Oh yeah, that's the shit right there. The change-over is the most awesome sound in all of motorsports. If it doesn't give you goosebumps then you must be dead inside.
@LichaelMewis10 ай бұрын
2:09 you got that right! Bad ass!
@nitroboy29 ай бұрын
i get all warm and fuzzy inside :D
@CSXer12 жыл бұрын
And GOD said "Let there be NITRO!" And GOD smelled the NITRO and HE said it was good... And on the seventh day GOD shouted SUNDAY!!SUNDAY!! SUNDAY!!! And top fuel drag racing was born...
@11secghia2 жыл бұрын
@NuBz Neither is your "imaginary" sense of wit and intelligence....
@robertruark87972 жыл бұрын
I love it. 😌😂😂
@ilovejdm82 жыл бұрын
Amen
@waynecrumblin4764 Жыл бұрын
Nitro is real, god well she’s not!
@KieranMckean Жыл бұрын
CAN I GET AN AMEN !! 💪
@mightress5 жыл бұрын
I love it when it turns from a high idling loud engine to a fire spitting and shaking monster as soon as the nitro kicks in.
@hank15565 жыл бұрын
hey could you explain this? so they start with gas and switch to nitro?
@mightress5 жыл бұрын
It starts on methanol to warm up, that the pump for nitromethane is switched on and he disconnects the hose for the methanol. The black hose you can see when it iddles in the beginning.
@jeffcanyafixiy5 жыл бұрын
@@mightress 👍👍
@91Wildcat7004 жыл бұрын
@larry ballard That's actually incorrect they start nitro motors on methanol or alcohol to get the engines up to temp. Nitro while burning is volatile it wont run unless under a fair bit of temp and compression. So they get the cylinders warm first before feeding the nitro in.
@tzon68024 жыл бұрын
ant for a 60s dragster like this around 2500
@gustavohenriqueF16 жыл бұрын
10 years the video was posted and this video remains one of the best KZbin dragsters videos. The sound of this idling engine is a spectacle. Very good audio quality. This video goes to my playlist.
@devilbrad6 жыл бұрын
Thanks man!
@elwoodroadsmusic9639 Жыл бұрын
15 years now and still number one spot :)
@jerryhayes80113 жыл бұрын
I was on a team in the 80's, and I never fail to smile as I look at the Jack-stands as we weaned it off of alcohol to Nitro, and the rear-axle started jumping around. That's when you know it's for real.😁😂
@benedictroberts6782 жыл бұрын
Is the transition from alcohol to nitro the sound difference I'm hearing @ 2:10 onwards? The engine starts to crack and pop rather than just rumble.
@redblue40rc33 Жыл бұрын
@@benedictroberts678 best alarm clock in the world..........@ 2am for all the neighbors to enjoy🤣
@rompn4x10 жыл бұрын
After 6 years I still come back to this video.
@dhoyt9026 жыл бұрын
Make it 10!
@11secghia6 жыл бұрын
same!!, the way that car jumps when he wacks that throttle is scary!
@fatcatt39816 жыл бұрын
Same here friend.
@CarsandCats5 жыл бұрын
Same!
@ThePaulv125 жыл бұрын
@@CarsandCats Seen or heard this?: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIuwgXd5g96Erqc
@5316719679 жыл бұрын
At 2.14 the 92 takes its first snort of nitro, the exhaust note sounds like war !
@5316719673 жыл бұрын
@NuBz 92 as in 392 cubic inch Hemi, That thing is drinking the good stuff!
@theanomalous14015 жыл бұрын
Those wheelmen who sat behind those behemoths back in the day are the gutsiest and bravest men on earth. Thank God Big Daddy sorted it out and finally put the drivers in front of those fireballs.
@donwilson5780 Жыл бұрын
we that have dragsters now thank big daddy, i cant imagine my parts over the rear end
@CriticoolHit8 ай бұрын
You just start smiling. And you don't really have control over it. You just keep smiling... Big. This is the primary effect of the alcohol fading to nitro.
@Godeseternal12 жыл бұрын
Best sounding nitro hemi engine I've ever heard. Can't get enough of that sound.
@dwel13r Жыл бұрын
My father introduced me to the sound. I understood the physics. It was a match made in Heaven. I miss you Pops.
@bossco0910 жыл бұрын
Love the change from gas to nitro(2:11) and the responsiveness when the throttle is cracked......awesome!!!!
@nickfenton816 жыл бұрын
I have always wondered why these old dragsters are started like that. why the change over.
@redblue40rc335 жыл бұрын
to warm up the cylinders...if you start it up on nitromethane, the engine would blow up like dynamite....engine has to be a certain temp before turning valve over to nitromethane!
