U.S. Army Racing
THE DRAGSTER
U.S. Army Top-Fuel Dragster Specifications
Exterior
- Wheelbase: 300 in (25 feet: front axle to rear axle centerlines)
- Weight: 2,320 pounds (rolling weight)
- Strange Engineering 12 1/4" aluminum rear-end assembly
- Paint: SD Enterprises
Chassis
- Chassis: 2012 DSR
- Brakes: Strange Engineering carbon-fiber with ARP fasteners
- Wheels: Sander Engineering
- Tires: Goodyear tires (replaced every 2 runs)
- Chutes: Impact parachutes
- Clutch and Fuel Systems: Dynamic Machine/DSR
Engine
- Engine: 500-cubic-inch DSR aluminum hemi (8000+ horsepower)
- Fuel: Nitro-methane racing fuel (12 gallons per run)
- Oil: Valvoline
- Crank Shafts: Billet steel crankshaft (replaced every 8 runs)
- Belts: Gates Belts & Hose
- Supercharger: Chuck Ford
- Heads: DSR/MBE
- Pistons: Venolia
- Ignition: MSD dual ignition
- Clutch: DSR Centrifugal
Performance
- Best quarter-mile elapsed time: 4.428 seconds
- Best quarter-mile finish-line speed: 337.58 mph
- Best 1,000 foot elapsed time: 3.771 seconds
- Best 1,000 foot finish-line speed: 327.90 mph
- 5 G-forces at the starting line (nothing accelerates faster on land)
- 5 negative G-forces upon deployment of twin parachutes at 300 mph
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