I once watched interviews with a bunch of top fuel drivers The question was along the lines of what does it feel to go from 0-160km/h in less than a second? They were all doing their best without really conveying the g-force awesomeness until one simply said "Imagine you're sitting at traffic lights in your mini and a Mack truck hits you from behind at 160..." Enough said!
I never thought of it that way....that helps...I think I'm beginning to understand ! I had a neighbor once that had a basic dragster - nothing fancy - just a big v8 and 1 big 4 bbl carb - no supercharger - He said it would do 150 mph in the 1/4. I ask him the same question - what is it like. He said when he moved up to that class he thought he knew what to expect and what it would be like. Then he said - but I was wrong - it was much faster than what he expected. I guess its like when I had my first motorcycle - a basic 650 class bike. It was fast compared to my car. I think it had about 65 hp. Then I got an 1100 bike with 125 hp. I thought I knew what it would be like. I didn't. It was hard to describe just how fast it was. When I turned the throttle it felt like the jolly green giant wrapped a hand around me and was trying to pull me off the bike while at the same time the bike felt like a 500 pound pit bull on a leash in my hand pulling to get away. It felt like the bike was rotating the earth and I was going to fly off the end of it. That was a machine that did 0-60 in 3.0 sec and 11.0 sec at 125 mph in the 1/4. So how can I imagine a machine that does 0-100 in less than 1 sec and 1/4 mile in less than 5 sec at 330 mph or more ?
Well I went on a roller coaster on Cedar Point called Dragster. Going so fast that you'll be able to see a shaky view and it is exactly like a big truck hitting you from behind. Also don't have your head up before you go that fast just keep your head on the backseat.
I love that gritty sound coasting at the end! Fused clutch plates, destroyed spark plugs, shot bearings - that's what happens when you contain explosions of that magnitude. Totally insane and awesome!!!!
Just seeing the car go by while you're at home watching on TV doesn't do them justice. Hell, even in person I didn't really get a sense of how incredibly fast they are. Watching everything fly past in the blink of an eye from the cockpit was unbelievable. I can't imagine how it feels while driving one.
Bree I uploaded a video of these at a track I was at this past Saturday. I was right there not wearing ear protection. You can’t see it in the video but it about knocked me on my ass how loud it was
Late to the comment section, I know. The temperature of the track, the temperature of the tires, how each team likes the clutches bedded in, the humidity etc.. It all plays a role in how they tune and do a burnout.
Am i right in saying that the motor has to get rebuilt after that or is there a number of time it can go before it has to get done?..the amount of vibration is crazy even the go pro was getting smashed
These cars have so much power the engine basically tears itself apart during each run not to mention they burn through their fuel extremely quick, it's normal having to rebuild the engine in Top Fuel dragsters several times a day on race days
Hamilton, they only race 1,000 feet, not 1,320 because the top fuelers today are too fast. A quarter mile run with that kind of power and that dragster may reach 400 mph! Too many drivers would be killed.
@@draintheswamp1588 Ease back there Ray...the 1/4 mile NHRA record is 337, the current 1000 ft NHRA record is 339. Topping 400 mph is a bit of an stretch, you're talking rocket dragster territory there..and we all know those cheaters don't count anyways.
Have been involved with this sport for 40+years , and this is the first time I have seen fuel added after the burnout !!! Don't seem it would be allowed , for fear of spilling it on the surface , makes no sense !!! 🤔🤨🧐🚫🇺🇸
Everyone should experience an event in their life that brings them close to death. Going 330mph in a quarter mile is about is close as you'll get. I wander what this guy's cortisol, adrenaline, and heart rate were.
It’s funny when you think about how 150 years ago people were afraid if you went too fast your face would melt off, and now today we have top fuel dragsters.... lol
Ok,I'm from Slovenija and don't know shit about this motorsport and wondering if there is any driving involved or just stomp on the pedal hoping to win ?
so how far is it from their start to the tree? Don't they do 0-100 in like 8/10 of a second? Looking at that tree from on board I could believe they are doing 100mph that quick. Its also amazing how fast they slow down. I don't see how they can have any kind of driver control at those speeds, g forces, vibrations those poles are probably much farther apart than utility poles we see beside public roads and they are screaming by ! I've been about 150 mph on a race course and come by the grandstand and it seemed like I was at warp speed... this is well over twice that....wow There is a place where I cross the street and it takes me about 5 strides to cross one lane. And it is about 1 second for each stride. There is a traffic light about 1000 feet away. Sometimes I imagine what it would be like if a top fuel car got the green light just as I took my first step. I would get run over by the dragster between my 3rd and 4th step. that really puts it in perspective for me when I look down the road at how far away the dragster would be at the start. It seems like a bullet.
