1000 cid nitro funny car

[1972ho]

I wonder when will it be when a one serious speed junkies will put one of these really big engines on nitro and run it down the 1/4 mile.

[cgarb]

Run it down the 1000ft you mean. It probably won't ever happen because there is no money in it. Top Fuel is where the sponsor money and payout is so they will follow their rules. The only place you may see such a thing is Land speed racing.

[Truckedup]

Run it down the 1000ft you mean. It probably won't ever happen because there is no money in it. Top Fuel is where the sponsor money and payout is so they will follow their rules. The only place you may see such a thing is Land speed racing.

The fastest wheel driven piston engine streamliner ever is the Speed Demon Powered by a 390 ci Chevy small block making about 2700 hp. 462 MPH one way...For LSR, the days of multiple engine or aircraft engines might be gone ....

[1972ho]

Maybe the IHRA should take up the 1000 cid engine concept in there pro program including pro stock,it might bring in more fans.

[cgarb]

But, its unsafe to go that fast. 1000 ci motors with governors that only let them go so fast and run to the 330 mark. Safety first.

[MadBill]

...The fastest wheel driven piston engine streamliner ever is the Speed Demon Powered by a 390 ci Chevy small block making about 2700 hp. 462 MPH one way...For LSR, the days of multiple engine or aircraft engines might be gone ....

Likely true, but the fastest ever piston engine vehicle has a 4,000+ HP aircraft engine, because it is one, a Grumman F8F Bearcat Reno air racer named Rare Bear, which was timed at 528 MPH in 1989...

[englertracing]

...The fastest wheel driven piston engine streamliner ever is the Speed Demon Powered by a 390 ci Chevy small block making about 2700 hp. 462 MPH one way...For LSR, the days of multiple engine or aircraft engines might be gone ....

Likely true, but the fastest ever piston engine vehicle has a 4,000+ HP aircraft engine, because it is one, a Grumman F8F Bearcat Reno air racer named Rare Bear, which was timed at 528 MPH in 1989...

Rarebear runs 480 ish mph laps
While
Dago red
Strega
Voodoo
And galloping ghost went faster yet.. possibly 550 on the course before he lost it .

[stevy]

But, its unsafe to go that fast. 1000 ci motors with governors that only let them go so fast and run to the 330 mark. Safety first.

and 330 is safe................ right Maybe the drivers should sit in the stands and run the cars by remote control just to be safe. Nobody is forcing anybody to sit in or race a fast car. If the car is built sufficiently well the drivers will willingly race to any speed the car will go to.

When no one wants to get in a car and race it, then it is too fast or too unsafe.

[cgarb]

Sometimes my sarcasm is hard to convey in written words...

[stevy]

Sometimes my sarcasm is hard to convey in written words...

Sorry. Happy to see you were being sarcastic.

[Stan Weiss]

I wonder when will it be when a one serious speed junkies will put one of these really big engines on nitro and run it down the 1/4 mile.

I believe that the speed rating for the GoodYear fuel tire is 340 MPH.

Stan

[vwchuck]

Do you really need 20,000 hp. I think you would be riding the traction limit of the tire for the whole length of the track and you would never be able to apply all 20,000 hp to it.

[stevy]

I wonder when will it be when a one serious speed junkies will put one of these really big engines on nitro and run it down the 1/4 mile.

I believe that the speed rating for the GoodYear fuel tire is 340 MPH.

Stan

Then its high time Goodyear gets off their asses or they'll be running 750 ft. soon. Betcha that 340 mph rating has been around for 15-20 years.

[cgarb]

I know I've exceeded the 108mph rating on my tires quite a few times...Still here to tell the tale.

[cgarb]

It just hit me like a train...I know what to do with the 1000ci Top fuel engine. Put it in the Crowmod! Lol...Maybe with that it will be able to compete in Promod then.