@hankdagmar21675 жыл бұрын
@@redblue40rc33 It won't blow up, it just won't run. It's warmed up on alcohol just to get the nitromethane to burn.
@jamesnealwoodworking81334 жыл бұрын
250-300degrees at the head for the Nitro!
@fortcrafterbossbehold90272 жыл бұрын
I have seen even new Top Fuel Dragsters need to start on alcohol before switching to nitro. Of course they only need 25 seconds while this needed 2 minutes, but still...
@raymondbanks41036 жыл бұрын
The anger that 392 has when it ingests the nitro and he raps it, raises the hackles on my neck, and I love it.
@bradcarson31192 жыл бұрын
The throttle response is spot on that sound would make a good alarmclock
@redclark23565 жыл бұрын
I'm a Ford man, but I don't care what anyone says, nothing sounds like old school hemi engine's 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
@Silent_Shadow5 жыл бұрын
FORD guy here as well and I couldn't agree more.
@michaeledwards80585 жыл бұрын
Me too love the 63 Gal behind
@redclark23565 жыл бұрын
@deadboy600 who gives a SHIT
@user-vz4yb8wr1y5 жыл бұрын
Ford guy too got a 49 ford
@toddnelson16015 жыл бұрын
deadboy600 thats great in all but apparently Chrysler made the combo work. Although depending on what is being attempted still might not be the best option. My father in law raced top fuel funny car for a major beer company in the day. Not a complete sponsorship but lots of cash regardless. He was only a Chevy guy. Long story short I bought a 71 Cuda 440. Knowing that at that point a non hemi derived motor had not qualified in top fuel for more than 10 years, so I set in to destroy him. He didn’t like me either. I mentioned this fact to him only to have his mechanic step up. He says you know why the use hemi engines? Because they breath well. I said oh, ok. The argument was ended by his own team. Bottom line is they all make cool engines and cool cars. If someone hates a ford Chevy or mopar than really they are pretty stupid. Some things work better than others. Some are just cool and don’t work worth a shit. But in the end cars are cool whoever made them.
@Cservoss258 жыл бұрын
Gotta love the sound change when they switch it to Nitro at 2:04 and it really comes alive. Nice car. definitely the way to build a vintage sling shot if your going to build one.
@allyblee894610 жыл бұрын
Love the change from gas to nitro and the responsiveness of cracking the throttle........awesome!!!!
@vinceyooo15 жыл бұрын
don't ever break that camera or get rid of it. when someone asks you why the hell you are using a camera that old, put this video on and crank it right up for them. truly awesome!
@DTittle10 жыл бұрын
Back when I was just out of high school some friends and I ran a '72 Duster with a 440 and TF 727 trans. We mixed our own fuel. It worked. But damn it was strong. A 55 gal. drum with a non-removable top containing 25 gallons of 93 octane pump gas,20 gallons of 110 octane race gas and 5 gallons of Toluene. We called it the "witches brew".
@TheErilaz5 жыл бұрын
Why toluene?
@DirtNastyCivilian4 жыл бұрын
I played with toluene too! Boosted cars love it, o2 sensors commit suicide lol. Look at it wrong get cancer. We went 1 gallon to every 10 of 93. Toluene and other exotic stuff was used in racing as an octane booster in many racing series including F1.
@jayh9635 Жыл бұрын
I did regular pump gas 87 octane and mixed Naphtha with it. 1:4 ratio! Gave me 118 octane! I called it the Arkansas TuneUp!
@chrisnizer18857 жыл бұрын
Good gugga-mugga! Early Hemi, nitro methane, roots supercharger, Enderle bug catcher. Doesn't get much better than that.
@ziggassedup16 жыл бұрын
i don't think it gets any better,i love the sound of nitro in the morning
@stevehammel29393 жыл бұрын
I still get goosebumps from listening to these 60's top fuel dragsters
@coollasice41757 жыл бұрын
There's nothing else in this world that sounds better than this.
@gregorytimmons47775 жыл бұрын
The shriek and wail of a Fender Stratocaster in the hands of a guitar wizard gets most of the way there but i believe you are correct sir.
@45x45bw12 жыл бұрын
love how the sound of the engine changes at 2:10 to 2:20, it goes from a steady rumble of a tame engine to the en-even, pop, crackle, and bang of a fire spitting, pissed off nitro engine full of kick ass
@frosty1too13 жыл бұрын
This is one of 2 youtube videos that I watch EVERY day... first rattle out of the box in the morning is Walk of Life by Dire Straits... and last thing at night is this one.... both are great music.....
