Seems surprisingly low-tech.

Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ
"L.W. (ßill) Hughes III" > wrote in message
...
> We all have to abide by rules, a simple gear ratio change from the
> mandatory 3.20 to one, or a little more Nitro from the maximum and I
> could have the a new record. Those changes to keep the cars under three
> hundred and thirty, are not yet written to my '98 NHRA Top Fuel book
> section: http://www.billhughes.com/temp/NHRAtopRules.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>
>
> wrote:
> >
> > The wheel driven cars and thrust propelled cars will always have
> > certain differing characteristics in terms of their acceleration
> > curves-the wheel driven cars will tend to launch harder and if you have
> > a 50 foot drag race,will always win. A WWII prop driven fighter will
> > out run a F-15 in fifty feet as well, same principle. But with a high
> > enough thrust to weight ratio the jet cars will beat the current Top
> > Fuel and Funny Cars over 1/4 mile, as the absolute rocket record shows.
> > Whether anyone will is another question-a current low bypass fan
> > fighter engine is in the neighborhood of five million dollars.
> >
> > Drag racing always outlawed anything that embarrassed their sponsor
> > base-manufacturers of go-fast parts for Detroit iron. They outlawed the
> > Allisons, they desanctioned the jets, etc.
> >
> > This whole long bull**** dissertation on drag racing is itself an
> > example of Bill's tactics. Get him cornered on any subject and he goes
> > off on some irrelevant crap with a blast that is "not even wrong". When
> > you rise to the bait, then, of course one of his sockpuppets starts
> > bitching this is off topic!
> >
> > And to answer Bill's last bon mot, there is not one piece in a current
> > fuel dragster engine that is actually off a '51 Chrysler. It's all
> > specially made and only shares the same bolt patterns and cylinder bore
> > center spacing.