INSIDE A TOP FUEL DRAGSTER CLUTCH (PART 1)

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10 ай бұрын

What's inside a Top Fuel Dragster Clutch? How does a clutch work?
Today, we're going to Steve Read's Top Fuel School to learn all about it! You'll understand how the settings could make the difference between smoking the tires, or a 320mph pass.
#topfuel #techtalk #dragster #clutch

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@slowpoke96Z28 10 ай бұрын

Witchcraft & sorcery lol.

@dmeemd7787 10 ай бұрын

I have so much respect for the people that can figure out the height of the buttons, looking in between runs to see how much a finger touch or not, and all that stuff.. Lol, I don’t even bother arguing with someone who says “they just going straight line comment” anymore - like whatever, there is SO much that goes on one these it’s amazing and I’ll always love it!

@carlsenden 9 ай бұрын

I've wanted to see this explained properly for the longest time. Thanks, Steve👍🏻

@stevereadTF 9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, Carl. More videos to come

@GeorgeMcNally 9 ай бұрын

I've been a TF and Fuel Coupe nerd forever......dude- this is *way* cool.

@stevereadTF 9 ай бұрын

That’s awesome - glad you’re enjoying the series George. Plenty more videos on the way

@timtompkins150 9 ай бұрын

Thank you sir. I was working with a fuel funny car team and we were learning the new technology of clutches. We had a unit from Crower that had 2 discs. Air gap and weights were critical set up points..Using nuts and half nuts with washers changed everything. I appreciate your knowledge and respect your ability to demonstrate it so clearly.

@stevereadTF 9 ай бұрын

There’s always something new to learn and refine on these cars. Hope you enjoyed the video.

@misters2837 9 ай бұрын

My friends Modified Pulling Tractor has a "Crower-Glide" Style Clutch and he does not use a pedal at all, 100% centrifugal. - It works great!

@dmeemd7787 10 ай бұрын

Excellent Steve! Thank you!! Best video your ever gonna get w/o KNOWING someone :) Awesome!

@stevereadTF 10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed, there's so much that goes into a 300mph run. More videos coming down the pipeline - Steve

@brianiswrong 10 ай бұрын

Thank you Steve and 👋from your mother land🇬🇧 My take on this is $$$ gets you 11'000bhp Knowledge and experiance (with a few $ thrown in) gets you down the track and the win light turned on.

@badass6.0powerstroke10 9 ай бұрын

Wow, and people think Torque Converter science is a type of Voodoo or Black Magic, this Clutch Set-Up know how isn't any different ! Very Very Informative, greatly appreciate you showing us how this works. Been watching the Nitro Burners since a small child, now I'm middle aged and always knew during the run it's the Clutch that is gonna determine how the car launches and accelerates during the run, Thanks so much for explaining how everything works, i can't wait till Part 2.

@vehdynam 10 ай бұрын

I just found your channel. That was very interesting. I am now subscribed.. Many thanks.

@stevereadTF 10 ай бұрын

Thanks and appreciate the subscribe

@nitrofreddy4786 10 ай бұрын

This was absolutley great! Next time someone asks, I will just show them this 👌🏽 Keep ’em comming! I just subscribed, thank you for good content!

@stevereadTF 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and glad you liked it, Freddy. Appreciate the sub - we'll keep the videos coming - Steve

@fstjack6525 9 ай бұрын

Steve, this is great contact. Thank you for explaining this In detail. Subscribed and liked here. Keep them coming, thank you.

@stevereadTF 9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video Jack, appreciate the sub - plenty more videos to come before the racing season kicks off

@joem5110 9 ай бұрын

In a way it's kind of similar to a snowmobile primary clutch with weights and profiles. The drag car clutch is way more complicated and more tuneable. Cool stuff.

@xPr1m3 5 ай бұрын

I'm interested in your statement about adding cutters on the floaters. I guess in my mind adding cutters would make it more aggressive, not slow it down for a looser track. Can you expound on that? In our TAD we have a 3 disc pedal clutch, we run a 3 or 6 cutter full width floater in the front and a 9 cutter half width floater in the back. I haven't learned exactly why yet but I'm interested in your thoughts about floaters.

@dalelyons4366 9 ай бұрын

Great information.. 👍🇬🇧

@stevereadTF 9 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@scottcates 9 ай бұрын

Good

@victorriceroni8455 9 ай бұрын

Is there a machine that can spin the clutch to see what it is doing without being in the car? Also, can the secret recipe be used on a spare clutch or does each clutch have it's own tune that has to be worked out?

@stevereadTF 9 ай бұрын

Yes there is. A lot of the big teams have their own clutch Dyno. If it’s a similar clutch and it’s set up identically finger height wise there is no reason why it shouldn’t repeat. We have a spare clutch but in 25 years of racing nitro I’ve never had to put it in.