My have things changed
Over 10 years ago when people posted their new truck HP figures people were coming back with posts like: "When is the HP madness going to stop." "This HP thing is out of of control, it's madness". "Wh...
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Turtle n Peeps wrote:jaycocamprs wrote:
Yea but the nitro cars are burning close to 5 gallons of it, in a 1000 feet
Nope. Try 13 to 15 gallons/ run.
And that's my point. It has so little BTU's/gallon it take a lot of fuel to make a run.
I'm not a racer, so I really don't know. I had assumed that the 13-15 gallon number was from the time they started the car. That would include the burn out and staging, and that 4/5 gallon number was the just the timed run.
One thing is sure. It's a lot of fuel, and there is lot going out the pipes.
