The Insane Acceleration of Top Fuel Dragsters Visualized

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[@aymanshamil]

Other cars : miles per gallon Top fuel dragster : gallons per seconds

[@fatetestarossa2774]

NOICE : ))))))))))))))))))))))))))

[@Gamedraco]

"The same rate as a fully loaded Boeing 747."

[@VideobyKB]

They don’t call it ‘top fuel’ for nothing 😉

[@moparman0314]

@@Gamedraco a fully loaded 747 burning through 11 gallons per second means it would only have a flight time of about 95 minutes. Dumbest shit Ive even heard. That 747 would have to refuel mid air 4 times over the Atlantic for a flight from New York to London given the British Airways record of slightly under 5 hours. Given the normal flight time of 7-7.5 hours, it would need to refuel mid air 6 times. This video is dumb as hell.

[@justahamsterthatcodes]

@@moparman0314 I would imagine that 11gallons per second is at peak performance. While cruising that amount is vastly less, and on top of that when fuel is burned the plane can maintain the same speed with less fuel consumption.

[@jordanshaw1614]

Another fun fact: The exhaust tips point upwards to create downforce on the dragster. Specifically, 800 pounds (362 kg) of downforce. The wing by itself generates 12,000 pounds (5443 kg) of downforce.

[@johnhunter7244]

12000 lbs at top speed, or 0 lbs while still. very important to make that distinction.

[@jordanshaw1614]

@@johnhunter7244 At top speed, wise guy

[@frankrizzo2724]

I did not know that.

[@theenzoferrari458]

@@jordanshaw1614 nah you don't say. Only in reverse. Smh.

[@wilswils4837]

well if u could go backwards in the same manner as forward, wouldnt the wing create 5443kgs of lift? :D

[@NitroNik_DSR]

As an owner and crew chief for a Canadian Top Fuel dragster, good job on getting a lot of your facts correct. Your time for the dragster was a little slow though. Its not 4.5 seconds to the quarter mile. Its 3.8 to the 1000F mark. Due to our vehicles accelerating faster and reaching higher top speeds they pulled back on the distance we have to race. We aim for our 60F times to be .8 seconds. And at the 1/8th mile we are already hitting 290 to 299 MPH. We go through roughly 20 gallons of fuel from start to finish. And we hit 180 decibels at launch and these things create enough Force to register 3.8 on the Richter scale at the starting line.

[@lrc87290]

Ok. Theoretically what would be your best guess for a 1/4 mile ET and trap speed of a top fuel dragster today?

[@TenCoJeCool]

I have a question that really bugs me. Who is funding this? Is it just sponsors or is there some billionaire that loves earthquakes? Like this sport is extremely expensive and the runs are extremely short. I can't imagine the costs!

[@jaredblack5081]

@@TenCoJeCool mainly sponsors but some people do pay for their team if they have the money. its an expensive sport but no where near as expensive as say F1.

[@sitsia3808]

@@jaredblack5081 Formula 1 is more expensive?

[@jaredblack5081]

@@sitsia3808 much more expensive. The engine alone in an f1 car is around 10 million dollars

[@Saint-14s-Shadow]

Civic Owners: *"Wait until my VTEC kicks in."*

[@wertyjax]

I know this is a joke but, there is no waiting the dragster already finished ...

[@tacticalbacon158]

@@wertyjax how could the dragster win though? It just doesn't make sense. Nothing beats vtec not even the photons coming out of the police man trying to light it up. If light can't even catch up than how can you expect some poor 10,000hp rolling pile of junk to do any better

[@sRichterMusic]

@@tacticalbacon158 duh, doesn't beat the peel p50 tuned by romanians

[@Technotranceism]

​@@tacticalbacon158VTEC beats everything but a black hole

[@CarTrappa]

My golf shots are billion times faster than a wannabe jdm car.

[@sabikikasuko6636]

Fun fact: these engines are so powerful that they get literally destroyed after every race. They rebuild the engine after every race because some parts of it actually melt together about half way through the quarter mile.

[@user-re9gj2zd5e]

@Stellvia Hoenheim just like all American sports. Imagine calling rugby football and think you’ve invented something new. And running around rings with no right turn for circles thinking it’s the most entertaining thing in the universe.

[@janiceshaw3516]

@@user-re9gj2zd5e Imagine calling hitting a tiny ball with a mallet until it goes through a ring in the ground a sport.

