Is this where we are headed? electric 11 sec car!

[H20SKE]

Is this where we are headed--talk about a positive throttle response.

This is about a 10 minute vid--and well worth it. He built this at home.

What are your thoughts on this possibility?? Think outside the box

www.opb.org/programs/ofg/videos/view/56-Electric-Drag-Racing


H20SKE...

 

[M.M. 700]

That was interesting. Fast car. Guy should be proud of himself.......hard to replace the sound of V8 though

 

[Wade]

Yep, good only white zombie. Fast little car. I'd love to own an electric car like that. But, it'd need to be good for a 100 miles per charge, for me to use it.

I think it cost him like two dollars to charge the thing up. I was surprised the A123 battery pack didn't set a new track record.

But, like most things, electric cars are only great, if your the only one with one. As soon as everyone has one, electric rates will sky rocket. And, the infrastructure will need to be seriously upgraded.

 

[Arctic Thunder]

Impressive!!!

Thanks for posting

Thunder

 

[sledRevy]

Is this where we are headed--talk about a positive throttle response.

This is about a 10 minute vid--and well worth it. He built this at home.

What are your thoughts on this possibility?? Think outside the box

www.opb.org/programs/ofg/videos/view/56-Electric-Drag-Racing


H20SKE...

thats funny I have been talking to the guys who built the kilocycle about a sled and its not that far out the kilobike is like 500 and some odd pound I knew you were a thinker

 

[JSun]

That is really cool! I some of my classmates just did a presentation on electric cars not too long ago, and I never knew about the torque curve of an electric motor until then.

Now the question is, who is going to be the first one to put it in a mountain sled?????

the evolution of high power sleds: big bores, nitrous, superchargers/turbos, electric?

100 miles a charge is good enough for me.

Sweet.....

 

[H20SKE]

.......hard to replace the sound of V8 though

He had a huge stereo system in the car with V-8 sound pumping out--connected to the pedal for rpm increase in the sound.--LOL Must have been real weird doing a burn out with no noise--LOL

I think it could be coming--years off yet--but coming.

H20SKE...

 

[OnTheEdge]

holy cow! whos down to make an electric sled!

 

[1Fast68]

Electric motors make peak torque at zero RPM, better set the clutching up real soft haha.

Seen it before, but still a cool video. You getting back into car racing there Paul?

 

[Ex-Member]

DC motors are immensely powerful.... that's why locomotives burn fuel to crank generators that power DC motors...

Problem with this is the electricity still has to be generated from something, whether it's electrochemical/photovoltaic/steam/oil/nuclear/whathaveyou.

 

[Wade]

Use a pancake motor, and you wouldn't need a chain case, or clutches, belts, or even brakes (electric braking). But, you would need one serious cluster of batteries.

Here's some math to chew on. One of the most advanced cars is the Tesla.

It carries a 990 lb (450kg) battery pack, with 53 kilowatt hours of energy (which is about the same as 8 liters of gasoline), but since it gets much higher efficiency it should be more like 7 gallons of gas, it can drive 200 miles per charge, and can deliver about 250 horses worth of energy for short runs. And it normally puts out 375 volts. The battery pack cost at least $10,000, doubt that includes the control system. The battery is huge due to cooling requirements.

You could probably make it a lot lighter, if you didn't mind the risk of an explosion, or could spread it out, to have better cooling.

 

[Ice Cap]

I have a buddy that works for a company called Tesla Motors.
Check out their site

http://www.teslamotors.com/

 

[sixpointbull]

DC motors are immensely powerful.... that's why locomotives burn fuel to crank generators that power DC motors...

Problem with this is the electricity still has to be generated from something, whether it's electrochemical/photovoltaic/steam/oil/nuclear/whathaveyou.

+1

Plus, those batteries aren't exactly made out of grass clippings and plastic bottles either. We have a rather significant chunk of public land being threatened by a mining venture that is going after "rare earth" right in the middle of our local riding area.
I wish everything could be as simple as we would be led to believe!

 

[H20SKE]

i did not think about the drive situation--could be interesting--if you go direct drive--you would dig a massive hole with all the torque--kinda of like all or nothing. Clutching--you could do something similar to todays.

As far as batteries--think future guys--light weight--the technology is going to be here someday--This could be a sweet deal for sure--if it can just be adapted--the tree huggers would have nothing to complain about--except us coming around a corner at mach 10 and them not hearing us coming ---LMAO


H20SKE...

 

[cjgodden]

I know its not a sled, but?

Found this the other day, not a sled but on the same track.
http://www.zeromotorcycles.com/

Watch the vid, its kinda goofy watchin it spin the back tire with no braaaap sound.

 

[knee deep in it]

I wonder how fast that car might go if he put a standard transmission in it?

 

[ReTodd]

I would jump on a e-rev for sure.....no clutch, no gas tank, no cross shaft, no oil, no cold seizing, no crank issues. I bet our sleds could lose 100 lbs and the cold climate we are in is ideal for the batteries to stay cool.


Hmmmm....summer project.


Rt

 

[LRD]

Here is an electric on atomic steroids, its latest world record is 7.824 at 178 mph,

The KILLACYCLE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dRpAZci9m0

 

[Scott]

Anyone see the Shelby Cobra on Speed Channel.

ELECTRIC all the way. Doing silent doughnuts in the parking lot...it was very cool.

 

[badass1000]

Here is an electric on atomic steroids, its latest world record is 7.824 at 178 mph,

The KILLACYCLE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dRpAZci9m0

I have seen the killacycle run at woodburn and it was weired. Totally quite. All you hear is some drivetrain and tire noise. It was runing 8.4's or so back then. Hopefully see it again some time at las vegas or woodburn now that it is runing 7's.