@LB-uq1bc10 жыл бұрын
392 Hemi at its best. 390 horse motor out of big cars, turned into a monster. Amazing.
What a trip back in time! We never once dreamed that what was so 'cutting edge' racing to us, and so right at the front in building horse power and speed, would one day be referred to as 'nostalgic'. You can bet, if the family sedan just happened to be a big Chrysler, when it came time for a new family car we'd be trying to talk daddy into letting us have it! I think you can see why... I really miss those days boys! The machine shop I worked at was right at the entrance to Irwindale Raceway 1968
@YZ250W19 жыл бұрын
Leaves me speechless, that sound is incredible!
@goofball9663 жыл бұрын
I usually have a top five list for things i really like, this car just took number one in bad-assery. And still my favorite video
@devilbrad3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Can't believe I took this video almost 14 years ago!
@C_Castillo2 жыл бұрын
I could happily fall asleep to this nitro breathing hulking engine, love its little super whine, imagine this was his daily commuter
@tomsurfing0079 жыл бұрын
Music to my ears. Reminds me of going to Irwindale Drag Strip in the mid 1960's. On summer nights when did not go could still hear the dragsters in Irwindale from the backyard in Arcadia 15 miles away. The roar of dragsters off the line echoed off the San Gabriel Mountains .
@billville1117 жыл бұрын
I was there and 17 years old. and yes it was awesome and those fantastic Irwindale hamburgers turned into in and out burger.
@SamK-vk7kb5 жыл бұрын
When an 11 year old video comes up in the feed...
@jillsmcfarland20013 жыл бұрын
Search for hours looking for hemi nitro front end dragsters.
@Lotum4n5 жыл бұрын
I can just imagine my eyes burning and my heart trumping when the butterfly's opened .
@kirkconway10 жыл бұрын
theres nothing like a nice running 392 hemi. the only other one that's similar is a Ford 427 Cammer.
@dmpyron210 жыл бұрын
***** Trying to remember who has one. There was a guy a couple of years ago who was trying to build a "Sneaky" Pete tribute car, but the block and heads are in the $20k range!
@thegreenerthemeaner8 жыл бұрын
Since coming across this vid, I can't stop watching it and sharing it. I guess it's because this was the zenith of the early days of Nitro, where you relied on your eyes, ears, nose and hands to know what was going on. You are intimate with the engine instead of relying on telemetry from an on board computer to know what to do the next time. What is it telling you, do you respond in kind? Absolutely got to love it if you understand that level of expertise.
@devilbrad15 жыл бұрын
I got REAL lucky with the audio quality!!! Most nitro vids are distorted. I was literally 2 feet from the front tire too! I give props to my 6 year old Sony miniDV camcorder!
@rabokarabekian4095 жыл бұрын
Summer 1972, Wilber Strout let me be with the Rising Sun Ambulance at Cecil County Dragoway, The Chi=town Hustler was there. Some other funny car blew its engine and took out the end timing lights. It was all so elemental. Like this.
@Joetrout3 жыл бұрын
I was at the texas motorplex around 94 at mid track when mark oswald blew the old milwaukee car at the finish line! That concussion was ridiculous!
@ColdSmokes12 жыл бұрын
In1993 the late great John "Nitrous" Gosson told me that the first time he'd seen/heard a nitro engine run, he was totally un-impressed and wondered what the big deal was. "Then they switched it to nitro methane and I quickly understood what the big deal was"--- lol--- RIP
@danf3215 жыл бұрын
Ahh...those were the good ‘ol days.
@68mustangmustang774 жыл бұрын
This never gets old! 🍻
@DS-ss7vl5 жыл бұрын
Just plain wicked when he switches it from gasoline to nitromethane!
@BeachBoysRemembered5 жыл бұрын
D S ... They start up on alcohol ...
@sethwatson89525 жыл бұрын
I read this comment about 5 seconds before he did that and wondered to myself, "I wonder what he means?" ...then the dude with the beard did it, and I thought, "OHHHH". Wicked indeed.
@x-man50565 жыл бұрын
@@BeachBoysRemembered So started on alcohol then switched to nitro? What was the small hose/cord disconnected from the supercharger?
@perfectcell79955 жыл бұрын
@@x-man5056 an impact tool to turn the engine
@x-man50565 жыл бұрын
@@perfectcell7995 No. I know what that was. I was referring to a hose or a cord with a connector on the end. He disconnects it at 2:07 long after the engine is running.