[@Gamedraco]

The primary fuel ingredient used for top fuel dragsters in nitro methane is extremely hot, explosive, and corrosive when burned too.

[@user-re9gj2zd5e]

@@janiceshaw3516 what sport are you referring to? Golf?

[@Mastermindyoung14]

@Stellvia Hoenheim what a dumb "comment" 🙄

[@Kylora2112]

Fun fact: the dragster crew needs to rebuild the engine after every run.

[@micaharies]

most crews have guys for literally every part on the car to have the whole thing rebuilt in the neighborhood of 2hrs

[@jackkingers]

Another fun fact: On a busy day, the mechanics can be seen taking the pistons out whilst they are still boiling hot! The engine is so big and hot that they can’t wait for it to cool down before dismantling it.

[@kanoraguy]

@@micaharies fun fact they only have 90 min if their lucky unless there’s a wreck or oil down

[@SPFLDAngler]

What a huge waste of resources...

[@kanoraguy]

@@SPFLDAngler go drive your Prius, real men and women race using nitromethane

[@DancinNate]

6:46 as a car enthusiast my soul was squeezed a bit after hearing this……. TT ZO6 Man U gotta be kidding me.

[@bryanr5536]

Glad I wasn't the only one with an eye twitch over that.

[@TheBrandizle]

These videos are always so hard to listen too. Non car people trying to talk like they know cars things.

[@knurlgnar24]

A real car enthusiast would know it's a real car before commenting something stupid like this. The example he gave at the end is from an old internet text that references a well known and well respected shop which was known for performance Corvettes. He omitted the exact details but otherwise it was correct in it being a twin turbo ZO6 in the example.

[@DancinNate]

@@knurlgnar24 Ight knurl u beat with more knowledge and experience. I didn’t know any of that, sounds wild.

[@crayolaenjoyer2476]

@@knurlgnar24yea but he still put the zr1 at the bottom when it had the faster 1/4 mile outta most the cars on the list

[@thesquirrel914]

Fun fact: The Top Fuel crew will adjust their tune up based on how much the engine destroyed itself during a pass. The cylinder pressure is so great that it will actually crush the wrist pins and aluminum connecting rods by several thousands of an inch. Based on their measurements post run, they will adjust boost, fueling, timing, and clutch actuation to optimize a run. There engines literally operate on the brink of destruction.

[@johnjahrling4610]

If y’all get a chance to go see one of these monsters in person, I highly recommend it (with hearing protection). The full body sensation you get feeling one of these when they pass you is out of this world. It’s not just loud..it literally shakes everything around you

[@michaelmurray7199]

And can register a 2.3-3.0 on the Richter Scale.

[@aamirtariq2207]

I can only describe it as that hard hitting thunder for an entire 4 seconds. it doesnt even sound like an engine, just thunder.

[@michaelmurray7199]

@@aamirtariq2207 One time an NHRA team brought a dragster over to a NASCAR race at Bristol and fired up the engine, one of the commentators described it as sounding like a bomb going off each time the driver hammered that loud pedal.

[@DRAKE-ic1fd]

That is so cool man. I would love to witness that one day. 😎

[@Rascal-yx6ir]

they measure on the rictor scale...

[@nathanpangilinan4397]

A Kings and Generals, Kurzgesagt, and Real Life Lore video in 90 minutes? Wow!

[@ok4405]

They are feeding the algorithm

[@tifffernandes8632]

And a half as interesting

[@tetarx2761]

Ted ed and Sideprojects too!

[@Empy_C.]

🧀

[@kenzarezyarifin1076]

Yes

[@AmonAmarthFan609]

I found 2 inaccuracies 1. They consume about 1 gallon per second at full throttle, not 11. If that were the case, in order to hold enough fuel for a run, the fuel tank would be bigger than the whole car. Also, assuming the engine could even handle that colossal amount of heat and pressure, the exhaust flames would shoot about 50 feet high 2. The fastest TFD pass ever clocked at 341 mph (much less than 390). The only cars that have ever gone faster than that are rocket/thrust powered cars, which have nothing to do with TFDs (aside from them both being types of dragsters), and are comparatively extremely rare; you'd be EXTREMELY lucky to get to watch one make a pass at your next NHRA event.

