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What engine does NHRA Pro Stock use?
500-cid DRCE
Shrouded in secrecy, Chevrolet’s Pro Stock Drag Race Competition Engine (DRCE) evolved the big-block Chevy into a 1,400-hp, 10,000-rpm, naturally aspirated motorsport weapon one race weekend at a time.
What is the bore and stroke of a Pro Stock engine?
Early 500-inch Pro Stock engines using the old Bow Tie block had a bore around 4.600-inch. (For more on the first NHRA Pro Stock championship engine, check out this EngineLabs story.) Today, the smallest bore is 4.715-inch with some running as large as 4.750. That puts the crankshaft stroke as low as 3.520-inch.
What engines are used in Top Fuel dragsters?
Engine. The engine used to power a Top Fuel drag racing car is based on a second generation Chrysler RB Hemi, but is built exclusively of specialized parts, it retains the basic configuration with two valves per cylinder activated by pushrods from a centrally-placed camshaft.
What is a Destroked engine?
A destroked piston is a piston that may have as much as . 020 or more removed from the top of the piston. This may be done by machining the top of the piston, or reducing the thickness of the head in the original casting.
What engine is in NHRA Top Fuel dragster?
500-cubic-inch
Powered by a supercharged and fuel-injected 500-cubic-inch adaptation of the famed Chrysler Hemi engine, Top Fuel dragsters can burn up to 15 gallons of nitromethane fuel during a single run.
What is the Pro Stock Drag Race competition engine?
Shrouded in secrecy, Chevrolet’s Pro Stock Drag Race Competition Engine (DRCE) evolved the big-block Chevy into a 1,400-hp, 10,000-rpm, naturally aspirated motorsport weapon one race weekend at a time.
What is the fastest engine in NHRA Pro Stock?
Putting it all in perspective, at the end of 1982 when NHRA first mandated the 500ci engines, the late Lee Sheperd had the quickest E.T. at 7.655 seconds, and Warren Johnson had the speed record of 181.28 mph. Today, Erica Enders-Stevens holds both ends of the Pro Stock record at 6.464 seconds and 215.55 mph. Email me About the author Mike Magda
How much horsepower does a Drag Race Engine have?
Shrouded in secrecy, Chevrolet’s Pro Stock Drag Race Competition Engine (DRCE) evolved the big-block Chevy into a 1,400-hp, 10,000-rpm, naturally aspirated motorsport weapon one race weekend at a time. 09 May 2020
Do Pro Stock engines make the same power as Pro Stock?
The quick answer is that they don’t make the same power. The key to horsepower is keeping all the cylinder pressure inside the cylinder, so much of the sophistication in Pro Stock development has been in tighter clearances, reduced ring tension and superior ring seal.