Random Jabber Jibber thread

BudmanTX said:
ok I vaguely remember people talking about dragsters last night.....yeah those space tomatoes were good....

so last night I did a little search....found this.....

may I suggest earphones for one, and up the volumn when you listen to it and see it for the experience

engine just humms before it barks for a 4sec + pass.....


Enjoy :bigjoint:
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Talk about time warp! When I was younger we used to go to raceway park in nj never got to see top fuel though.
 
DarkWeb said:
Talk about time warp! When I was younger we used to go to raceway park in nj never got to see top fuel though.
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I've been lucky, I have been. I have a family member that's been in the drag racing scene all his life, so I've had the pleasure of being around stuff like that......it was an experience ......

I show that video to my wife last night......you should have seen her eyes cause of her amazement
 
BudmanTX said:
ok I vaguely remember people talking about dragsters last night.....yeah those space tomatoes were good....

so last night I did a little search....found this.....

may I suggest earphones for one, and up the volumn when you listen to it and see it for the experience

engine just humms before it barks for a 4sec + pass.....


Enjoy :bigjoint:
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Top fuel Harleys are insane. They wear a flack jacket in case the pistons decide to launch out the top of the engine. :shock:
 
BudmanTX said:
I've been lucky, I have been. I have a family member that's been in the drag racing scene all his life, so I've had the pleasure of being around stuff like that......it was an experience ......

I show that video to my wife last night......you should have seen her eyes cause of her amazement
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Went to hydroplane races many times.....almost bought a boat one year.....happy I didn't lol wife was even on board but that's a big money monster to feed. A neighbor used to race them and other boats.....one of his boats was a 40' with three 700 ci V8's.
https://skaterpowerboats.com/28-2/
He also had a very stripped down version of that skater he would race....I have been over 100mph on the water in that boat. Once you dial throttle and trim it's smooth and fuckin takes off. Makes your face flap to the point that it hurts. I was high on adrenaline for a bit :bigjoint:
 
DarkWeb said:

Went to hydroplane races many times.....almost bought a boat one year.....happy I didn't lol wife was even on board but that's a big money monster to feed. A neighbor used to race them and other boats.....one of his boats was a 40' with three 700 ci V8's.
https://skaterpowerboats.com/28-2/
He also had a very stripped down version of that skater he would race....I have been over 100mph on the water in that boat. Once you dial throttle and trim it's smooth and fuckin takes off. Makes your face flap to the point that it hurts. I was high on adrenaline for a bit :bigjoint:
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you know I've never been to the hydroplane races, I've been asked, I've just never went......might need the ck that off one of these days
 
raratt said:
Top fuel Harleys are insane. They wear a flack jacket in case the pistons decide to launch out the top of the engine. :shock:
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That single-crankpin V-twin has “engineering compromise” written all over it.

And yet, just like the Porsche 911, its particular constellation of propulsive properties earned it supreme status with many admirers andor operators. Both platforms have diehard fans.
An excellent consequence of this popularity is that both platforms have been engineered aggressively and over decades to become genuinely good motors and vehicles without sacrificing the quirks that the enthusiasts so love.

I was deeply impressed with how generally good a motorcycle my ‘03 Super Glide was. Unlike my gateway Harley (‘87 Low Rider Sport, the final word awarded because two front brake discs, coun’em bishes) which had soul (which means acted weird and annoying, and then packed it in a lot) the tourer never needed a repair, just fairly cheap maintenance.

And to experience it taking a face bath in mud in a New Mexico thunderstorm, have like sixty pounds of bentonite hosed out of every imaginable place it might have packed into, hit the starter and wee wee wee ka-WHUMM bduh bduh bduh ... that was like heavy whoa.
 
raratt said:
You can see the frame flex on a top fuel car because of torque, it will lift the left front tire a bit. Wheelie bars try to keep it planted.
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I went to gator nationals with my buddy one year. He was always talking about the launch and how awesome it is. Rained the whole weekend. I never went back. No reason, just haven’t made it. He used to go every year but don’t think he’s went in a while.
 
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