On 9/10/13 6:56 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
Since boats have engines and for a change of pace, I thought I'd share
some info I recently received from a car nut. He's talking about a
custom built, 500 cubic inch dragster engine based on the Chrysler 426
c.i. hemi design.

Here's a short list of it's specs and acceleration capabilities:

Produces 8,000 horsepower. That's more than the first 4 rows of cars
at NASCAR's Daytona 500.
Consumes 11.2 gallons of nitro methane per second at full throttle.
Dual magnetos supply 44 amps to each spark plug.
Capable of reaching over 300 MPH +... before you have completed reading
this sentence.
Redlines at 9,500 RPM ... only does 540 revolutions light to light in
the quarter mile.

To put this into perspective:

You are driving a new $140,000 Lingenfelter twin-turbo powered Corvette
Z-06. Over a mile up the road, at the beginning of a measured quarter
mile, the dragster sits, ready to launch as you pass by it at 200
mph. The dragster launches as you pass by and starts after you. You
keep your foot buried hard to the floor, and suddenly you hear an
incredibly brutally screaming whine that pummels your eardrums and
within a mere 3 seconds the dragster effortlessly catches & passes you.
He beats you to the finish line, a quarter-mile away from where you
passed it.


Yeah, so what are the MPG Highway/City numbers?