03-05-2008, 02:11 AM
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Location: Shasta Lake,
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David,
I have a two page tech sheet that the NRA put out a year or so ago that lays out the whole thing about top fuel dragsters. It uses Tony Schumachers dragster as the example. I won't list the whole thing as it would take a page as they even tell the number of screws used to fasten the slicks to the wheels.
But for fuel. The fuel system can PUMP 77 gallons per minute at wide open throttle. The engine will consume 22.75 gallons of fuel during warm up, burnout, staging, and the quarter mile run.
Last but not least: If Tony makes it to the finals he will have had 18 seconds of racing. If he made it to the finals of every race in the season, his total racing time for the season would be less than 7 minutes.
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