When diesels are running their fuel lean they don't get much horsepower(Louise).In a diesel truck they have to burn fuel to make more horsepower. It also helps that they have a 6-speed transmission and not the five speed transmission. When the the five speed was out they ran a higher rpm. Which it meant that it ran at a higher rpm than the six speed runs at around 1,500 rpm. Duramax has the best transmission on the market that can be bought stock.
They put one of the big motors in the charger 500. A 440 magnum cid. They (NASCAR) banned the motor from the tracks because it was just too fast with a hemi. The Charger 500 was used in movies. Well know in the fast and furious movies.
Like other companys have changed there style of the engine and tried to get more power and fail. The new duramax are pushing 400 horsepower and impressive 765 lb-ft at 1,600
Under the hood there is a Lingenfelter supercharger which adds an amazing amount of
Nascar racing is one of the most famous competitions of the world and also a national symbol. But, Nasar is more complex than what it seems, in order to win a NASCAR race, the teams behind each car have to cosidered the three D’s (Downforce, Drag and Drafting), These three factors are crucial, and if used correctly it can be the key to win the race. To have a better comprehension of the three D’s, it is necessary to understand what they are and how they affect the racing cars. Downforce Downforce allows the race cars to travel faster through a corner by increasing the vertical force. Nascar glossary states that “air pressure moving over a race car 's various surfaces creates "downforce" or increased weight.
Ford has one of the strongest trucks out of all the three key brands within America. The Ford F-450 Super Duty has 440 horsepower and can pull up to 32,500 pounds However, chevy has the second strongest truck in America, the Chevy Silverado 3500 HD. The Chevy Silverado 3500 HD has 415 horsepower and can only pull up to 23,300 pounds. In comparison, Ford and Chevy both have a diesel engine under the hood. (Sapienza).
For those 8 years Ford and Chevy were still trying to one up the Challenger and Chargers in sales and on the street. Sales were so good that Dodge only had to make slight changes like different trim packages, and slightly more horsepower to keep things fresh. As of this year, 2023 Dodge is going out with a bang by releasing crazy trim packages for the Challenger and Charger like the jailbreak models pushing a whopping 807 horsepower to the crank that allow for anything to be customizable from the paint of the car to the stitching of seats. Dodge has just unveiled the brand new Challenger Demon 170, this is a 1025 crank horsepower street legal monster reaching 0-60 in just 1.66 seconds and producing the most amount of g-force acceleration in any production vehicle at an insane 2 lateral gs. They are only producing 3,300 of them and only 3,000 are going to be sold in the U.S. market with an MSRP of
However, the Hellcat is still a beast even though it looks like a normal stock car. The Demon is one of the most epic cars that have ever been made. The Demon was declared Highest Horsepower of Any Production Car, Highest G-Force by a Production Car, First Wheelie by a Production Car, World’s Fastest Zero to Sixty Production Car, and World’s Fastest Quarter-Mile Production Car.
In the front wheel drive the engine is over the wheels. Front wheel drives give a smoother drive on the road. The front wheel drive has more traction than the rear wheel drive. The front wheel drive can give more traction in any type of weather such as wet, dry, or snow, or
When you look at IndyCar fans in comparison to other motorsports circuits like NASCAR, you can see a clear difference between the level of fan bases and their loyalty to the sport. IndyCar’s legal battle with CART racing diminished their image with fans of the sport and saw many fans switch their loyalty to other racing organizations (Ferrell & Hartline, 2014). NASCAR fans display a true loyalty when it comes to the drivers, the racing teams, the racing atmosphere and the overall love for the company. IRL fans do not express loyalty for the company, but primarily to a specific driver whose loyal fan base leaves with them as they move on to new contracts outside of IRL. Unlike NASCAR who needs no gimmick to bring in fans, the IndyCar circuit
Facts about Nascar Did you know that the number of NASCAR fans is estimated at 75 million? This sport has wide appeal across the world. NASCAR is a challenging sport, is raced on a variety of tracks, and the longest race takes place in North Carolina on Memorial Day. First, the true definition of a sport is: An athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature.
Therefore, automobiles were used to get from one place to another quickly, the use of automobiles relied on the speed of automobiles. American car companies such as GM, Chrysler, and Ford wanted to make something different than the average everyday car, they wanted to create something with more speed that stood out from the rest of the automobiles. In 1954 GM came out with the first sports car with a new body and sleek paint, it was the Corvette. The 1954 Chevrolet Corvette had a v6 engine with an automatic transmission, around 3,640 of these Corvettes were produced. They were produced in St. Louis, Missouri with a starting price of $2,774 and a fuel capacity of 17.25 gallons.
Eventually, “Moonrunners" started to race their cars. This formed into the sport of Stock Car Racing. During the 1920’s this sport was a huge hit because it was new and exciting. To this day stock Car Racing is still around and it usually known as NASCAR Racing. (https://auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-racing/nascar/history/history-of-stock-car-racing.htm)
The solution was to take Ford's bullet-proof 1500 Kent engine and fit a twin-cam cylinder head. The cars would be built by Lotus at its plant in Cheshunt, and known as the Lotus Cortina. Sure enough, the car went on to dominate saloon car racing
Car racing is the most famous type of racing like I said from before. And in that there are lots of categories in car racing like circuit racing, rallying and drag racing. Almost all drivers of racing categories (except for drag racing) started as driving go karts. As these drivers go up the
