Top Fuel Drag Bike Engine

The legendary sam wills explains top fuel nitro dragbike racing and gives us an up close look at his two wheeled masterpiece.
Top fuel drag bike engine. Nobody said top fuel motorcycle racing was easy on parts. Time capsule top fuel bikes of the 1970s. In fact the motorcycle will be doing in excess of 200 mph before the first half of the race course is used up. Top fuel dragster engines must follow strict guidelines set by the nhra governing body when competing in championship drag racing events in the united states and canada.
In the left lane it s longtime veteran chris hand on the. When i first started going to the drags in the latter part of the 1960 s i was instantly drawn to those that burned the magic elixir known as nitromethane top fuel dragsters fuel altereds and of course the emerging phenomenon called funny cars. No other class of motorcycle racing is as extreme or as exciting as top fuel motorcycle drag racing. The typical top fuel bike will go from stationary to 100 mph in 1 25 seconds if it s set up for a five second elapsed time run.
During drag bike motorcycle racing events from 1974 through 1977 top fuel class entries included double engine norton drag bikes triumph twins double engine harley shovelheads and double digit numbers of contestants battling it out to get on the eliminations ladder on sunday. 2018 nhra rocky mountain nationals part 6 pro fuel bike and top fuel harley qualifying round 1 duration. A look at our nitro drag bike a long term project built in cheshire uk. This is something to see.
Fuel is sent to a 16 gallon per minute pump and the fuel curve is controlled with slide valve just like the top fuel cars. In this clip to outstanding riders line up on a pair of amazing machines. There was a time when the nhra ran top fuel motorcycles as a professional eliminator. We explain the different elements of a nitro bike and the issues and difficulties of building a 800bhp engine in a shed.
The most popular powerplant is a 7 500 to 8 000 horsepower crate engine version of the chrysler 426 cubic inch 90 degree v 8 hemi. Nitromaniac tv s drag files 44 928 views 9 43.