I was just wondering.  I have heard that top fuel and funny car drivers pull somewhere like 3 or 4 g's when they launch.
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A little over 2 g's.  That's from talking to prostock drivers like Warren Johnson, Jim Yates, Frank Gugliotta, and Ricky Smith
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It is my under standing that it has no effect on drive. But if anyone has info. on what does be sure to let me know.  \n\nIts what we all need I mean the guys It would be a bigger hit then viagra.
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I think it woudl sure be a wake up call for the Middle East if suddenly they had a product that wasn't in so much demand! Consdering their whole economy is based on oil sales, they would be in deep.... I think it would be cool to go fuel up with a tank of Jim Beam! Even south of the border could start making more money, how much for a tank of Tequila? I know of several people that use bio-diesel, and just love being able to bypass fueling stations.
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Yes,but it's providing downforce to stick car to track better.The car is going to cut the air,and you sure don't want it to go under,then car would lift up and get airborn.
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Fuel conservation linked to newspaper delivery?  \n\nI suppose, but I suspect you're far off the mark.
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Here's a better question.  Why is it that less than a week after Bush gave the "Addicted to Oil" speech, GM releases hundreds of TV and radio ads about the new fuel made from corn?  Who new about it and who is getting paid?
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General Motors is currently researching a Hydrogen Cell Vechicle.  If successful this vehicle would run on H2O.  The have a video on the research.  I wish i had the cash to buy stock in the company making the motor/cell.
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Its not a fact of believing it dude, its reality.  Havent you heard Dale Jarret and Brain Vickers are going to drive fot Toyota??.....and Michael Waltrip owning three cars.....one sponsored by Burger King and Dominos Pizza!!.....do research such as Nascar.com or foxsports.com.  Like I said, its a fact!
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Laughing gas is absolutely real. It was discovered in 1772, by a chemist named Joseph Priestley. He tested it on himself and some friends and discovered its light-headed effects. Later, they realized that they could barely feel any pain while using it, and promoted it as an anesthetic. It has been mainly used by dentists, but also other doctors to kill pain during operations.\nWhen inhaled, it causes analgesia (painkilling), euphoria (stimulant), dizziness, flanging of sound, and in some cases, slight hallucinations.\nRecently, it has been discovered that it greatly enhances the oxidation of gasoline (making it more flammable), and has gained fame as NOS. (This is the name of one of the first companies to manufacture nitrous systems for cars, but has come to simply refer to the gas.) \nIt is not a fuel, meaning you can't run the car on it alone (it is actually non-flammable); instead, it greatly enhances the flammability of gasoline.\nA huge number of street racers and drag racers use it to improve their acceleration. Use of nos can boost an engine's power output by up to 100%! (Racers always build up their engines so that they don't blow up.)\nIt is also used for the same effect in a rocket engine.\nNitrous oxide is made by (very basically) boiling ammonium nitrate.
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Sounds like a good choise to me. As in the near future with the cost of petrol going up continually, people wont be able to afford to run a car!
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I can't really say I've bought anything because the vendor is a F1 sponsor. I don't smoke and I buy gasoline from independant retailers-who possibly gets filled by the same truck. I have a set of Bridgestsone Blizzaks, but obviously they have nothing to do with F1. That being said, someone must buy the stuff they flog on F1 or else they wouldn't spend the money.
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Let me break it down-\nEngine- 3 liter V10.  Approximately 900+ hp, 19,000 rpm.  The engine weighs about 200 lbs.  It spins so fast that metal valve springs can't keep, the springs are pneumatic.\nBrakes- The better your brakes, the later you can brake and thus you can spend more time going fast.  These are carbon fiber and take 3 months to make.  They heat up to around 1500 F in use and can be seen glowing.  The wheels are limited to 13 inches in order to limit braking capability.  As they are, the driver experiences 4 G's of decelerating load under heavy braking.  An average person would black out in an F1 car.\nAerodynamics- Surprisingly, drag is not the critical factor, downforce is.  These cars have very high coefficients of drag, due to the open wheels and spoilers.  The downforce is created by aero devices which are basically inverted aeroplane wings, which push the car to the ground under speed.  It is because of the dependence on these devices that F1 cars have a difficult time passing, once the cars enter the dirty air behind another racer, downforce drops dramatically and so does the car's ability to corner quickly.\nTraction control- the cars generate so much power that the throttle is computer controlled to keep the tires from spinning.  The governing body (the FIA) wants to make this illegal but right now it is not feasible because it is merely software in the engine management systems, and it is not feasible to decompile these systems to find illegal code.\nTransmisison- The cars utilize computer controlled sequential manual transmissions.  The computers manage the throttle and clutch to pull off perfect shifts in one tenth of a second.  All the driver does is pull a lever.  The clutch is only used from a standstill and is engaged from a lever on the steering wheel. \nWhat doesn't make the cars fast-\nTires- The tires are grooved to limit traction.  If the drivers were allowed to run slicks, the traction and G loading would be so high that drivers would black out and possibly crash.  Starting in 2005, they also must last the entire race.\nWheels- Size limited to prevent the installation of overlarge brakes which would also push the drivers beyond the limits of human physiology\nBrakes- As stated earlier, size limited.  Also, no ABS at all (outlawed in 1994).
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Probably for the same reason there are lowriders and chopped motorcycles...cuz they can. In my day it was cubic inches and horsepower. For the life of me, I can't figure out why someone would spend thousands of dollars to make a car jump around like the devil is behind the wheel. But I do admire the hard work and innovation that goes into making it happen. Don't ask why, admire the work and move on if it isn't for you. C'mon...some of them are actually pretty cool :).
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There are several things that we truckers do to get better gas mileage, one thing is slow down, I slowed down and just run the speed limit and gained 1 mile per gallon. Instead of running 62 I ran 55 and that made the difference, another thing I see is people racing from light to light so they can stop and idle using gas without going anywhere is wasteful. I time the lights and try to hit each one green, it works. Proper air pressure in your tires. Car tuned up. Lots and lots of little things. I gain a mile per gallon doesn't mean much but if millions and millions of people were doing it the Arabs wouldn't have such a strangle hold on us.
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Market forces my behind. The price of crude is still dropping while the price of gas is creeping up again. Are people really trying to say the price of gas dropped seventy five cents after labor day because the summer driving season ended? Get real. The oil industry is globally manipulated and further down the chain manipulated by everyone who can manipulate it. Every oil company dumps their gas into a common pipeline and then pulls it out somewhere else along that pipeline. Exxon-Mobil, Citgo, Chevron...it's all the same gasoline. They each add some ingredients to try to distinguish themselves from one another with whatever they claim their gas does to enhance your engines performance. Think there's no manipulation? What happened to the oil shortage from thirty five years ago?
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I don't know where they are based out of. Interesting that you saw that many vehicles in one day though. Curious.
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Ok assuming you are part of the real world and race on the street where they dont have a tree, sorry race chick. There are several things you can do to improve launch i have had a 89 mustang gt and i didnt do alot to the engine at first it was all about suspension and other things to get me off the line faster the first thing i done was put in a trunk mount battery kit to help waight transfer then 40/60 drag shocks fron edlebrock and eiback 1" lowering springs in the rear also i ran a pair of Nitto drag Radials and 3.73:1 rear gears you can email me @ williamb606@yahoo for specifics