@70stunes715 жыл бұрын
Once that fuel hits, the chrysler hemi becomes one angry SOB, just itching to go kick some ass . While all of the brands made impressive street cars, which led to the same at the strip, the Hemi most definitely is a historical icon in the racing and Street world of cars. What an impressive mother!
@RacersUnited9 жыл бұрын
At 2:12 right when the nitro goes through to the engine, if you listen in the background you can hear two Top Fuel Dragsters making a run over the sound of the engine. Amazing where these cars have come and how much they have evolved.
@Zeriouslly16 жыл бұрын
Great camerawork mate! Just point and shoot and let the nitro provide the chills up my spine...
@GunBroker10013 жыл бұрын
God, you gotta love the way the engines sound and demeanor changes when switched from Alcohol warm up to Nitro-Methane fuel. They don't warm them up like that anymore. Great sounding old school dragster. Anyone notice the long shift lever? The Mechanic with the white whiskers definitely knows his way around that engine. Hp I would guess at about 2500. Maybe 3000 depending on who it's speced out. In any case, SWEET!!!
@stevehammel29395 жыл бұрын
I grew up with drag racing in the early sixties. The cars back then had soul. Today's drag racing bores me.
@Moparvanman6 жыл бұрын
After ten years I still come back to this amasing video
@CSXer14 жыл бұрын
2:13 Beauty becomes the BEAST!!! I love hearing the switch to NITRO!!! Great vid! Love all the hand signals and the hands on block crew chief!! OLD SCHOOL!!!! Thanks for posting!!!!
@turboboy03 жыл бұрын
@2:08 the transition to nitro starts. Gotta love the change in the exhaust notes.
@tommccallan8802 Жыл бұрын
I've been doing a lot of hot rod reunions, and the Astro is my favorite cacklefest dragster. Tall Nitro Flames coming out of the Zoomies, I just wish they'd run it down the quarter-mile
@leonardmartin43867 жыл бұрын
I've watched this video a few times. and it gust gets more awesome every time.
@kevinharber41155 жыл бұрын
A flash back to the 70s, Thanks. Sounds real good.
@NissanTy8 жыл бұрын
Look how that car jumped when the pit guy revved the car lol. Love the transition from alcohol to nitro methane
@justicelut11 ай бұрын
Love the nitro cackle when he switches over!
@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney Жыл бұрын
These things are WAY crazier than modern Fuel cars, all things considered. The sound, the landmine of drivetrain parts in your face/between your legs, tires 8" from your face, the fact that you had to wear a damn gas mask, haha! Something is badly wrong with people willing to drive these monsters, but thank the hot-rod gods for them.
@kevinbourgeois93105 жыл бұрын
She went from all manners to a bad ass dragon with a bad attitude...loved it, it nearly jumped off the ground when he burped the throttle
@91Wildcat7004 жыл бұрын
There is no cooler sound in Motorsport than the cackle from a nitro engine at idle. Watching the whole engine rock back and forth on each power stroke it just screams horsepower.
@ralphmoore78125 жыл бұрын
Pure Americana. I love the look of that blown 392 hemi.The sound is absolutely a joy to hear. Great video.
@frosty1too12 жыл бұрын
still addicted to this one.... just can't get enough..
@73sebrougham8 жыл бұрын
the most insane sound ever god damn i love it
@69moparman16 жыл бұрын
At 2:12 is when that Hemi starts talking business! Let that POP > POP my friend! What a ride that must have been sitting behind that nitro gulping Hemi, hanging on for dear life! POST MORE It get's no bettter!
@devilbrad15 жыл бұрын
You know, I never in my mind thought my video would get 1000 views, let alone 20,000, LOL I'll be at the March Meet next weekend getting more footage. You all should subscribe!
@frosty1too10 жыл бұрын
I never get tired of this.....
@troyadamson86185 жыл бұрын
I grew up watching those race. Ashame when they outlawed them. Blower wasn't strapped down and when the engine blew. Well, bad news for the driver.
@pro-seriesfabrication38104 жыл бұрын
The NHRA heritage series still runs top fuel with front engine dragsters (Nostalgia Top Fuel). Blower restraints are mandatory but the design isn't outlawed.
@Joetrout3 жыл бұрын
Pro-Series Fabrication they do but i saw where the frames are also heavily modified. These older ones would bounce all over the place, pretty dangerous but they did it.
@Peter-V_0012 жыл бұрын
Nothing like it when the nitro hits the cylinders, love it!!
@llewvirtue8615 жыл бұрын
Those were the true days of drag racing, balls Vs cheque book
@afitz6389 Жыл бұрын
Its either a '57 or '58 Chrysler 392...block...She's fairly tame 'til she hits Nitro...what a beautiful sounding engine... HIT IT!!!
