One of the coolest and wisest teams I can recall was Dan Gurneys run Toyota GTP car team before the series dissolved. He took a turboed 2.1L powered car and consistently whipped every car in the field, even with continuous weight jacking in efforts to level the playing field. This team was so dominant that in the last season the team failed to enter several races just so someone besides Toyota could post a victory.

I've often wondered why turbos have never been used in cars in the Top Fuel class. With todays level of engine management technology I feel certain a turboed V-8 would be capable of waaaaaay outproducing the HP the blower motors currently make.

An idea put forth 40+ yrs ago by David Vizard in how to effectively eliminate any boost lag was so simple and straightforward it was amazing. He used a nitrous shot to instantly rev the engine to a boost producing range and then had the nitrous shut off automatically using a Hobbs switch. Sheer genius!!

Back to the crandall1970s comment, I see there's been no attempt to justify their all to easily de-bunked BS statement