re: Amazing!
Wow, incredible engine, incredible engineering.
Compare to:
Did you know:
… that the nitromethane-powered engines of NHRA Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars produce approximately 7,000 horsepower, about 37 times that of the average street car?
… that one cylinder of the eight cylinders of a Top Fuel dragster or a Funny Car produces 750 horsepower, equaling the entire horsepower output of a NASCAR engine?
… that an NHRA Top Fuel dragster accelerates from 0 to 100 mph in less than .8-second, almost 11 seconds quicker than it takes a production Porsche 911 Turbo to reach the same speed?
From the NHRA web site.
The dragsters use about 1 gallon of fuel per second in a run - 3600 gallons per hour, more than double the consumption of the 1.5 million cubic inch monster!
On the other hand, there is this engine, about the size of a penny.