One of the most unique characteristics of top gas dragsters is that, despite having two engines, but they still use one ...
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Inside Top Fuel Dragster Engines: Why They Only Last 3 Seconds and What Makes Them So Powerful
Top Fuel Dragsters are some of the most extreme machines on the planet, capable of producing an astonishing 10,000 horsepower. But did you know that their engines only last for a mere 3 seconds?
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Weekend Wrench: Giving Me the Willys at the Lions Museum
Many mature motorheads will remember the Willys A/Gas coupes that terrorized dragstrips around the country in the 1960s.
The heyday for the National Hot Rod Association's (NHRA) Top Gas dragster class was 1961 to 1971. Unlike their nitro-huffing counterparts in Top Fuel, Top Gas cars used regular old pump gas.
Given the name "Kings of the Sport," Top Fuel dragsters are the most powerful vehicles among the drag racing categories of the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA). As the world's fastest accelerating ...
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