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Re: why don't dragsters have turbos?
Posted by Gareth (more from Gareth) on Wed, 15 Feb 2006 18:51:25
In Reply to: Re: why don't dragsters have turbos?, dboone, Wed, 15 Feb 2006 18:27:59
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Spoolup really isn't a huge concern. They could easily set it up so they could spool it while at the lights. However, it would be a ridiculously insane turbo to compare with those superchargers. The ones they use consume like 1500hp just for cramming air into the engine. I believe they don't use turbos because they would rob the exhaust gasses of all their energy, which they then wouldn't be able to use for creating downforce on the rear wheels. Wikipedia claims that makes 800lbs of force, and without that they'd have far less traction at the start until their spoiler started to generate some downforce. Then theres also the anal regulations about everything they do...
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Posts in this Thread:
- why don't dragsters have turbos?, JordanP, Wed, 15 Feb 2006 14:32:53
- Re: why don't dragsters have turbos?, Vince T, Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:12:34
- Re: why don't dragsters have turbos?, dboone, Wed, 15 Feb 2006 18:27:59
- Re: why don't dragsters have turbos?, soneway, Wed, 15 Feb 2006 16:18:05
- Here's a twin-turbo dragster for you..., Jonathan Scupin , Wed, 15 Feb 2006 15:48:41
- Re: why don't dragsters have turbos?, TML , Wed, 15 Feb 2006 14:40:54
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