Lex Joon Racing Top Fuel Dragster Specifications

THE RACE CAR: 

  • 317 Mph in less then 5 seconds
  • 300-inch wheelbase
  • DJE Fuel system
  • AFT Clutch system
  • Strange Engineering 12-inch aluminum rear axle
  • Strange Engineering carbon fiber brake system
  • American Racing wheels
  • Good Year tires
  • Simpson safety equipment and parachutes
  • Total weight: 2250 lbs.

CHASSIS: 

  • Chassis: 2003 McKinney  
  • Brakes: Strange Engeneering carbonfiber
  • Wheels: American Racing
  • Tires: Goodyear tires
  • Chutes: Simpson chutes
  • Automan electronic clutch system
  • DJE fuel system

THE ENGINE:

  • 500 cubic inch V8 BAE aluminum hemi
  • Approximately 8,000 HP
  • Nitro-methane race fuel
  • 16 gallons per run
  • PSI 14-71 blower
  • Copperhead head gaskets
  • BAE aluminum hemi-heads
  • Alan Johnson manifold
  • Crane Cams

 

BEST PERFORMANCE:

  • Best quarter-mile elapsed time: 4.750 seconds
  • Best finish-line speed: 312,14 m/h (502 km/u)
  • Quickest side by side run in Europe
  • 5 G- forces at the starting line (nothing accelerates faster on land)
  • 6 negative G- forces upon deployment of 2 parachutes at 300 mph