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  2003 McKinney 300" Top Fuel Dragster
  500 cubic inch supercharged and fuel-injected aluminum HEMI engine
(produces
7000 horsepower @ 8000 RPM on 90% nitromethane)
  Burns 12 gallons of fuel in one quarter mile pass
  5 disc centrifugal lock-up clutch (high gear only)
  3.20:1 rear end gears
  36"x16"x17" Goodyear drive tires
  Two 14' Simpson crossform parachutes and carbon fiber disc brakes for deceleration
  Onboard data recorder
  Best Performances:
0-60 mph - 0.75 seconds
1/8 mile - 3.14 secs. @ 265.53 mph
1/4 mile - 4.780 secs. @ 315.42 mph
  Acceleration force: +4.5 G's
  Deceleration force: -6.0 G's (with both parachutes deployed)
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