[@blackforceswithnolaces5273]

Top fuel cars are limited in speed and can no longer run the 1/4mile so no one knows the true 1/4 speed or time but 341 in 1000’ was pretty cool to watch

[@billshiff2060]

Back in the day I got to watch rocket cars run up close. I was a track official. They are amazing and super quick but nothing like the excitement of a top fueler. Saw a crash or two of the rockets. PSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSST.......

[@Name-kd5jj]

He also said the C7 Corvette Z06 is a twin turbo car and costs $140,000. I get he probably knows nothing about cars but Google exists so.........

[@Technotranceism]

It's more like 5 gallons per second

[@AmonAmarthFan609]

@Technotranceism no, it’s more like 1.2 gallons per second. Watch your sources

[@paulh7589]

I represented a well known company that manufactured stock wheels as well as racing wheels. Every time I worked a Top Fuel event my eyes looked like dinner plates. I was completely floored the first time, and completely floored the 40th time. I guess you never get used to it. I never did. I loved it, every Top Fuel event seemed like my first. My limited vocabulary makes it impossible to describe. William Shakespeare would not be able to describe it.

[@billybobthorton]

I read somewhere that its like trying to explain rock and roll music to someone thats never heard it before!

[@paulh7589]

@@billybobthorton Yes, exactly.

[@F_L_U_X]

1:31 _In this animation, I've created a lineup of the most powerful production cars_ **sees a Toyota** xD

[@asreimations7527]

A corolla

[@BabyRattlesBraddduls]

We all wanted him to put up a tuned Supra or somthing like a 1400 hour evo to have a real comparison

[@MemeMeme-dd1yd]

I on the other hand don't see the Koenigsegg

[@RoPEK123xd]

@@MemeMeme-dd1yd nor f1 cars (yes im aware they are race cars, but so are dragsters) that despite all the regulations, still go from 0 to 200kph in about 2.5s and with all the downforce, settings and customizations, if they were going to set them up for a drag race, they'd be even more impressive. im just curious how they would compare to a dragster and the regular top cars

[@BobBob-et9io]

@@RoPEK123xd I've never thought about an F1 car setup for drag. That would definitely be a sight to see

[@aymanshamil]

"The most powerful production cars" Still didn't leave corolla thats real life lore

[@xlrosr-yt6636]

Yup That car is the car of RLL XD

[@AlexGarcia-nq8de]

These things are so much fun to watch in person. These in specific you could literally feel in your organs how loud it was when it went compared to every other car. The Harley’s were cool to and I obviously loved the Demon and Copo

[@RailFanRob]

I really enjoyed this new perspective on dragsters. I watched many videos on this subject and can say you put a new twist on it.

[@anm10wolvorinenotapanther32]

Finally, a sponsor ad that doesn't ruin the flow of the video and is actually somewhat relevant to the topic of the video

[@wendigockel]

Everything is better than Raycon

[@x-90]

@@wendigockel you could listen to music while you cook your meal made by Blue Apron

[@madsharkz8640]

Oh boy! An M-10! I sure hope he’s not a spy or anything

[@m10tankdestroyer94]

This M10 kinda sus...

[@charlesarooja3692]

RLL : *makes a video on a motorsport Motorsport fans : We have been summoned

[@nullcandyy]

You know us man! xp

[@GTR-V1]

😁😁

[@Bdawg122x]

I’m here!

[@firstclass1032]

Yea there’s so much more to it

[@highoctanecards]

Nicely done video. The comparisons helps put into perspective just how powerful dragsters can be.

[@knighttuttruptuttrup8518]

Great video, really enjoyed that. Just subscribed, thanks, look forward to more great stuff.

[@23snowy23]

Fun fact, the low pressure of the tyres is also to let them act as a gradually higher gear when they expand. The Sidewall can almost double in size flat out.

[@hyungilkoo9340]

Thanks for the fun fact dude

[@DethWshBkr]

And a lower gear when starting out....

[@atharvapallikulam9743]

Okkk daaaamnn🤯🤯🤯that's something amazing that I learnt.!! Its like a CVT 😂

[@Chris-xl6pd]

Fun fact dragsters dont have a gear box like most cars, they have one gear and as the clutch is released it Fuses the plates together.

[@Cynsham]

@@Chris-xl6pd the engine is connected directly to a live rear end with a mandated gear ratio of like 2.9 to 1 in order to try and limit the top speed of the dragsters to about 300 mph, they progressively slip the clutch over the course of the race using a specific timing mechanism so the clutch is only fully engaged once the dragster is passing the finish line. another fun fact is there's so much nitromethane and air flowing into the cylinders at full throttle that they are almost hydrolocked from the sheer volume of air and fuel that these things pump into them.

