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.