I'm looking at the street in front of my house. Its about 100 feet away. Thinking of a dragster getting to 100+ that quick is hard to imagine. I had a smart aleck brother in law. One day I was out walking with my father. SA came by in his car and stopped and talked with us. I pointed to the next utility pole down the road and bet him I could out race him, with me on foot and him in the car. He was sure he would win - I won easily. The family car does not do so well the first 60 feet.
I once watched interviews with a bunch of top fuel drivers The question was along the lines of what does it feel to go from 0-160km/h in less than a second? They were all doing their best without really conveying the g-force awesomeness until one simply said "Imagine you're sitting at traffic lights in your mini and a Mack truck hits you from behind at 160..." Enough said!
I never thought of it that way....that helps...I think I'm beginning to understand !
I had a neighbor once that had a basic dragster - nothing fancy - just a big v8 and 1 big 4 bbl carb - no supercharger - He said it would do 150 mph in the 1/4.
I ask him the same question - what is it like. He said when he moved up to that class he thought he knew what to expect and what it would be like. Then he said - but I was wrong - it was much faster than what he expected.
I guess its like when I had my first motorcycle - a basic 650 class bike. It was fast compared to my car. I think it had about 65 hp. Then I got an 1100 bike with 125 hp. I thought I knew what it would be like. I didn't. It was hard to describe just how fast it was. When I turned the throttle it felt like the jolly green giant wrapped a hand around me and was trying to pull me off the bike while at the same time the bike felt like a 500 pound pit bull on a leash in my hand pulling to get away. It felt like the bike was rotating the earth and I was going to fly off the end of it. That was a machine that did 0-60 in 3.0 sec and 11.0 sec at 125 mph in the 1/4. So how can I imagine a machine that does 0-100 in less than 1 sec and 1/4 mile in less than 5 sec at 330 mph or more ?
dude, you can describe stuff pretty good ;)
Well I went on a roller coaster on Cedar Point called Dragster. Going so fast that you'll be able to see a shaky view and it is exactly like a big truck hitting you from behind. Also don't have your head up before you go that fast just keep your head on the backseat.
Km/h is slow sir. Use miles
I honestly can't believe they dont pass out doing this stuff
Its painful.to watch
I love that gritty sound coasting at the end! Fused clutch plates, destroyed spark plugs, shot bearings - that's what happens when you contain explosions of that magnitude. Totally insane and awesome!!!!
I could look at those exhaust pipes at idle all day. You can see the firing pattern.
Joshua Bynum never noticed that. Pretty awesome.
Dam, that’s rly cool thank you for telling me I didn’t notice
that’s really cool
GoPro: can handle anything but a top fuel run
wrg
Its not the Gopro fault if its mounted incorrectly.
@@001GAC it's no one's fault that motor is making that shit shake a ton from the power of the pistons
GoPro handled it just fine lol
I mean, if you were going speeds up to 300÷ in less than 5 seconds, you'd shake a little too bud
the engineering involved in keeping these things from going airborn is just as impressive as the speed.
Cause even planes can take off at 60-70 imagine the upwind at these speeds
2:36 You have enabled *W A R P S P E E D*
almost as fast as jimmy johns.
god when he sets off it's like jumping into lightspeed, amazing
2:36 thought it was going into the future lol
The greatest and quickest ride of your life....
That's what I told her
That sounds like pure violence... :)
Sounds like fun
Can this be daily driven? I'm tired of getting to work late but I'm also too tired to get out of bed at 6 am.
Yes it can be but you need to rebuild the engine very mile
@@qsr6838 And the engine costs around 70 grand... Not to mention your workplace needs to be within half mile from home :)
@@qsr6838 he was joking Lol
@@grapefruit5690 nah you need to know as soon as you hit the pedal thebearings and crank is gone
shit looked like it was warping through time
I have a short attention span so Top Fuel is perfect for me.
I've easily got 7 figures worth of passes in my views lol. Amazing -- so much respect for the drivers and crew!
I think I could handle being one of the guys who wipes the tires off before the run.
same
😂
You know that grey haired fella at the line has been in the game a while when he does the final systems check with 1 hand in pocket lol
Everyone else looks to be in a hurry and he’s just like ...