[@psychlops924]

For anyone in the US who wants to see these guys in action, they’ll be racing at the 4 Wide Nationals at Charlotte this Sunday.

[@fatetestarossa2774]

NOICE

[@theoeide4106]

What time o klock

[@masjuggalo]

Top fuel/nitro funny car going 4 wide is the same amout of power on the track as a NASCAR (whatever Winston cup is now) race

[@DannyPlaysStuff]

Make sure to bring proper earplugs, otherwise you'll lose your hearings in the next few days...

[@lukasclark1325]

And im going

[@dimarscars329]

This was a cool video. I would LOVE to see more car content in the future!

[@paulscrapman]

The 200mph head start still gets me, these are the most insane things ever made.

[@commander_erwin]

‘And some goofy stuff thrown in like a Toyota Corolla, well off course you know me’ Oh boy I’m dead 😂🤣

[@xlrosr-yt6636]

He loves it you can’t stop him XD

[@99toyotacorolla]

Can confirm. He drives me

[@Bryan_____]

I’ve been to an NHRA race before and that shit is so loud it literally shakes the ground you can hear it from a mile away

[@griffinmackenzie]

yeah it causes small earthquakes lol

[@azerXP]

@@griffinmackenzie No joke, a top fuel dragster race was once measured to be 2.5 on the richter scale

[@mrjjman2010]

@@azerXP i thought it was like a 5 i read lol

[@trottierindustries3769]

try 20 miles

[@geoffmooregm]

The shock waves in the air are nuts too. It shakes your cloths and skin.

[@michaelhorn4540]

There is nothing on this earth more AWSOME than a top fuel dragster or funny car!!!

[@CarWavExe]

I have always watched top fuel and i plan on seeing it in person this just got me even more excited

[@AbichaDaGreat]

The speed of beating the people to being first to comment visualized.

[@Wroehammer]

The speed of being the first to reply visualised

[@fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718]

The difference is here you win nothing except looking like a pleb with the other 100 morons screaming first. With some things it's pointless to be first even if true, especially if there's no patent filing involved.

[@AbichaDaGreat]

@@fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718 the difference is why u takin this so seriously💀

[@fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718]

@@AbichaDaGreat kinda hard to ignore when it's everywhere like that idiot spamming a credit card scam site in every comment section of every video I see.

[@aminh8330]

Accurate.....

[@MonoIyth]

Thruster SSC; a land vehicle that can go faster than the speed of sound: *My time is now.*

[@AxxLAfriku]

I broke my feet today because I kicked my computer because someone commented that my videos are bad! I hate unjustified criticism. Please wish me a speedy recovery, dear im

[@MonoIyth]

That do be true.

[@ShinIkari]

Yet, it would be beaten by poor Corolla in 1/4 mile race :D

[@monketok141]

That's top speed, this video is about the acceleration

[@gp8666]

@@AxxLAfriku you should learn to control your anger.... Crying about a single negative comment doesn't mean you have to throw a tantrum

[@Money-talking]

I love how you break things down!

[@allpong3387]

Wow i did not expect video about cars but I love it

[@AstralDice]

A Kurzgesagt and a RRL video today? That‘s awesome!

[@GreenGalaxio]

The borders of time, that was actually freaky.

[@GreenGalaxio]

@Чекрыжев no

[@Sheamu5]

I saved kurzgesagt to be after this, now of to get my dose of existential dread.

[@kenzarezyarifin1076]

Yes

[@rivlesbeware]

The new kurzgesagt vid is kind of a recap from an older video

[@princetandukar9290]

I clicked on this video faster than any of the dragsters 🏁

[@fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718]

Who gives a shit?

[@HercadosP]

@@fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718 lol

[@dr.winner2516]

@@fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718 You, apparently

[@fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718]

@@dr.winner2516 nope, 0 shits given.

[@dr.winner2516]

@@fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718 And yet you cared enough to leave a comment...

[@Venator1230]

This video was just not long enough! It was so good, another please! I was hoping for greater detail on just how in the world the engine consumes such a quantity of fuel

[@YaM0MsAh03]

It's cute listening to you try to explain top fuel cars. I lost it when you said tire wrinkle comes from slowly putting the power down "gradually" 😂😂

[@60secondfinance81]

Next video on Wendover Productions: The Insane Acceleration of Supersonic Jets

[@damagon123]

Shows clip of a jet creating a sonic boom over a toyota corolla....

