NEHA

Fuel Altereds are what you get when you cross-breed an antelope and a rodeo bull - check out this half-track wheelie pass by the "Rat Trap"

Looks like he got the weight transfer just about perfect. Maybe leaving 5 more lbs on the front would be a good idea.

A longish burnout will consume that much more nitro, as schochiometric a/f with nitromethane is close to 1/1 (by weight), and nitro's specific gravity is close to 1.00 as well - so that a couple quarts = 4 lb, and the thing burns that in a sneeze.

Welcome to nitro, where the crazy becomes quite logical.....And the lunatic fringe reign supreme - you wern't under the impression that old Kalitta and Garlits were actuallly sane, were you?

More nitro madness:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIUwKmeE5Os

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkZa_nR5DeY

I think I've put it off long enough. I'm going to a crackle fest this year!
Freakin Awesome!

This is some of the nitro madness I did go see last year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AHrLAs4WCU

While I got stuck in Youtube world thanks to the above threads.....

I found this!

Super1303 wrote: I think I've put it off long enough. I'm going to a crackle fest this year!
Freakin Awesome!

This is some of the nitro madness I did go see last year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AHrLAs4WCU

I used to work with a nationally ranked bike hillclimber-those guys are their own breed. Up until recently, there were just 2 classes-700cc + open-every 700 was a BSA-all the opens were Harleys. All running on 100% nitro. (lid + label as the term goes-which I had read is a chemical impossibility.) The starting procedure is to pull the spark plugs-squirt some Roson lighter fliud down the holes + kick it over. Picture that going wrong!
Now I see the bikes are all powered by modern jap sport bike motors-still on nitro. I have no clue how they can make a motor that burns CH3NO2 still rev as hi as they do. I like the leave blowers giving the rider a blast of fresh air-getting a face full of nitro should be on everyones bucket list-but not before a trying to climb a hill!

sdwarf36 wrote:getting a face full of nitro should be on everyones bucket list

I was once in the pits at a dragway and standing next to a top fuel car that fired up, I can still feel that breath!

I think I've put it off long enough. I'm going to a crackle fest this year!
Freakin Awesome!

This is some of the nitro madness I did go see last year.

Does anyone else question the wisdom of putting ones reproductive organs above a 100% nitro fueled engine?

The mean-time-between-failures of high revving, nitro-fueled engines has to be measured seconds.

Paul

The top fuel Harley guys wear a Kevlar codpiece