😂😂
Just seeing the car go by while you're at home watching on TV doesn't do them justice. Hell, even in person I didn't really get a sense of how incredibly fast they are. Watching everything fly past in the blink of an eye from the cockpit was unbelievable. I can't imagine how it feels while driving one.
The launch of a top fuel dragster literally exerts more g force on the driver than a rocket launch does to an astronaut
the G's are real
2:33--this doesn't seem too scary--2:36 gaaaaaaaaaaa
2:36 = eargasm
+freeman gordon Ever heard (felt) it in person? Its literally an eargasm lol
yeah ive been to the top fuel races a couple of times its awesome how everything shakes
+Pearce Yaussy first time I heard it in person I got chills all over lol. They're amazing machines
*idles high* *BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA done*
one word: WOW!!!!!
I honestly can’t say anything else more sensible or appropriate apart from “Wow”!
Man ... just the sound of that. So cool and scary witch makes it cool.
As a formula one fan this impressed me
Sounds like a horde of banshees being unleashed from the depths of hell. And they're really mad.
Wow
RIP Sonic
Никита Рерих good shit😂😂
nobody
when kid die in game
0:26
LOL so true...
so, how many feet per gallon does it have
Very cool this should play on the TV everyday
Before I die I wanna be in one of those
Me too, hopefully neither one of us will be driving.
I can hear Moranis calling out "Ludicrous speed!"
AN AMAZING VIEW
I would like to hop onboard and black out from the acceleration, sounds like fun!
WTF!!!! I loved that!
Those header flames 1/2 track. Wow.
2:36 the engine is mad
I'd love to see that in real life, pretty freiken awsome
junkyardog 3466 if You do bring serious ear protection. It hurts. Lived 3 miles from a track these were at occasionally. Could hear it from there.
Bree I uploaded a video of these at a track I was at this past Saturday. I was right there not wearing ear protection. You can’t see it in the video but it about knocked me on my ass how loud it was
2:43 to 2:46, that sounds like my door when I close it in da nite
Incredible!
I used to think ludicrous speed from the movie spaceballs was fast 💨....
Props to the camera man holding the camera as still as he could.
I suspect he was strapped down so he didnt fall off.
I hope he wore goggles because that wind would be fierce.
question I've always had is what determines how long the driver of the car does his burnout for, some do it shorter and some do longer ones.......
I guess some types of tires heat up faster, or a more powerful car does it quicker
Late to the comment section, I know. The temperature of the track, the temperature of the tires, how each team likes the clutches bedded in, the humidity etc.. It all plays a role in how they
tune and do a burnout.
I really liked your video. Great post.
Geez.... blasted through Saturday and ended up in Monday 😂
Damn
you just described my time perception perfectly.
play it at 2x and you get a 2 second dragster
I love the sound of the rear axle
Even in a video it looks terrifying
Holy shit!!!!!
Not even close to 8g at launch...maybe a tick over 5 at the most.
That is so unbelievably fast
Am i right in saying that the motor has to get rebuilt after that or is there a number of time it can go before it has to get done?..the amount of vibration is crazy even the go pro was getting smashed
yup they dont go far and it broke the camera case
It's crazy. I can't believe how the driver resisted
I wonder what It feels like that much G force
That was insane!!!
Why it looks like Enterprise at warp 10 is slower ?
Pardon my arrogance, but did he let up shortly before the finish line? It sounded like his engine was idling across the finish line.
These cars have so much power the engine basically tears itself apart during each run not to mention they burn through their fuel extremely quick, it's normal having to rebuild the engine in Top Fuel dragsters several times a day on race days
Hamilton, they only race 1,000 feet, not 1,320 because the top fuelers today are too fast. A quarter mile run with that kind of power and that dragster may reach 400 mph! Too many drivers would be killed.
@@draintheswamp1588 Ease back there Ray...the 1/4 mile NHRA record is 337, the current 1000 ft NHRA record is 339. Topping 400 mph is a bit of an stretch, you're talking rocket dragster territory there..and we all know those cheaters don't count anyways.
@2:36 lets rock!!
Pure violence…love it
Awesome video.
I love Top Fuel, but that vibrating camera shot on idle made me wanna barf!
I bet driving one of these things is life changing
2:36 Everybody's morning routine in the bathroom. XD
For a second there, I thought I saw hyperspace lines!
Ready for battle 💜
crazy cannot even see where he's going
He's in front of the engine we see, we (the camera) are behind it at the framework supporting the wing.
did they add more fuel in at prestaging???
Yup
never heard of any team doing that. why??
