How It's Made Drag Racing Clutches

[blazterreck]

JUST beautiful

[spam1712]

i have no idea how this works :)

[LaenPvP]

But will it blend? Answer is no, this will fucking BLEND a Blendtech blender though

[RatkoUSA]

beautiful

[rusasus]

The question is will it burn?

[DATWEIRDGUY1]

How much?

[30GB]

that triple clutch is THICK

[Samqdf]

hold how was the guy able to push the clutch in by hand? how is it meant to appy any pressure? Even on my 1.6L engine I can push one of the 12 or so fingers in with all my strength

[gummel82]

does a top fuel dragster have the same clutch?

[The330p4]

@gummel82 those are dreag racers..so they need to exelerate a shit-ton faster...there clutches arent that different but..ya i guess

[x0druid0x]

@gummel82 same principle, but just more of. Drag clutches are on solid hubs, made out of titanium, and monster huge. Also, top fuel dragsters have no transmission to speak of. well one speed anyways, but they just slip the clutch all the way down the strip. Back to your question, yes, more or less.

[gummel82]

@x0druid0x thanks :)

[BePositivee]

@gummel82 No, its is for 1800hp cars, Top Fuel have around 8000.

[Moparfan63]

@gummel82 works similar..but they have 7 clutch's, not 3

[rb26dett32]

@gummel82 No. Top fuel uses a completely different setup.

[Rumeeezyy]

@gummel82 NOOO!!!

[websuspect]

The red lock tight is considered PERMANENT strength.

[1234tche]

@websuspect no its not PERMANTNT but it is VERY strong. you have to break it loose with heat most of the time.

[astrialkil]

Why so many light weight materials? Why not just steel?

[FourG6397GST]

@astrialkil because reducing rotational mass is more important than saving money in this application

[1234tche]

@astrialkil less rotating mass. this means that the motor can rev up faster during acceleration.

[LMF5000]

@astrialkil Partly to reduce inertia as other people told you, but aluminium is also much easier to machine so they can do it faster, their cutting tools last longer, and everything ends up costing less. Also, aluminium is cheaper than good quality stainless steel - though it's not as strong. Titanium is more expensive than st. steel but then it's also stronger (and lighter).

[astrialkil]

how many races do these last?

[MyMIXmedia]

I bet this cost $9000 to make.

[bober9989]

@MyMIXmedia nope

[superkimmy98]

you are so awesome (Y)

thanks for the upload!