Cylinders run on the verge of hydraulic lock at full throttle. With 3000 CFM of air being rammed in by the supercharger on overdrive, the fuel mixture is compressed into a near-solid form before ignition. ![]() The fuel pump alone requires more horsepower to turn than the average street car produces. A stock Dodge Hemi V8 engine cannot produce enough power to drive the dragster supercharger. Under full throttle, a dragster engine consumes 1-1/2 gallons of nitro methane per second a fully loaded 747 consumes jet fuel at the same rate with 25% less energy being produced. Current estimates are right around 6,000 horsepower. ![]() No one has ever successfully run one long enough on a dyno to get a horsepower reading. They have over half again as much horsepower in one cylinder as a Dodge Viper has in all ten. One Top Fuel dragster 500 cubic inch Hemi engine makes more horsepower than the first 4 rows at the Daytona 500.
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