Since they don’t have a built in starter, they do it like starting fluid to give it an easier start
that was not a starter fluid when someone was carrying a jerrycan at 1:07
Ah then probably to keep the car as light as possible for the longest
Does anyone know what that barrel shaped thing that sits right in front of the wing is for?
its a catch can
@@loudmikemedia Huh
Have been involved with this sport for 40+years , and this is the first time I have seen fuel added after the burnout !!! Don't seem it would be allowed , for fear of spilling it on the surface , makes no sense !!! 🤔🤨🧐🚫🇺🇸
This reminds my of driving my Tacoma.
thumbs up for dude @2:20 not giving a shit what anybody says...
the ultimate bass
Warp speed captain!
Mother of God... who the hell came up with this idea?
Some rich 40 year old who's still a 9 year old deep inside, I guess
@@kerimca98 and loves big and noisy shit
Humans
I would just love the smell of nitro in the morning.
Was that a 1,000 foot pass?
sure
It’s getting closer every year to the point where no human driver will be able to endure this brutal ride.
Soon enough
That sounded like a FNAF jumpscare.
I can say this from the gopro view you can't have a weak heart
Nope
What is that white haired guy doing to the air intake just before launch?
Captain I just saw....... something ........ ........ yes Spock I saw it too whoa 😮
did his heart catch back up to him?😂😂
GoPro audio is quite lacking. This should have sounded like thunder.
I like the immediate torque of electric vehicles, I dislike that I someday I may not experience this sheer level of pressure in my chest ever again.
same
My ass after the bus-station's shawarma: 2:36
Imagine if passenger airliners took off that fast from the start
I'd spend all my money on tickets 😂
Everyone should experience an event in their life that brings them close to death. Going 330mph in a quarter mile is about is close as you'll get. I wander what this guy's cortisol, adrenaline, and heart rate were.
Pretty sure I know a few guys with civics who could beat this.
From their own words, you mean? :)
Wow nice video. Uff
Lol looks like he's bending the fabric of space time.
It goes so fast it warps time and reality. lol 2:36
It’s funny when you think about how 150 years ago people were afraid if you went too fast your face would melt off, and now today we have top fuel dragsters.... lol
At least humanity has finally gotten real close to achieving that :)
@@getsideways7257 xd
It might not melt your face, but it'll melt the engine
Ok,I'm from Slovenija and don't know shit about this motorsport and wondering if there is any driving involved or just stomp on the pedal hoping to win ?
u gotta be good and brave
how you can hear the engine dying after the run XD
so how far is it from their start to the tree?
Don't they do 0-100 in like 8/10 of a second?
Looking at that tree from on board
I could believe they are doing 100mph that quick.
Its also amazing how fast they slow down.
I don't see how they can have any kind of driver control at those speeds, g forces,
vibrations
those poles are probably much farther apart than utility poles we see
beside public roads
and they are screaming by !
I've been about 150 mph on a race course
and come by the grandstand and it seemed like I was at warp speed...
this is well over twice that....wow
There is a place where I cross the street
and it takes me about 5 strides to cross one lane.
And it is about 1 second for each stride.
There is a traffic light about 1000 feet away.
Sometimes I imagine what it would be like if a top fuel car
got the green light just as I took my first step.
I would get run over by the dragster between my 3rd and 4th step.
that really puts it in perspective for me
when I look down the road at how far away the dragster would be
at the start.
It seems like a bullet.
They get to 100 in about that time, yeah.
I'm looking at the street in front of my house. Its about 100 feet away. Thinking of a dragster getting to 100+ that quick is hard to imagine.
I had a smart aleck brother in law. One day I was out walking with my father. SA came by in his car and stopped and talked with us. I pointed to the next utility pole down the road and bet him I could out race him, with me on foot and him in the car. He was sure he would win - I won easily. The family car does not do so well the first 60 feet.
lw216316 acceleration is a weird thing.
so was my brother-in-law :-)
lw216316 lol
Holy fucking shit no fucking way the sound that thing makes what that isnt of this world!!!!
i thought the top thrill dragster at ceder point was fast cant even fathom what that kind of acceleration would be like
It would be like sitting in your smart car at a red light and a semi truck rear ending you at 160 mph
Top Thrill Dragster's Wiki page says 0-120 mph in 4 seconds. A top fuel car has a 0-100 mph time of something like .70 seconds.
LUDACRIS SPEED...GO!!!
Imagine watching this in vr
Me: Fuel consumption?
Dragster: Yes...
This is what it's like to ride a barely tamed explosion