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how the hell do top fuel dragsters build 5000+hp?

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Old 05-03-2007, 07:21 PM
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Default RE: how the hell do top fuel dragsters build 5000+hp?

Steelcomp can correct me on this if I'm wrong, but I've heard that TF engines have the cam installed with timing off by like 30 or 40 degrees so that when the engine is at full power at WOT, valve timing becomes accurate because of the amount of flex the crankshaft is sustaining due to the power output. I wonder what the actual cylinder pressure is too.
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Old 07-14-2007, 01:19 PM
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as far as how fast they will goin the words of Mike Dunn "they will never get there before they leave"talking of the finish line.LOL..
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