The completely batshit amount of horsepower that these engines can put out leaves them designed to run for about 3.5 - 4 seconds at a go. They require teardown and rebuild after each run and as such, sometimes they go *Bl0oEy* .
I don't watch much drag racing ,mostly the crashes and explosions. What I have noticed is ,there's never a safety crew where the shit happens at the other end .
Barrel valve restrictor to limit RPM/fuel during burnout. Kinda like a throttle stop/limiter, but at the barrel (metering) valve for mechanical fuel injection. Same setup on blown systems.
@@robertbihn3005 on a burn out there is no load on the motor..so very little throttle is required to get the tires rotating..butterflies should not be open much more than a half of an inch to an inch.
That just cost the team Thousands of dollars. His start line reaction time was shit too. (Correction, I didn't know it was 'Test and tune day' for him). -Drag racing forever-. :-)
Alcohol and nitromethane absorb a TON of heat when transitioning from liquid to a gaseous state. Alcohol absorbs about twice the heat of gasoline. Because of the physics involved, there is no need for water jackets, intercoolers, etc. on motors burning methanol or nitro. TF & TA (and other classes running similar fuel) blocks and heads are machined from billet and have no water passages. If you're running alcohol on the street then you'll still need a cooling system. If you're going to make huge power and do drag & drive events, you need something like a Steve Morris SMX engine that has water jackets (unlike a 481X) and can make over 4500hp all day long and drive like a dream.
@@craigd2599 Ya, right. Do you have any idea how much fuel goes through the motor at wot? give ya a hint...if a spark plug does not fire one time the next load of fuel that cylinder sees is more than the volume of the combustion chamber
@@blackbirdxx928 How many dragsters do YOU work on chief?? Because I've been on a pit crew since 1981. Fuel cars won't hydraulic a cylinder once they're running because they literally run too hot NOT to light the fuel. The spark plug electrodes have completely melted by mid track and the engine is using endothermal heat to light the next stroke. Pretty much the same as a diesel. The only way to shut off the car by that point is to cut off the fuel. No go back in your hole
Thank don Garlits for putting the engine in the rear years ago 🤠👍
Yeah, he just needed to lose half his foot to realize the idea lol
Don put the engine in front. He was the first to do so.
@@StellarJay others guys had front engine machines too
@@robertbihn3005 don was the first
@@StellarJay Um, he put the driver in front.
The completely batshit amount of horsepower that these engines can put out leaves them designed to run for about 3.5 - 4 seconds at a go. They require teardown and rebuild after each run and as such, sometimes they go *Bl0oEy* .
This is the JV team.....not varsity
This should be renamed, "how to blow 50k in under 6 seconds"
If you listen at 2:17 you'll hear cows in a nearby paddock.
I don't watch much drag racing ,mostly the crashes and explosions. What I have noticed is ,there's never a safety crew where the shit happens at the other end .
"CEASEFIRE!!!! CEASE....FIRE....!!!!!"
(Rumor has it, that piston is still in orbit around Uranus....)
I wonder if they actually use FRAM oil filters on that thing. Kind of a scary thought.
Lol
Nos from the 60's maybe,
We used an "Oberg". Like a screen that you take apart, and clean out.
#TeamSystem1
I know this wasn't good for the team, but it's damn cool for video!
dont you hate lining up next to a guy that feels the need to do an 1/8mile burnout?
John Force burnouts! 😎
Hahahaha
Crew didn’t seem to care if driver was injured
What does the guy remove from the engine before the full run and give to the driver??? Some type of stop or limit thingy for the throttle???
Barrel valve restrictor to limit RPM/fuel during burnout. Kinda like a throttle stop/limiter, but at the barrel (metering) valve for mechanical fuel injection. Same setup on blown systems.
watch burnouts , butterfly's not open
@@robertbihn3005 on a burn out there is no load on the motor..so very little throttle is required to get the tires rotating..butterflies should not be open much more than a half of an inch to an inch.
Louie Louie Exactly right! He removed the "THINGY".
Oh Damn! Hope all is well.
Shoulda used a Wix filter ...
