[DeTomaso] NPC but interesting (if true)

michael@michaelshortt.com michaelsavga at gmail.com
Fri Jul 2 14:49:19 EDT 2010


what chrome stacks?

Michael




On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Christopher Kimball
<chrisvkimball at msn.com>wrote:

>
> Exactly!
>
> > From: larry at ohiotimecorp.com
> > To: chrisvkimball at msn.com; thomas at hax.se
> > CC: davidvkimball at gmail.com; detomaso at realbig.com; wishdamume at gmail.com
> > Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] NPC but interesting (if true)
> > Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 14:33:09 -0400
> >
> > Chris,
> >
> > What also comes into play is one's memory of said facts.
> >
> > For instance, how Mike Drew loved the fan/stacks, and preached there
> > worthiness in his world travels. Almost like an evangelist would.
> >
> > Larry (you play the bongos right?) - Cleveland
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
> On
> > Behalf Of Christopher Kimball
> > Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 2:19 PM
> > To: thomas at hax.se
>  > Cc: davidvkimball at gmail.com; Pantera List Serve; wishdamume at gmail.com
> > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC but interesting (if true)
> >
> >
> > The problem with one fact being wrong is that it calls all the others
> into
> > question!
> >
> > It's amazing how many "facts" get disseminated via the internet, only
> later
> > to be found untrue.
> >
> > Like, for instance, the rumor that my car once had large, chrome tubes
> > attached to the engine cover--the very idea!
> >
> > Chris
> > #3846
> >
> > > Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 08:35:47 +0200
> > > From: thomas at hax.se
> > > To: chrisvkimball at msn.com
> > > CC: detomaso at realbig.com; davidvkimball at gmail.com;
> wishdamume at gmail.com
> > > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC but interesting (if true)
> > >
> > > I have debunked the 44 amps to the plugs before, but this will probably
> > > become an urban legend. Not sure about the truth of the other "facts".
> > >
> > > The magnetos supply 44 amps at relatively low voltage to the coils. If
> > > they would really have supplied 44 amps to the plugs they would require
> > > on the order of 800 hp to turn.
> > >
> > > Thomas
> > >
> > > Christopher Kimball skrev:
> > > > I don't know if any of you have seen this, but if it's true, it's
> > amazing.
> > > >
> > > > DEFINITION OF  ACCELERATION
> > > >
> > > > One top fuel dragster 500 cubic inch Hemi engine makes more
> horsepower
> > > > than the first 4 rows of stock cars at the Daytona 500.
> > > >
> > > > It takes just 15/100ths of a second for all 6,000+ horsepower of an
> NHRA
> > > > Top Fuel dragster engine to reach the rear wheels.
> > > >
> > > > Under full throttle, a dragster engine consumes 1-1/2 gallons of
> nitro
> > > > methane per second; a fully loaded 747 consumes jet fuel at the same
> > rate
> > > > with 25% less energy being produced.
> > > >
> > > > A stock Dodge Hemi V8 engine cannot produce enough power to drive the
> > > > dragster's supercharger.
> > > >
> > > > With 3,000 CFM of air being rammed in by the supercharger on
> overdrive,
> > > > the fuel mixture is compressed into a near-solid form before
>  ignition.
> > > >
> > > > Cylinders run on the verge of hydraulic lock at full throttle.
> > > >
> > > > At the stoichiometric (stoichiometry: methodology and technology by
> > which
> > > > quantities of reactants and products in chemical reactions are
> > determined)
> > > > 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture of nitro methane, the flame front temperature
> > > > measures 7,050 deg F.
> > > >
> > > > Nitro methane burns yellow... The spectacular white flame seen above
> the
> > > > stacks at night is raw burning hydrogen, dissociated from atmospheric
> > > > water vapor by the searing exhaust gases.
> > > >
> > > > Dual magnetos supply 44 amps to each spark plug. This is the output
> of
> > an
> > > > arc welder in each cylinder.
> > > >
> > > > Spark plug electrodes are totally consumed during a pass. After
> halfway,
> > > > the engine is dieseling from compression, plus the glow of exhaust
> > valves
> > > > at 1,400  deg F. The engine can only be shut down by cutting the fuel
> > flow.
> > > >
> > > > If spark momentarily fails early in the run, unburned nitro builds up
> in
> > > > the  affected cylinders and then explodes with sufficient force to
> blow
> > > > cylinder heads off the block in pieces or split the block in half.
> > > >
> > > > In order to exceed 300 mph in 4. 5 seconds, dragsters must accelerate
> an
> > > > average of over  4G's. In order to reach 200 mph (well before
> > half-track),
> > > > the launch acceleration approaches 8G's.
> > > >
> > > > Dragsters reach over 300 miles per hour before you have completed
> > reading
> > > > this sentence.
> > > >
> > > > Top fuel engines turn approximately 540 revolutions from light to
> light!
> > > > Including the burnout, the engine must only survive 900 revolutions
> > under
> > > > load.
> > > >
> > > > The redline is actually quite high at 9,500 rpm.
> > > >
> > > > Assuming all the equipment is paid off, the crew worked for free, and
> > for
> > > > once NOTHING BLOWS UP, each run costs an estimate $1,000.00 per
> second.
> > > >
> > > > The current top fuel dragster elapsed time record is 4.428 seconds
> for
> > the
> > > >  quarter mile (11/12/06, Tony Schumacher, at Pomona, CA). The top
> speed
> > > > record is 336.15 mph as measured over the last 66' of the run
> (05/25/05
> > > > Tony Schumacher, at Hebron, OH).
> > > >
> > > > Putting all of this into perspective:
> > > >
> > > > You are driving the average $140,000 Lingenfelter 'twin-turbo'
> powered
> > > > Corvette Z06. Over a mile up the road, a top fuel dragster is staged
> and
> > > > ready to launch down a quarter mile strip as you pass. You have the
> > advantage of
> > > > a flying start. You run the 'Vette hard up through the gears and
> blast
> > > > across the starting line and pass the dragster at an honest 200 mph.
> The
> > > > 'tree' goes green for both of you at that moment.
> > > >
> > > > The dragster launches and starts after you. You keep your foot down
> > hard,
> > > > but you hear an incredibly brutal whine that sears your eardrums and
> > > > within 3 seconds, the dragster catches and passes you. He beats you
> to
> > the
> > > > finish line, a quarter mile away from where you just passed him.
> > > >
> > > > Think about it, from a standing start, the dragster had spotted you
> 200
> > > > mph and not only caught, but nearly blasted you off the road when he
> > > > passed you within a mere 1,320 foot long race course.
> > > >
> > > > ......and that my friend, is ACCELERATION!
> > > >
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