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Why dragster engines explode so often

Top Fuel dragsters make around 11,000 horsepower, and the insane part is they’re basically always seconds away from blowing up. The weird part is the engine isn’t really “cooled” like a normal car - ...
We're starting off the week with a mechanical marvel: a homemade dragster with dual Rolls-Royce jet engines that's been 17 years in the making – and could potentially hit 400 mph. Canadian auto ...
The heyday for the National Hot Rod Association's (NHRA) Top Gas dragster class was 1961 to 1971. Unlike their nitro-huffing counterparts in Top Fuel, Top Gas cars used regular old pump gas.