Basically, they don't. The power that's generated is so intense, and the duration is so short, that a coolant system wouldn't be able to keep up. The engines are simply built to take it for the few seconds each race lasts. Some cooling is provided by the large amounts of fuel that's being dumped into the cylinders, but that's about it.
Some use gasoline, some use alcohol, and the top fuel dragsters burn nitro methane.
Top fuel dragsters regularly hit 300mph by the quarter-mile mark.
$180,000-$200,000 $180,000-$200,000
Top Fuel dragsters racing in the NHRA.
top fuel dragsters
They are around $250,000.
Yes, all Top Fuel Dragsters and Funny Cars are supercharged hemi's.
its ran in NHRA top fuel dragsters and funny cars, it burns really hot and extremaly fast
1/4 mile top fuel dragsters can do the 1/4 mile under 5 seconds
Very basically they have internal combustion engines just like a family car. The fun of course is in the differences! The road car needs to go steadily and use as little fuel as possible. The top car's aim is to burn fuel as fast as possible to deliver that short but intense burst of speed. One of the main ways it does this is to burn a very different fuel, nitromethane mixed with a little methanol.
Any car or motorcycle that is a true "TOP FUEL" vehicle, uses a mixture of methanol (alcohol) and nitromethane. The current NHRA rules allow for a mixture of 90% nitromethane to 10% alcohol.
Dragsters can be classified based on their engine type (e.g. top fuel, funny car), body style (e.g. rail, altered), and class designation (e.g. Super Comp, Top Alcohol). They can also be categorized by their level of competition, such as professional or sportsman drag racing.