THE FUEL PUMP & FUEL SYSTEM ON A TOP FUEL DRAGSTER

Take a closer look at the fuel pump and fuel delivery system on our top fuel dragster. Steve Read walks through the fuel pump, the fuel lines, and shows how the fuel system works to deliver nitromethane to that 10,000 horsepower soldier stuffed between the frame rails!
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[@Zen_Modeling]

Ripper info for the TF system Mate! Best info I've viewed in 40 years💯💯
Thank U - I'm definitely a new Subscriber✅
Lee

[@georgedreisch2662]

Probably the best explanation I’ve heard.
Didn’t leave me with any, but, what about this or that.
Thank you for sharing!

[@dmeemd7787]

I absolutely LOVE these videos and cannot wait for the next one(s)!!!

[@vehdynam]

Incredible information for those that are interested ! I am one of them.............thank you so much.

[@stevereadTF]

Thanks for the feedback - great to hear you're enjoying the series. Steve

[@rattmann8141]

Absolutely love your videos! Could you do a video sometime on what a crew chief does at the starting line as far as adjusting various settings/air bleeds?

[@stevereadTF]

Great suggestion rattman! We'll do a video on this when we hit the track.

[@Sludge73]

Hell yes a new video! Thanks.

[@stevereadTF]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@marksmith2726]

Great info Steve, love the videos.

[@stevereadTF]

Thanks Mark, appreciate it

[@slowpoke96Z28]

Thanks for sharing

[@stevereadTF]

Thanks for watching!

[@PercisionMotorworks92]

With the fuel pump driven from the cam, it the cam belt driven from the crank? Do you worry about the belt breaking? Or are you running like a Pete Jackson gear drive? To give it a mechanical connection?

[@stevereadTF]

There’s no cam belt, just gears.

[@calvinlee5044]

Great video. I see alot of teams take off the fuel line from the barrel valve just before shutdown, why is that ?

[@stevereadTF]

Shuts the engine down sooner because theres no fuel going through the supercharger. As the only lubricant to keep the teflon cool inside the blower the sooner you stop it from running the longer the teflon lasts. Thanks for the question

[@aaronfischer7199]

Thanks Steve. Very informative video. Are you running at the first event at tailem bend?

[@stevereadTF]

Thanks Aaron, appreciate it. First race for us is Willowbank Dec 1-2. We’ll be at the second Tailem race next year

[@aaronfischer7199]

@@stevereadTF looking forward to seeing you there. Keep up the videos. As a mechanic of over 35 years. Love the technical aspect.

[@thecommonsenseconservative5576]

Way less complicated than the space shuttle fuel pump lol

[@dmeemd7787]

🤣🤣👌😊

[@michaelgarrow3239]

It only goes 1,000 feet,, so…

[@thecommonsenseconservative5576]

@@michaelgarrow3239 yeah I don't think my joke was understood hence the one like

[@michaelgarrow3239]

@@thecommonsenseconservative5576 - lol
I like you… 🙄🙈

[@thecommonsenseconservative5576]

@@michaelgarrow3239 top fuel dragster 10,000hp
Space shuttle fuel pump 10,000 hp
There now you understand

[@jamesdungan6198]

Hard to fathom that an engine can actually use that much fuel in such a short time

[@kelainefes]

Well towards the end he says that there is a concrete risk of the fuel choking the spark plug, and that can cause fuel to say in the cylinder reducing the space for air and therefore increasing pressure on the compression stroke so much that it can blow the head gasket and damage the blower....