Ed Bliss Jr. Front engine dragster

Running at Maple Grove Raceways Glory Days event, making our second pass, car went a 7.91 @ 167 mph!!!

[@saleh-dt3qj]

Was considering this as my first car but the wind noise appears to be loud. Still thinking...

[@quincy0063]

just testdrive one. if it is to loud the one thing that comes close to this is a fiat multipla

[@nitrofumes2012]

You’ll never hear the wind.. but you will be super tuned into the exhaust tones.

[@saleh-dt3qj]

@@nitrofumes2012 how's the milage though?

[@Eddiee757]

Saleh Saadi -5 mpg

[@Eddiee757]

It burns so much it gives you it back cuz it feels bad :/

[@OFTooQuick]

Shakes the guys hand bcuz it could be his last race. I respect him.

[@ashlimharrison1812]

True

[@didntstickthe1v150]

Where?

[@OFTooQuick]

3:34

[@steviewander2693]

Johnathon Rinchack lol riiiiiiight. This day and age practically zero chance. Back in the day maybe. This guy just wants to feel more important than he is.

[@Sackmatters]

Rasmus Sørensen SAVAGE

[@isaacdietz5914]

4:15 is what you're looking for

[@pr0j3ct]

Thanks

[@mockemperor953]

Do you look really funny if you put it in two times speed

[@pr0j3ct]

Tucker Koogler yes it does 😂

[@Kyles999]

People who are from 2024

[@A_river_dirt_cheese]

I’ve seen you in like 1 billion posts

[@rachaelwilder7529]

Why?.?

[@RowanGuthrie]

Npc

[@robbieestabrooke5606]

4:20 when you girlfriend says she’s home alone

[@dymaig6538]

Robbie Estabrooke haha

[@Henryy22]

Haha

[@Glooooooooed]

420 huh?

[@28BREAK]

other dude got to his girls house faster tho

[@sonikkukarafuto3424]

*insert eurobeat*

[@Robocoppat]

I just got a woody 😁. Best sound in the WORLD! Brings me back to spending my youth in the pits at ATCO Dragway, stock cars in hightstown, and racing at Bridgeport Speedway. This would make a great ringtone. So much respect between driver and his/ her Crew.

[@sethguest781]

Really unbelievable that there's folks out there still running these monsters, I figured they wouldn't be so keen on racing these after what happened to Jim Nicoll and Big Daddy Don Garlits!

[@TripDaly_AndiTripDaily]

Legends never die! 🤘☣️☯️

[@NeilLB7]

Don't cheap on the differential gears or housing.

[@Ohmloud]

Yep, no jockstrap can help you when things go wrong.

[@natalieuballe2054]

Miguel

[@natalieuballe2054]

Miguel. CasillAs😄🐷🐮👻🎅🇮🇹

[@natalieuballe2054]

M. C.

[@johngilbert1047]

NeilLB7 9” Ford rear ends are nearly bulletproof. They aren’t the problem as much as the clutch. Research Don Garlits’ clutch explosion. Cost him half of one foot. That’s the reason dragsters went rear engine.

[@RR-gw2uj]

I love the bubbling sound of aggressive cams.

[@soflodoug]

I love how people run for their lives when he pulls near with the engine😂

[@Thiccems_Mcgee]

*Diesel has once again left the chat*

[@ThePompeo]

1:43 ooh yhea let's get started

[@joelubbe6029]

2:25 Worried about the little stones on the tyres... 2:33 Oh, never mind...😅

[@wowguy3562]

Probably go faster if the drivers balls weren't so huge, I hear they drag down the track sometimes

[@rickymacqueen6690]

What do you think the parachutes are made of?

[@lundmark6947]

Ricky MacQueen r/wooosh

[@user-wn2ho5ij5f]

@@lundmark6947 no

[@willyframadhan]

@@lundmark6947 no, you

[@jthompson6812]

Lundmark 69 nah i don’t think so

[@jose.xo_ox2735]

2:26 play at 0.5x and see how skinny those tires got when he hit it ☺️

[@black_2v655]

WTH😃

[@iideathstarii2038]

Jose.xo_ox why did they do that?

