8 second cars are fast

[hyperformancevw]

Shep 7.70 in car at WCF



Chris Miller in car at WCF



Top Fuel pass

[Murderface]

1/8th mile 8 second cars are slower than 1/4 mile 8 second cars. 8 seconds is flying in a 1/4 mile. Plus watching drag racing on tv takes longer than the actual pass due to cutting to different angles. You have to be there.

Let me rephrase that; I WENT TO an ADRL event last weekend.

The cars there (in the unlimited class anyhow) were along the lines of 15L displacement, forced induction + nitrous. 3500+ hp in some cases and looked like this:



Standing near those cars whizzing by at 200+ MPH skewed my perspective of fast quite badly. 8 second street cars now look...eh quick I guess These ^ things seriously take off like they've been shot out of a cannon.

They were running <4 second 1/8th miles @ >200 MPH. Assuming they don't accelerate at all after doing 1/8th mile (which I find unlikely ) they would be doing 6 second 1/4 miles. They are a whole different level of fast.

I really want to see NHRA top fuel now

[dodger21]

No it did not take 9 seconds to get the job done. Nor did it take just 8 seconds to get the job done. So it's not an 8 second car. It's an 8.99 second car.

Why is it okay to round down .99 seconds but not to round up .01 seconds?

You guys are funny.

Because it is a huge accomplishment. Plain and simple. The math it takes to go 8.99 is greater than the math of rounding.