Please stay back...PLEASE STAY BACK.. DON'T GO ANYWHERE NEAR ..PLEASE STAY BACK ...
Rarely see an A-Fuel explode like that.
😎😎😃😃👍🏼👍🏼🇺🇲🇺🇲ya i know that was a real treat🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂
Well. It was eating itself up at the hit. If u cant tell that u dont need to be in one of these cars.
Well said! It sounded like crap from the very beginning!
That just cost the team Thousands of dollars. His start line reaction time was shit too. (Correction, I didn't know it was 'Test and tune day' for him). -Drag racing forever-. :-)
I agree😂😂
On runs like that the driver couldn't care less about the tree. In fact you will often see a long wait after green when testing a motor combination.
@@MikeM275 Granted.
Doesn't matter on a solo run. Clock starts when you leave the lights.
It’s qualifying… reaction time does not matter
am i the only one that could like, literally hear it binding up during the burnout ??
No, I did as well. You can hear it as he gets started down the track as well. It seemed to be laboring pretty good there ........
Looks like it probably dropped an intake valve...
One thing I’d like to know is do those engines have cooling Systems or are they just run with no antifreeze or water?
No antifreeze or water
Alcohol and nitromethane absorb a TON of heat when transitioning from liquid to a gaseous state. Alcohol absorbs about twice the heat of gasoline. Because of the physics involved, there is no need for water jackets, intercoolers, etc. on motors burning methanol or nitro. TF & TA (and other classes running similar fuel) blocks and heads are machined from billet and have no water passages.
If you're running alcohol on the street then you'll still need a cooling system. If you're going to make huge power and do drag & drive events, you need something like a Steve Morris SMX engine that has water jackets (unlike a 481X) and can make over 4500hp all day long and drive like a dream.
That motor sounded sour to start with
Awesome reaction time. 😂
Test day no one there?
Gartlits wasn,t the first rear engine,
Nobody said he was. He won the first Nhra national event with one,
71 Winternationals!
Uncle fester did the tuning i see 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😎😎👍🏼👍🏼🇺🇸
I’ve witnessed smaller IEDs going off.
ummm... was he ok
Straight up driver error , that think had so many holes out at the hit he should have felt that but he kept legging it
Did he die?
That is NOT going to buff out!
Blutarski's uncle coulda done it
At least ya got a 60' time.
$$$$$alot of money to spend to get back into the race.
and everyone just stood there 🤷
Yeah, usually someone takes off running towards the wreck or you see an atv,squad or something. It must have stunned everyone.
Those engine are scary, I'd stay far away.
Yeah his engines were.. 😬
...that was a real grenade job...broken crank?...
Thats 50k down the toilet, haha.
Conway had her cranked up
That's what happens when you use Oreily parts.. lol
Damn Tator!
Yes that sucked in a intake valve or who knows what else
The motor hydraulic
A running motor won't hydraulic a cylinder. It happens on startup
Obviously you know nothing about A/Fuel dragsters?
@@craigd2599 Ya, right. Do you have any idea how much fuel goes through the motor at wot? give ya a hint...if a spark plug does not fire one time the next load of fuel that cylinder sees is more than the volume of the combustion chamber
@@blackbirdxx928 How many dragsters do YOU work on chief?? Because I've been on a pit crew since 1981. Fuel cars won't hydraulic a cylinder once they're running because they literally run too hot NOT to light the fuel. The spark plug electrodes have completely melted by mid track and the engine is using endothermal heat to light the next stroke. Pretty much the same as a diesel. The only way to shut off the car by that point is to cut off the fuel. No go back in your hole
@@OCIR7135 I've been on a dragster pit crew since 1981
wow wow wow wow wow
It had a cylinder out on the right side at the hit !!!! 😦😦😦😦😦 then it gets worse. 🍺🍺🍺🍺
He was slow on the light
Are you such a sad individual that you must go around the internet finding keyboards mishaps?
Oops 😬
Dead cylinders..... hydraulic'd
Blew a tire.
Clean up lane 1.
The seriously were not wearing aural protectors. That was hopelessly too loud!
Hell blow out!!!