Which is a cheaper pair??

[alfsauve]

UH (he says innocently) where's the "pair".   I see the two engines, but I only see one lady.

[TAB]

When Eddie Hill was competing in NHRA Top Fuel racing back in the late 80's and early 90's, I saw an interview with him. The interviewer asked him how much the motor was worth in his Top Fuel dragster. He said from the top of the supercharger to the bottom of the oil pan he had right around $75,000.00 in it. I'm guessing that with inflation factored in today that amount would be closer to $100,000.00. I knew a lot of women that came cheaper than that!  Bill T.

To give you a idea on the kind of money we are talking about here.  The blowers with out any pulls or a snout are $9200 each, from PSI.

Each pully is about $500 each, you need 2, the snouts are about $1200 for just the housings, the shafts are another $500.   So for just the blowers you are looking at about 14k for blower and the other "stuff" needed.  Some where in the ball park of 25k for just the stuff hung off the motor.  Not including exhast systems, which are another 5k as they are for a boat.     They are 100k each easy.  I would not be shocked if its close to 150k each.

Something else to think about, these motors are basicly rebuilt after every race.  Throw away everthing but the block and heads.  That is assuming you didn't break anything.  Topfuel cars you have to throw every thing away but the block/heads after every run.

[CJS3]

  Once you get your motors"Lady Friends" properly tuned, they do what you want them to do each time you want them to do it.

You just have to know how to do a proper tune up.

[fightingquaker13]

When Eddie Hill was competing in NHRA Top Fuel racing back in the late 80's and early 90's, I saw an interview with him. The interviewer asked him how much the motor was worth in his Top Fuel dragster. He said from the top of the supercharger to the bottom of the oil pan he had right around $75,000.00 in it. I'm guessing that with inflation factored in today that amount would be closer to $100,000.00. I knew a lot of women that came cheaper than that!  Bill T.

Yeah, but how much did it cost to get rid of them?
FQ13 Paging Mr. Woods 

[Pathfinder]

Yeah, but how much did it cost to get rid of them?
FQ13 Paging Mr. Woods 

You can still recycle the motor parts, probably get something in return. When was the last time you got paid to unload the other pair?

Yes ma'am, corner it is. Any beef sticks left?

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[jaybet]

I volunteer to do compression tests.

[PegLeg45]

I volunteer to do compression tests.

 

[ellis4538]

Never got paid to "unload the other pair" but it sure was cheaper than keeping them!  LOL

Richard

[billt]

How long would engines like that last hours wise, if you took really good care of them, and didn't beat the crap out of them?   Bill T.

[Timothy]

How long would engines like that last hours wise, if you took really good care of them, and didn't beat the crap out of them?   Bill T.

One of these engines can burn 20 gallons a fuel in about 12 seconds.  When they run them, like TAB said, they rebuild them as well as the clutch assembly.  So, figure about five minutes in staging and about 4-5 second runs.

It was only in the last ten years or so that they actually found out how much horsepower they could develop with top fuel engines because there were no dynos capable of measuring the numbers.

They estimated several thousand and it turned out to be about 7000 horsepower.  I've seen interviews with top fuel crew chiefs that say though they will build the motors, they would never drive one!