@squawk3120 Жыл бұрын
There isn’t anything motorized cooler than this.
@eyeballdude6 ай бұрын
2:15 Goes from pissed off to pure evil and I’m in heaven 🥰
@DEATHTRAPHOTRODS10 жыл бұрын
I think Bill Pitts is the FATHER OF CACKLE CARS!!! LOVE IT!!
@johnmarshall44422 жыл бұрын
I'v been a A&P for 26 years, worked replacing jet engine's and running them . BUT THIS IS JUST PLAIN BAD ASS .
@louswire16 жыл бұрын
he pulled the gas line off... and she turns into a firebreathing MONSTER!!! LOVE IT
@OverlandOne8 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful sound!
@jamescox60778 жыл бұрын
AMEN
@marivecmontreuil56847 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't sit back there unless it had a strap on the blower !!!
@rifflenut14845 жыл бұрын
Marivec Montreuil years ago nobody had came up with the idea of a strap
@jimdavidson520810 жыл бұрын
Ol' boys shirt is untucked. I was waiting for it to get sucked into the blower belt, LOL.
@NickiesAdventureChannel5 жыл бұрын
Loving these 12 year posts you tube is sending me ! Amazing video thanks
@robertinscoe23795 жыл бұрын
Whenever i watch this video the song Down with the Sickness is playing in my head. Just gotta love this
@gypsyjoes422914 жыл бұрын
I just want an old helmet, nitro mask, and goggles. They just look cool. And i think are the face of what drag racing use to be.
@maro69camaro11 жыл бұрын
Omg I love nitro. The whole attitude of that motor changes. Just sounds sinister
@392hemia10010 жыл бұрын
Mastodon motors FOREVER Baby!!!
@jpk24205 жыл бұрын
Those were tuned by ear. No computers. Hands on. AWESOME.
@chargerdave204610 жыл бұрын
Wow good thing i was sitting on the toilet when i watched this beast.
@dmpyron210 жыл бұрын
Charger Dave Wait until you hear a blower go off at 1000 ft. A real blower explosion. With parts going into the sky!
@bretnickerson85552 жыл бұрын
nitro switchover has to be the best sound in drag racing.
@mirichclan93854 жыл бұрын
Love that crossover baseball bat in aluminum trash can going nuts been watching this video for years godspeed
@SuperKONR13 жыл бұрын
JEEZUS I LOVE the sound of superchargers in the morning mixed with the smell of burning rubber and nitro, Thanks for the vid!
@aguscawang95303 ай бұрын
FUCKEN sweet when nitro comes up❤
@goofball9663 жыл бұрын
She sounds pissed off!.........I LOVE IT!
@frosty1too10 жыл бұрын
Some things never grow old....
@ReadTheShrill7 жыл бұрын
I love that sweet sound of the switch from alcohol to nitro. Alcohol is strong, nitro is just crazy. Alcohol: "Yeah Johnny! Let's go man!" Nitro: "RAAAAAWWWRI!!! KILL!! KILL!! KILL!!!" Nitro just wants to rip it's way out of that engine by whatever means necessary.
@jackmorrison5875 Жыл бұрын
It’s crazy how hemis are massive engines in person.
@stevejump11318 жыл бұрын
This makes my peter FAT. LOVE these old slingshots and the cackle and that deeeeelicious blower whine.
@carloschavez53685 жыл бұрын
Bad ass Hemi of yesteryears. Love that sound. The ultimate V 8 ever produced even at present days its still a Hemi making up to 8000 to 10000 HP. All still goes back to Chrysler engineering.!!!!! Oh yeah
@devilbrad5 жыл бұрын
Where did you see my video? Was this video posted somewhere? I have been getting a ton of comments in the past couple days!
@agentk82632 жыл бұрын
Without a doubt,The King of Cackle!!!!
@amascia83275 жыл бұрын
You don't just hear them... you feel them.
@392hemia10013 жыл бұрын
First gen Hemi on nitro, yeah!!!! I love it at 2:10 when they wean it off the pig and that beast begins to crackle.... Oh brother, takes me back to the days. : )
@braedensimpson2015 жыл бұрын
Man have drag cars come a long way
@ali375 жыл бұрын
You just can't beat that sound !
@JonyWadd13 жыл бұрын
2 people that have NEVER had their nose hairs singed or their eye's water...GOD Loves a Side Oiler...
@Faan-iv3li3 жыл бұрын
2:35 when he flipped that throttle, my ancestors just woke up from afterlife
@rjmac30013 жыл бұрын
This man wearing shorts is making me nervous around those belts lmao