[@christiandauz3742]

Imagine if the Wright brothers invented the Supersonic Jet

[@FullBoltOnRacing]

I mean it would still lose to a top fuel car over a 1000’ race

[@bucketslash11]

supersonic jets don't accelerate as quicly as top fuel, even with an aircraft carrier launcher

[@stlchucko]

Also about the engine... The magneto ignition is as powerful as a welder. By time a Top Fueler makes it halfway down track, the 2 spark plugs in each cylinder are completely toast. The air/fuel mixture from that point on is lit by the exhaust valve, which is about 2000F. While optimal AFR for nitro is roughly 2:1, these cars use a mixture of 1:1; with the additional fuel used to help cool the motor. The engine only has a static compression ratio of around 6:1, but so much fuel gets crammed into the cylinders that it effectively makes the CR around 15:1. When the engines do blow up, it’s frequently caused by the air/fuel in a cylinder not igniting, making the engine hydro lock (liquids don’t like to compress) from all the fuel; making all sorts of bad things happen: lift the heads off the block, break pistons, snap rods, blow holes in the block, try to launch the 14/71 supercharger off the motor. The NHRA stopped running Top Fuel the full 1/4 mile (1320 feet) years ago because most tracks don’t have enough space to slow them down. After a number of cars flew off the end of the track, they made rules changes. Now they only run 1000 feet in competition. Even with the shortened distance, they still do 0-300+ mph in well under 4 seconds.

[@yalerich7417]

This is a sport you HAVE to experience in person- there's just no way to describe it to anybody!!!

[@colbyclemons3917]

Fun fact from Courtney forces crew chief “the dragster is going 100 mph by the time the back tires reach the spot the front tires started” fricking insane

[@DethWshBkr]

Which means his visualization isn't even impressive enough. At the true acceleration rate of the Top Fuel, it should just leap out in front of the others. Instead, he has a very linear acceleration rate on the visual. It's top speed is at the end but on this video, that means half way down the virtual run here, it's doing ~160. It would be far better if he actually applied the proper acceleration curve to the TF monster.

[@Twobarpsi]

Great video!!

[@jameswhatsit]

I never understood the appeal of drag strips/top fuel racers, until I went to an event once. It’s something you should do at least once in your life. The acceleration is so insane that it triggers your fight or flight response (watching it on TV seriously doesn’t do it justice, presumably your brain thinks a fast predator is about to eat you), and you can feeeel the combustion of all that fuel in your chest. Can only imagine how it feels to drive one of those things!!

[@billshiff2060]

Yeah I got hooked when I was 10. Ended up wasting a decade or 2 in racing. But it was an education like no other.

[@VGMurders]

@@billshiff2060 Pomona Winternationals 1991 changed the projection of my entire life.

[@billshiff2060]

@@VGMurders For the better you think or not?

[@VGMurders]

@@billshiff2060 Absolutely for the better. I love drag racing.

[@billshiff2060]

@@VGMurders I was involved in car drags, motorcycle drags, then motorcycle road racing then car road racing and circle track and 12&24 hour endurance racing. Loved them all. But first love is PRO drag racing TF FC PS. I must admit that 24 hour endurance held a real fascination for me when I didn't think it would. Over all I consider it like a drug addiction that kept me from really making and building a profitable career. The racing "business" from the inside looks very different than from the outside.

[@rasmusn.e.m1064]

Frontal lobes: "Damn, this is such a waste of resources..." Rest of brain: " haha Dragster go brrr"

[@fry.master]

If we don’t apply ourselves making things like this, new technologies in machining, tuning, and just science in general won’t exist. Not a waste if you actually use your head.

[@chadkronenberger1830]

Great video 👍

[@chrisMUC69]

i like the flow into the ad at the end

[@oresvaldodesousavaz3838]

The late journalist, writer and car enthusiast David E. Davis Jr. would be really proud to know that his "Unimaginable Acceleration" editorial at Automobile Magazine was so artfully translated to video. Congrats!

[@61rampy65]

One of the greatest auto writers of all time!

[@oresvaldodesousavaz3838]

@@61rampy65 Indeed...

[@Men_Man_The_Wo_Man]

I really wanna see now a customized Toyota Corolla top fuel dragster with a 11,000 HP engine

[@greenslime5655]

Not a corolla, but look up camry funny car

[@ericnicklaus6067]

There is actually a video that you can find on here. It’s between a Camry and a top fuel funny car race.

