch down a quarter mile strip as you pass. You have the advantage of a flying start. You run the 'Vette hard up through the gears and blast across the starting line and past the dragster at an honest 200 mph. The 'tree' goes green for both of you at that moment. The dragster launches and starts after you. You keep your foot down hard, but you hear an incredibly brutal whine that sears your eardrums and within 3 seconds, the dragster catches and passes you. He beats you to the finish line, a quarter mile away from where you just passed him. Think about it, from a standing start, the dragster had spotted you 200 mph and not only caught, but nearly blasted you off the road when he passed you within a mere 1,320 foot long race course. ... and that my friend, is ACCELERATION!

This has got to be the absolute best piece of post I have ever read. I dont even watch any type of racing avidly but got chills reading this. bw!

[WRCfan]

Agreed! Top Fuel cars are really something else. Never seen the latest and greatest NHRA machines live but just doorslammers in New Zealand were enough to blow my mind.

[FlyingPhotog]

Props to the Drags for sheer takeoff power but I still think the fact that an F1 car can go Zero to 100 to Zero in five seconds is pretty awesome.

[SpeedRacerSlots]

I just love the feel of the chest compressions from the sonic waves off the exhause of NHRA Funny Cars and Dragsters.... NOTHING like it!

[SpeedRacerSlots]

Oh yeah, pics arent bad either.

[Swiss Toni]

Oh yeah, pics aren't bad either.
Yes they are, the second one isn't even straight! :rolleyes:

[Zilly]

Props to the Drags for sheer takeoff power but I still think the fact that an F1 car can go Zero to 100 to Zero in five seconds is pretty awesome.
how about a fueler going 0-300 in under 4.5?

[charger912]

This has got to be the absolute best piece of post I have ever read. I dont even watch any type of racing avidly but got chills reading this. bw!
+1! That's just ungodly amazing!