Originally Posted by
Sport_Pilot
1. I don' think anybody said oil does nothing for cooling. Nitro is a monopropellant. That means it can burn with no additional air. Without methanol the richer you can burn it the faster you go. That is why AA fuel dragsters and funny cars have huge 44 amp magneto's.
Ever see a radiator on a dragster? 2. It's not needed because the engine is cooled by the extra rich fuel mixture.
1. Post #16 I think it was. Something about beans.
2. If you do some actual research, you will find that guys with 40 years experience in building Top Fuel Dragster engines, say that they are essentially an oil cooled engine.