[@Leatherface123.]

@@ericnicklaus6067 the Camry has a Hemi made by mopar in it

[@Tornado2409]

"I can make that with the stock bottom end." - overly optimistic "tuners"

[@thetoddkeith]

Clever tie in well done.

[@tammydoesstuff804]

its sooo good to be back!

[@rasse5390]

When racing the Corolla against the Dragster...”Stop, stop its already dead!”

[@chada75]

That would be a funny bracket race.

[@CollieDaze]

4:30-5:10 “She weighs one hundred fifty kilograms and fires two hundred dollar, custom-tooled cartridges at ten thousand rounds per minute... It costs four hundred thousand dollars to fire this weapon...for twelve seconds."

[@canofbeanss]

good video man

[@brodiejones2028]

Great visualization. First time I saw one of these things live it looked like they were breaking the laws of physics

[@backwoodsjunkie08]

It is an amazing feeling watching a top fuel race! As they go by the stand you can feel you entire body vibrate

[@asylumskp4391]

Ok sure but how does it compare to a Toyota Corolla? I doubt it can beat that

[@prestonharper448]

Let’s go !

[@psmsedwinfran501]

No one can beat the mighy corolla guys trust me

[@Bryan_____]

LETSSS GOOOOOOO

[@MagikarpMan]

DaConvertable

[@TheRegularTHFC]

That Toyota Corolla in the video was a paid actor so the other cars look good

[@olliehopnoodle4628]

I saw a similar video on TV years ago that compared a Chrysler K car to several types of races cars including F1. They let the K car have an unbelievable lead and it was easily taken out. Fun to watch.

[@23Drazse]

Thx the Toyota commercial!

[@OG_CK2018]

That was so smooth the sponsor clip brooo

[@Jakevrana]

Dang, beat me to the comment. Flawless Segway on the sponsorship ad for real

[@votanameas6173]

When you accelerating so fast that you accidentally reset the universe

[@GregHassler]

If you watch a top fuel dragster from behind when it launches your brain has trouble processing what just happened. There was an object in front of you, and then the loudest sound you've ever heard shakes your internal organs, then it's not there anymore. There is no in-between, it's just gone.

[@madsuli1489]

Pucci will approve this XD

[@jordanwilliams2557]

“The most powerful production cars ever created” proceeds to show a Toyota Corolla 😂

[@gary5481]

My Dad told me a similar story in the late 60's when I was 5 or 6 years old, but using an E Type Jaguar & a Type C Auto Union racer from the mid 1930's. Great visual comparison to put things in perspective.

[@MrKristian252]

1:32 *The most powerful production cars that have ever existed* - Toyota Corolla of course xD

[@Haydenhultink]

OK you got me with that sponsorship 😂😂

[@NolanKiper]

4:15, the fastest NGRA run ever was 3.659 at 338.17 mph. Nowhere even close to 390mph

[@markdubois4882]

They only run 1000 feet instead of the 1/4 mile because at the 1/4 mile mark, they probably would crack 360+ mph in about 4.1 seconds. That, and the accident that resulted in Scott Kalitta's death in 2008 (RIP) at Englishtown NJ. Fastest time at 1000 ft mark:3.62 seconds Fastest speed at 1000 ft mark: around 340 mph

[@Leatherface123.]

A jet car hit 400 once

[@troylambert5140]

Yeah he was kind of off on his mile per hour statement they average on a good run somewhere between 325 and 338 MPH at the end of 1,000 ft. Top fuel dragsters do not run the full quarter mile for safety and speed concerns if given the extra 300 ft or so it's estimated they would run between 350 and 365 mph in the trap which greatly diminishes the ability to stop the car before running off the end of the drag strip into the sand trap

[@griffinfaulkner3514]

@@troylambert5140 Not just that, but the tires are literally right on the edge of failing at that speed. Goodyear physically cannot make a tire that can withstand the incredible forces of both an 11,000 horsepower launch and the centrifugal forces of rotating at over 350 miles per hour. You can have one or the other, but not both.

[@chrisw4562]

Great video. I have recently seen a top fuel dragster for the first time and definitely have to say it was an incredible experience. Small correction on the quote fuel consumption, it is about 15 gallons for a whole race, so about 4 gallons per second, not 11.

