"As far as slowing fuel cars down...sure, one pump and one mag will slow em down, but if you think it will be any cheaper, or allow any lower budget teams to be more competitive, you are sadly mistaken. Less fuel and less spark, just means they will use more compression, more boost and more lead. Motors will still be on the edge and burned up on a regular basis, probably more so. Sure, you could limit boost and compression, but then you have a spec motor, that everybody is screaming they don't want. You can't have it both ways. I have a good friend, who is the crew chief on a current, top 3 fuel car. We have had this discussion many times. If it was as easy as everyone thinks, it would have already been done."

Another thing that many don't understand is that the fuel itself is a coolant for the nitro cars. Not all of the fuel these huge pumps move gets burned. Some goes through the engine where it picks up heat then gets bypassed back into the fuel cell. If the pump size it cut something else has to suffice for this part of the operation.