Oil Downs (Beat to Death)

[Bill Edgeworth]

Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN

Unless NHRA restricts the blower case size, blower boost, fuel pump, nitro percentage, grear ratios, etc. or a combination of these the smaller engines that were once talked about would still blow up and spill their guts all over the race tracks. Maybe even more so because the teams would lean on them even harder to gain an edge. I dont understand NHRA's reasoning (i guess none of us do !). If it were less expensive to campain a nitro car they would have more cars showing up to race instead of one or two well funded teams that seem to own/buy the championship each year. The rest seem to just take up space on the ladder. The races would be a side by side race instead of seeing who can blow the tires off the most. Talk to Bruce Litton (Top Fuel owner and driver) some time when you have the chance. He is a great guy and holds nothing back.

Good points.
Watching it on TV yesterday The Snake was talking about one of the T/F explosions saying it looked like a $20,000 to $60,000 explosion. At that rate not to many people can afford to push them that hard.
It would not be that hard to limit boost or fuel flow. I know in some types of open wheel racing, not sure which class, might be Indy lights the sanctioning body issues their own boost regulators and takes them back at the end of the race. I know this is done to “dry” air in a turbocharged application but something could be done in a blower application without breaking the bank. As simple as an NHRA issued fuel flow/pressure regulator.
Why not? They make the Pro Stock guys all use the same ignition