[@DavidRudolph]

Probably closer to 15-20 gallons depending on the day and staging time. Between staging, sitting there idling and the burnout, it uses a few gallons before the run even starts.

[@nickelblock784]

ok, having the corolla in the whole video to lead to the sponsorship message is AMAZING! loved how you did it and wish more people would integrate sponsorships into their videos to make it flow better

[@ludvikjensen9234]

Great video! Do more on cars!😁

[@buellboy007]

Top fuel 3.90 or 3.88 3.71 times ashley force ran a 3.71 at 331 great video 📹 this proves the raw power of these machines

[@LightningShiva1]

Suggestion : please put SI units in the video too. Not all of us are from US

[@Evirthewarrior]

Well not all of us are relevant it seems.

[@LightningShiva1]

@@Evirthewarrior relevant? Bruh the whole world follows SI. Why use other metrics in science anyway?

[@Evirthewarrior]

@@LightningShiva1 If you are not in the United States you are irrelevant. Facts are facts.

[@d3th2m3rikkka]

Ok, then I guess I should whine about the metric system on a video made by Europeans. Just use google to convert it

[@LightningShiva1]

@@d3th2m3rikkka Ever took science classes? We use SI for calculations. Its just dumb to convert them back and forth

[@mrjjman2010]

not sure why but there is a massive amount of interesting car videos being released today. maybe all nebula creators or something but i don’t think so. whatever the case, it’s great. thanks creator people.

[@charlespascua9740]

fun fact:if the other manual cars just grind the clutch smooth the dragster weld the clutch together and also at 2 seconds the sparkplugs are burnt and basically the engine runs like a diesel

[@OmarOmar-gs9cd]

1:40 man tried to sneak in the Toyota like we wouldn't notice lmao

[@mekanickrew1932]

It seems every man and his dog have done top fuelers this week, I like that. ( even the borrowed ZO6 bit ;) )

[@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368]

Someone wrote a research paper, article, or script and is farming it out to all the related channels on KZbin. That's the illusion of content creation. Everyone just steals from everyone else.

[@guigui70051]

You may have guessed from my profile picture, but I love that he talks about cars. It thought it was a video of Donut media at first

[@Mordo___]

6:44 “$140,000 twin-turbo powered Corvette Z06” Seems like he doesn’t know a whole lot about them.

[@guigui70051]

@@Mordo___ yes and he should have use a C7 ZR1 instead

[@Costco_meatball]

@@Mordo___ The article he took that comparison from had the TT Lingenfelter C6 Z06 build they made as an example, not a c7 z06. He paraphrased it when he yoinked it from the internet haha

[@alparslankorkmaz2964]

Nice video.

[@mokou2526]

Shout out to toyota corrolla. Gotta be my favorite supercar of all time.

[@forstaken2254]

I can say as someone who has watched RLL since 2016, he loves cars.

[@jkyablze1854]

Love videos about cars!

[@nickmudd]

Another fun fact of top fuel dragsters. When the piston is at top dead center, the nitromethane is compressed so much it almost turns to a solid matter. And the resulting explosion is so powerful that the spark plugs melt before the run is even over. If you watch a dragster in super slow motion at the top end of the track you can see a few cylinders are usually not fully firing at that point

[@CaptOrbit]

Top Fuel dragster race he just one of the purest forms of automobile racing. No frills, no finesse just raw power and at the end of the run win or lose you still have to rebuild your entire engine. It's All or Nothing.

[@roses3226]

Fun fact: Canadian researchers have found that Einstein's brain was 15% wider than normal

[@roses3226]

I post videos about these topics regularly on my youtube channel, if you want to please consider checking it out!

[@spongebobsquarepants2918]

Cool fact bro I subbed too

[@henry55]

yeah lmao notice they have the same name

[@djafrika]

RLL: Lineup of the most powerful production cars Meanwhile in Croatia... Rimac C-Two: howboudah?

[@KayJblue]

Yet he puts in the ever delayed probably never going to come “Tesla roadster”

[@yayayayya4731]

@@KayJblue 2050 Elon : The Tesla Roadster will do 0-60 in 0.9 secs

[@KayJblue]

@@yayayayya4731 lmao

[@sadmancho]

I have been to a top fuel dragster race event and the noise from the engines alone shake your entire body.