[@BenM]

centrifugal force

[@chiranjivchetia5623]

@@BenM physics

[@jacob__weissman787]

There spinning so fast that the rubber makes u delosinaol and makes thin look taller and skinny it's the same thing as a traxxis rc car if u would pick it up and go full gas

[@stevehammel2939]

you can't beat the sweet sound of a supercharged Chevrolet Small Block in a dragster

[@daryllect6659]

Even big block Chevrolets like this one...

[@travisburton2948]

I agree, but if you are referring to this dragster, this is clearly a Big Block. Just look at the valve covers and header pipes.

[@PureM_]

Still turns better than a mustang

[@happydays8171]

Yay! A quarter mile drag race, that's how it's supposed to be.

[@davidkeeton6716]

@dragracing news exactly right, and easier to get out of shape and harder to gather back up on the big end.

[@emorytucker5467]

When the other lane threw the laundry in your face, my heart stopped. I thought the other lane started to break apart for a second!

[@frankmachotka3488]

Wow 😳. Wow 😳. Wow that's awesome 😎 I love that beautiful. Hot car

[@slippycolourplanet]

Its so depressing that the state of racing is out the door, losing viewership while making more FIA restrictions .. im not not the biggest fan of drag racing but i remember as a kid watching those cars fly by and seeing the stadium seat PACKED

[@Naomi_Rosy]

This is more fun to watch than I thought it would be

[@maygacamacho9121]

F

[@gavingrove1481]

I love maple grove raceway I go to almost any race I can wether it’s my race or my dads

[@drchan5893]

Great video, love the sound of that engine

[@NorbertoMamauag]

Perfect as a get away vehicle

[@matiasturunen2950]

Cool seeing it from this pov.

[@BackyardBS103]

The new Toyota Corolla looks amazing!

[@jesusrogeliorobles5476]

Cómo no le entiendo el inglés menos entiendo a los comentarios pero si es my bonito estos tipos de dradters me gustas estos tipos de eventos

[@connylaurine745]

When that diff blows up.....

[@KyleJohnson-hl9ot]

Best grocery getter ever

[@ateam388]

Thanks for the ride!

[@douglaswilson3978]

Good stuff.Thx❤❤

[@TrackHawkGangs3842]

Dragster are a beast they sound like a monster

[@jblissfed]

Open exhaust like coming right out the combustion chamber

[@davidcaro8217]

No school like the old school baby yeah!

[@laserfalcon]

How my wife drives her fiesta each morning to work

[@gregorytimmons4777]

When she knows damn. well and good she should be behind the wheel of a Cadillac.

[@addy6670]

4:17 play at 2X

[@Receall]

Adrian • 38 years ago on some forza shit or something

[@ghshrksidhc5460]

why?

[@poly_hexamethyl]

I'm surprised that more dragsters don't have the engine up front like that. You'd think it's better, since it would allow more acceleration before the front end lifts up off the road. But then I guess having the engine at the back puts more weight on the rear tires, so they get more grip. Maybe that's more important.

[@manbird2184]

Also if there's a fire or explosion it will be directly in front of you. In a top fuel dragster your protected from the engine fire since its behind you. That's why ( in my opinion ) top fuels are safer

[@branon6565]

This is the original layout of the car from when NHRA top fuel began, but even with a scatter shield, drivers would still be seriously injured when a motor grenaded...

[@k0namiman]

necroposting, but, there's a reason dragsters moved from this layout to rear engine. Plenty of racers had their ankles sawn off by exploding clutches and grenading engines.

[@travisburton2948]

Hes also sitting on top of the pinion gear and differential, if that thing blows it'll take his balls and most of his vital organs with it.

[@Coasterscentral]

best turning american car

[@cclracing2647]

American engeneer: i just created the perfect car. Me: can it turn with tath tiny steering wheel? American engeneer: is a car supposed to turn?

[@xavierrodriguez2463]

It basically doesn't have front grip either

[@Dr.Mcstaby]

Its only job is to drive in a straight line really fast. Besides i dont think youve got the grapes to drive that thing down the track XD

[@danstephens3344]

Rear end between the knees is a different kind of manly.

[@izzatramli8110]

Nothing but respect!

