Why Dragster Engines EXPLODE

➤ Join our Driver61 Community Discord! -   / discord   ➤ Subscribe for more incredible motorsport: https://goo.gl/AbD2f9 Top Fuel Dragsters are the fastest accelerating cars on earth. They pump out about 11,000 horsepower and as much torque as 65 F1 cars. That’s enough to produce the same explosive force as a small earthquake. So really it’s unsurprising that sometimes they go bang. And in a big way. The Engines are pushed so hard that at full throttle they’re always just on the verge of splitting the engine block and creating one very large fireball. And well, they tend to make a habit of it. So what’s going on here? What makes them create so much power? And why does that tend to involve a big bang? Let’s get into it. Top Fuel Dragsters literally live life a quarter-mile at a time. Everything about them is engineered to cover 1000 feet as absurdly fast as possible. It’s no secret that to get anything to move that fast, it’s going to need a LOT of power. But surprisingly they use the same engine as a 1970s Cadillac Eldorado? Yep. It’s an 8.2 Litre Supercharged Chrysler Hemi V8. They don’t put those sorts of engines in family cars here in Europe. Anyway, it’s design has remained pretty much unchanged since the early 1950s, with ONE Intake Valve, and ONE exhaust valve. I think my Golf is quicker than that Chevvy But really, yes the 500 cubic inch block is the same - almost nothing else is. They’re dialled up to eleven. ➤Follow us on: ➤ Instagram- @official_driver61 - https://bit.ly/D61Insta ➤TikTok - @official_driver61 - https://bit.ly/D61TikTok ➤ iPad Drawing sponsored by Concepts, you can get an exclusive free trial here! - https://concepts.app/driver61 📺 F1 Driver’s Technique Explained ➤ Senna’s bizarre technique: https://bit.ly/3lORK59 ➤ How Schumacher’s style won 7 championships: https://bit.ly/3527cVz ➤ Alonso’s strange steering: https://bit.ly/2Z7a93v ➤ How Verstappen will be F1 champion: https://bit.ly/3jK6L6n ➤ How Verstappen is so fast in the wet: https://bit.ly/32WMVhr 📺 F1 Engineering ➤ How F1 brakes work: https://bit.ly/3h0Whh0 ➤ How an F1 clutch works: https://bit.ly/3i0oDJM ➤ What’s inside an F1 gearbox: https://bit.ly/2DzMqRW ➤ How F1 teams change four tyres in two seconds: https://bit.ly/2QVpkIl 🏎️ Track & Racing Driver! ➤ Get a free report on your track driving: http://bit.ly/2LmYNBA ➤ Get faster on track with our FREE 25-part tutorial series:http://bit.ly/2PypIMK ➤ Our real-world training programmes: http://bit.ly/2ktjtgV 🏁 Sim Racers! ➤ My sim wheel: https://bit.ly/354BBlY ➤ My sim pedals: https://bit.ly/3eJckQo ➤ Our sim racing course: https://bit.ly/34WuV7p ➤ Get a free report on your track driving: http://bit.ly/2LmYNBA ➤ Driver61 Sim Racing Channel: http://bit.ly/2BMdk4B #Dragster #TopFuel #Engines