[@nickmudd]

By sheer luck, one time when I was doing a "high school drags" night that my local track did to try to cut down street racing, I had a V6 mustang that ran mid 16 seconds and I got put beside a team that was testing their alcohol dragster (these are slower than top fuel but they run mid 7's). It felt like I wasn't even moving when the light went green and he finished his pass probably before I even hit 50-60mph lol

[@GreenGalaxio]

Old ads: Skillshare, blah blah blah. Now: cars

[@sabersz]

This is my favourite RLL video yet, love cars

[@GreenGalaxio]

@@sabersz Me also.

[@caseyroenneburg9883]

You're first

[@GreenGalaxio]

@@caseyroenneburg9883 wow

[@TurboHawkV6]

No top fuel dragster has gone 390 MPH. They commonly hit 330 MPH. Top speed record is 338.17 MPH, by Brittany Force in November 2019. Also Top fuel only races to 1000 feet, so the illustration isn't exactly accurate, but the outcome would still be the same. Also a Twin Turbo Z06 would be an aftermarket modification, so an odd choice of car to use for comparison there.

[@charlieodom9107]

I was assuming he was extrapolating the speed based on the lack of the 320 extra feet on the dragster. He also said 4.5 seconds, and we all know they do the 1000 feet in less time than that! He said 8g of force on acceleration, which I believe is incorrect. I believe it is 4g.

[@connorssmallengines6663]

@@charlieodom9107 it’s 6g. 4g is when they are about 1/2 the way down the track

[@Turtle-sz7sk]

Really thought they run the full 1320

[@charlieodom9107]

@@Turtle-sz7sk NHRA hasn't ran 1320 in quite some time. If top fuel or funny car ran the full quarter, they wouldn't be able to stop safely on most tracks, as they were designed with shorter runoff lengths from many years ago when the cars barely broke 200pmh!

[@connorssmallengines6663]

@@Turtle-sz7sk too dangerous for them, so the nhra stopped it

[@curtisreeves7248]

The best way to fully appreciate its power you need to see it in person

[@Diesel257]

Funnest fact: I live 25 miles from where they run the Gatornationals and can hear it. Also, even though I've attended dozens of times, I never really saw a race until I got contact lenses because my glasses would vibrate so hard.

[@likebot.]

Odd that Curious Droid did a Top Fuel Dragster video a few days ago. It's like when you go off-brand, youtubers seem to do it hand in hand.

[@jeshi1779]

Ahh good old Phil Lamattina, he almost died once when his dragster snapped in half and launched him into the air. He retired after which. (It happened at the exact same dragstrip too, Willowbank Raceway in Ipswich Queensland Australia.)

[@The360MlgNoscoper]

australia guys

[@Morbisus]

The Toyota Corolla is still the winner in my heart.

[@Kh3mist_]

Damn Autotempest is going off this vid, the gears and gasoline hypermile vid, and obviously cartek 😳

[@busslayer4790]

You should have also tried to explain the bone vibrating sound of a top fuel car

[@TheEhlek23]

They also don't have a transmission. They're direct drive with multiple clutches in order to regulate the torque so it doesn't break itself.

[@charlieodom9107]

They do have a transmission. They don't have multiple forward gears. The clutches weld themselves together throughout the first part of the run generating less and less slip. The rates of slip and welding together are fully adjustable and is THE most important job on the team!

[@billshiff2060]

Currently no but they did have 2 speed trans for a long while after starting out with no trans , they have returned to the direct drive again.

[@RazingthenRaising]

Cleetus did a race between his 1500 hp corvette and a top fuel dragster. When the dragster passed him about half way down, the electronics shut off in Cleetus' car. And turned back on after the dragster shut down. Amazing power!

[@SoldierBoy3064]

thank you I needed auto tempest.. looking for a dodge charger scat pack

[@johnsherby9130]

For anyone reading this, if you haven’t already then you gotta see this in person. No video can do it justice

[@niku4154]

I love how he progressively gets more and more shocked at the facts

[@cbxcrusader7799]

My mans hit em with the C I R O U G H X

[@ryanleblanc6817]

I watched a video about the physics of formula one cars that was pretty crazy. The amount of G force their internal engine complements experience is insane.

[@warriors-989]

Ah, yes. Toyota Corolla remains one of the most powerful production cars in the world. 1:31

[@troylambert5140]

LMAO the nerve of some of these content creators. Please for future reference keep your grandmother's Starbucks go-getter out of the conversation. The Toyota Corolla only outperforms a shopping cart with the human being as the power plant LMAO