[@lostinspacetk8873]

When I was younger my dad worked for some regular mechanic shop in Texas, John Force showed up for some reason and his funny car was there to I got to get inside. *I'm dead serious btw* I also sat in the Budweiser dragtser. I was maybe 7 or 8 Edit: for the Budweiser one. He took me to an NHRA race

[@CarsandCats]

Engine in the front where God intended it.

[@xtremeownagedotcom]

balls of steel to sit on top of a diff.

[@DVSNTHERE]

I want one!

[@aski1529]

I want two

[@haveanoiceday1853]

I want 3

[@hydrofps8066]

I want four!

[@iamtuben2]

I had one, never got a chance to drive it.

[@santanabainter5260]

This video was awesome

[@chucksingleton3708]

Who built that chassis

[@jblissfed]

Chuck Singleton my father built the whole car all the body work the chassis and all motor work and trans work bro

[@boylm557]

My grandma

[@toddburgess6792]

I like riding in cars!

[@jonnykastlerock9742]

You got be but you won my interest!

[@mikec1425]

Why did I read this as “front engine dragster disaster”???

[@louismorgan335]

bro i thought i was the only one, waited for it the whole video lmaoo

[@joynthis]

Scalding oil in the face the way God intended.

[@CrazyShorts123]

Now that's the best game what i looking for

[@Footballplayer89]

Love it dude keep it up

[@jessebittermann5530]

Run is at 4:15

[@feraltrafficcone4483]

That looks fucking terrifying.

[@milesvernon6295]

I was thinking that this looked like maple grove raceway and then when he was backing up I saw the maple grove raceway on the middle of the track lol

[@snuklemenuckle8939]

Hey that’s looks like maple grove

[@robbyking8756]

We used to call these cars slingshots jr drags are for like 10 year old kids with 250cc engines, not supercharged v8's, see the tires get skinnier when he burnt out that's helps the car actually go faster, they get skinny at the end of the track

[@shitbox7413]

Robby King, I believe Jr. is his name, not a reference to the car, and it’s not supercharged...

[@xredksx1005]

@@shitbox7413 It is supercharged.

[@shitbox7413]

xRedksx, An Enderle injector on a tunnel ram is not a supercharger, you obviously don’t know much about this stuff...

[@eroy5448]

@@shitbox7413 Ooh you actually made me learn something! I tought if they had that 3 red circles thing they were supercharged

[@shitbox7413]

KyroxY, 😎👍🏻

[@legit3491]

I thought he was going to hold on to that steering wheel with both of his hands for his dear life but i guess im wrong

[@levivandenberg437]

when starting an injected car it does not help to play with throttle, there is no fuel at the barrel valve and you are only letting more air into the engine evaporativing the alchohol. have the guy with the bottle squirt more in the bottom of the flys

[@MrFrontenginedragste]

I hold the butterflies shut with one hand and prime with the other....and never put my face directly in front of the butterflies.

[@ethannicholls7332]

ll

[@Raldoux]

I I 0

[@davidkeeton6716]

Yup, leave it at idle till it fires.

[@AmIonArock]

That was definitely fast. Congrats

[@johnstenborg3461]

...explode my groin...please...explode..it...groin...please...groin...it...

[@Toxic2T]

LMFAO

[@nathanielgrant6048]

Don't worry you'll get them next time.

[@JMGilberto]

If the ring gear lets go, you lose lefty.

[@jonahthomas1071]

That reving sound it’s shit shooting out of my ass

[@pilotmatt7940]

Was I the only one who thought it said front engine disaster 😂

[@johndavinci9960]

Me too lol

[@marder3348]

I also thought it said disaster lol

[@joedee6630]

Matt flys Drones yesssss

[@gregm3406]

The last thing you need at Maple Grove while going 167mph is a parachute. You can stop at that track from 187 without a chute. Long and smooth.

[@salehabi7714]

He sen ol ay haw youu

[@Plachkov]

Race starts at 4:15

[@perialis2970]

His balls power the entire car

[@BenjaminFry-t5b]

I’ve been to maple grove

[@davidhogan5133]

Drives it one handed!🌄😄

[@EcoSpeeder]

Well played Eddie.

