The team at Marsh Motorsport would like to welcome on board their sponsor for the A Fuel Dragster "MOUNT SHOP"
Mount Shop
27 Paramount Drive
Henderson, Auckland
Ph: 09 836-2304
www.mountshop.co.nz
The Marsh Motorsport A Fuel Dragster
Video of the Marsh Motorsport A-Fuel Dragster
Engine:
- 432 cubic inch Hemi
- Billet Block and Heads
- Runs on 94% Nitro, 6% Alcohol
- Produces 4400BHP at 6200 RPM
- Produces 4800 Foot lbs./torque at 4900 RPM
- Ignition System has 2 x 44 AMP MSD Mags
- Engine has 32 Injectors = 8 for Alcohol and 24 for Nitro
- Fuel Pressure varies on the day, but on a high is at 490lbs
- Burns 6 litres fuel per second
- This A/Fuel Dragster can accelerate from 0-100mph (160kph) in 1 second
- This A/Fuel Dragster can accelerate 0-185mph (300kph) in 2 seconds
Chassis:
- Chassis is a 300" Wheel Base 1999 McKinney Top Fuel Chassis
- This dragster runs no transmission (ie direct drive)
- Diff Ratio = 2.9 through a 17" wide, 36" tall top fuel slick
- To assist the dragster in stopping it has carbon rear brakes ( i.e. no front brakes)
- 2 x 12 foot parachutes
History:
- This A Fuel Dragster was originally the "Budweiser Top Fuel Dragster from USA, owned and driven by Father & Son Team, Kenny & Brandon Bernstein.
- Once the Bernstein's had completed racing the dragster, dragster car was stored for approx 7 years
- The Dragster was then purchased by Tom Conway, from Conway Automotive based in Oklahoma. Tom Conway has a long successful history with Top Alcohol and A-Fuel Dragsters in the USA.
- Tom has also won 2 x World Championship Titles
- Tom chose 2 drivers to drive the A Fuel Dragster:
- a) Mike Lewis - CEO of Schumacher Racing
- b) Hillary Will - Well Respected Female Top Fuel Racer
These Nitro Engines are started on Alcohol and once they reach a certain temperature it is switched over to Nitro.
If you try to start it on Nitro watch out "DUCK", especially A Fuel Engines as they are 14 to 1 and a Top Fuel is only 6.5 - 7 to 1.
Once the A Fuel Dragster has completed its pass on the track and the motor is shut down, then the procedure starts: -
- Driveshaft removed before Dragster is towed back (if the driveshaft was not removed and the motor turned over it would blow a cylinder head off)
- Once back in the pits, all 16 Spark Plugs are removed, and all fuel lines removed off the engine, and blown out with air
- Engine is spun over to pump out excess Nitro
- Failure to follow this procedure would have catastrophical results (ie some USA based teams have spun the engines over and blown a cylinder head clean through their transporters)
NOTES OF INTEREST:
In the USA A Fuel Cars are known as "BOMBS" because of their Static Compression Ratio.
Sponsors:
- Marsh Motorsport Ltd
- Mount Shop Ltd
- Redline Oil
- Abernethey Civil Ltd