8,000 HP Funny Car Engine Breakdown

http://www.streetfire.net Bob Tasca's pit crew tears down his Ford Mustang 8,000 horsepower NHRA Top Fuel Funny Car drag race motor. Breakdown and rebuild can be done in 38 minutes between rounds.

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[ACHEESEDANISH00]

@TheMoezilla Last time i went i met Bob Glidden, of course people like John force and Warren Johnson but also the one and only Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins. I actually gave him a cigar too... he just looked at me and said Thank ya. My personal favorite is pro stock... theres just something about making 1500 horses naturally aspirated with over an inch of valve lift spinning over 9500 rpm. Amazing stuff. Somewhere on here you can see a video of a top fuel fuel pump. it looks like a fire hose going off

[TheMoezilla]

@ACHEESEDANISH00 May I borrow your time machine? Seriously though, I've loved drag racing for a long time and finally got to a point in my career where I can afford to start attending these races in person. I regret not being able to attend 1/4 mile nitro drags anymore, hopefully again someday, still, the experience for me is awesome every time race day rolls around and I got tickets. The home theater gets quite the workout on Sundays when I can't attend, and that's a lot of Sundays!

[ACHEESEDANISH00]

thats about how close you could be about 9 years ago at sears point aka infineon. They also used to have a tunnel that went right under the track and when the cars went by it felt like an earthquake.

[TheMoezilla]

@ACHEESEDANISH00 Type in "8ft away from NHRA Top Fuel in Florida", Pretty crazy video, but, I don't think they let you get away with that at many tracks.

[TheMoezilla]

@ACHEESEDANISH00 Okay, I got ya. With my work schedule and distance from the different tracks, Brainerd and Bandimere are the only ones I can make it to. There are a couple of set in portions in the east side fence at Bandimere where you are pretty damn close to the track. I've seen a lot of tracks on TV with WAY too much room between the fans and the action. Kinda sad, but, over-kill on safety precautions are to be expected this day and age.

[ACHEESEDANISH00]

@TheMoezilla what i mean is when the cars are staging and racing... they still let you in the pits just not behind the cars while staging

[TheMoezilla]

@ACHEESEDANISH00 I've been going to Bandimere and Brainerd for the past 5 years and I was right on top of the nitro cars when they were warming up, too close in fact. I guess I can't speak for other tracks on the circuit, as far as how close they allow you to get.

[ACHEESEDANISH00]

@TheMoezilla i think the bite outta the fun factor was when they stopped letting you stand 15 feet behind the cars...

[ChubbyLumpkinz]

@TheMoezilla if i could thumbs up this 1,000,000 times i would lol

[TheMoezilla]

@ChubbyLumpkinz I respond like a tool only when somebody posts like a tool.