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Originally Posted by opeliac
I'd be shocked if Chief has ever been able to turn his up to the max on ANY street that they have been on...They've all made some decent looking passes, but NONE of them are running big MPH on those passes...Thats my opinion...
Also, as for the nitro talk...I'm still calling bull**** on that one...Along with the talk about locking up the converter on the streets...
Maybe the Boss Bird guys can share their opinions on adding nitro in a turbo combo...I know in the past, it was talked about being a no no...Maybe something has changed.
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The nitro talk came from Chief's mouth, I didn't make it up.
What is so different about using a turbo as a compressor, over a blower?
As far as nitro and the Boss Bird. Jerry, the tuner of the Boss Bird, made decisions on how the combo was tuned, and what percentages they ran. Over the years Jerry has proven to be a wealth of information about nitro. I've spent a fair amount of time talking with him over the years about nitro. It's because I really didn't know anything first hand about it, and I was curious about it.
He preached to go in baby steps to keep carnage to a minimum in the engines.
I also happened to be standing next to Barcak's dragster when they failed to get all the fuel out of it before firing it up. The block exploded on #7 cylinder, and sent shrapnel into the trailer. Lots of potential for engine carnage when you don't follow the protocol to the letter.
From what Jerry had told me 25% is just tickling the fuel, as opposed to high percentages such as Eric and Mike were running.
Jerry did tell me that at percentages as low as 25% the fuel is still pretty tame, not anything near what 90% can do as far as destruction.
Not my opinion, just a fact:
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Why are turbos banned in Top Fuel?
The only reason they are not running turbos is the rule restriction. The rules keep trying to limit top speed. A turbo nitro engine would definitely make more power available. The exhaust gases from nitro carry much more energy than other fuels which is a giant advantage.
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