Over the last 75 years, hot rodders have tried souping-up their engines with every possible exotic fuel and power additive. After trial and error, they settled on nitromethane—a dry-cleaning solvent ...

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Ed Smith explains why nitromethane engines produce their distinctive cackle sound and what makes the exhaust note so ...

This video examines a handheld single-cylinder nitro engine (2.95 cc) that produces about 1.8 horsepower and explains why ...

NHRA teams pay $1800 for a 40-gallon drum of nitromethane, so they’re paying $45 a gallon—and that’s a group discount negotiated for the entire racing season. Every single run consumes 14 gallons of ...

Despite decades of research, the microscopic details and extreme states of matter found within a detonating high explosive have yet to be elucidated. Here we present the first quantum ...

Top Fuel drag racing and the dragsters that compete are really something else. I recently talked with my uncle who owns some jet skis who I discovered really likes watching NHRA drag racing. He told ...