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In RACER Magazine: Funny Car’s Jet Age

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In RACER Magazine: Funny Car’s Jet Age

By alley - Nov 2, 2016, 2:28 PM ET

A simple tweak to the exhaust headers of NHRA's 11,000hp, nitro-burning Funny Cars has unleashed record-ripping performance.Something obvious, something right out in the open – one of the few parts of a Funny Car engine that's visible even when the body's down – has unleashed perhaps drag racing's greatest performance...

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