[@ghshrksidhc5460]

hey I just got my license, would this be a good first car?

[@BackyardBS103]

*And this is just my daily driver*

[@nickplayz1217]

This car is beast!!

[@nickplayz1217]

i mean dragster

[@gotoomslowstyle2949]

SO AMAZING

[@JulienGallego]

Is this guy driving a 1000+ hp dragster with 1 hand ?

[@sik59rt]

His opponent just rolled out his burnout to the 1/8th

[@fntcyfctry]

left exit and you cut across the car in the right lane?, blanket party at any track I raced

[@Meekaeelalawie786]

Because he wouldent of make the turn

[@heavenstomurgatroyd7033]

STFU moron.

[@supercargalaxy8233]

I bet you like those blanket party's when you can't find your regular sausage party. You hanging out behind the portajohn at the end of the track sniffing seats??

[@pingpongpung]

Care to explain what a blanket party is?

[@allenklingsporn6993]

@@pingpongpung It's a really stupid military term. If there was someone fucking up in a platoon, the guys would hold the person down with their own blanket while they were sleeping and hit that person with pillow cases with bars of soap in them. 99.9999% of people who use this phrase are full of shit and would never have the balls to do it.

[@Dori21ha]

This driver have balls, until real diff failure.

[@espnespy]

Front engine is so much scarier that rear because if it explodes the you can see death coming...

[@jumpytv5450]

that steering wheel ahaha i shit myself😂

[@jameseastwood4984]

How long can you run the engine before it overheats, given that there's no radiator? Do these engines run piston cooling oil jets? What kind of gearbox is that, like a dog box or a manual shift auto (epicyclic gears)?

[@Thewaldo12345]

James Eastwood these run on methanol which actually helps cool the engine. Now I wouldn’t go to a drive thru on it but you can run for much longer than on gas.

[@Thewaldo12345]

Also probably just a powerglide trans.

[@davidkeeton6716]

An alcohol engine can actually cool down on a hard pass. I've had it happen many times. Also at the end of a hard pass ice can form on the outside of the intake manifold, if not it's usually very cold. I used to lean the mixture out by partially pulling the fuel shutoff cable and opening a valve that created a vacuum leak on the intake manifold to make the engine build back heat in it on the return road, and keep the hood closed as much as possible between rounds to keep heat in the engine. Talk to someone at the track that runs an alcohol door slammer.

[@RenatosilvaMinis-Games]

Top

[@andreasblum7510]

He fuckin steering this beast with one hand... i can't belive 😎 nice sound when he is starts the engine pure emotion^^😍😍😍

[@iamlucario]

why the fuck am i watching this at 3am playing runescape

[@matthewhardman6139]

Look at all the crap the tires pick up

[@gypsism]

Bravo! First in the curve 😋😋

[@TenSpeedAustin]

So this car only went 7.91 when Leroy goes 7.80. I thought this would be faster.

[@nickcamino80]

Yeah, but there's like 50 years difference in technology

[@TenSpeedAustin]

@@nickcamino80 oh i didn't realize it was old.

[@nickcamino80]

Well, I'm pretty sure the car itself isn't that old. But then technology is.

[@7mgtesup1]

That diff explodes say goodbye to your legs and junk....

[@theboogeyman2229]

Imagine how hot it is in the driver seat

[@jordan10gaming8]

So that how it feels to ride a powerful dragster😱

[@duncanbeard9460]

No, that's how it LOOKS on camera. How it feels is something else x10! Instant tunnel vision, track looks grey & really narrow, lots of G and an inner dialogue over "This is dangerous, I wanna lift" beaten by "Sod off I wanna go FAST!"

[@olliebeal6783]

He is sat on the transmission. Imagine if it blew up

[@jf4433]

This is some serious supercharger stuff haha

[@m3shhoffical]

how much hp have this car?

[@cj27125]

Totally BADASS💯🤙🏾

[@cobra_xx2044]

I love like 30 min away from there

[@tonytravers2322]

I see you have a glamor crew like mine! LOL

[@xxjerryxx3962]

Bro that's so fucking cool

[@afonsogoncalves7594]

He use Just one hand. Ok kkkkkk