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[njgt-1]

Guys,

No VW but a 1970s Datsun and the fastest street legal electric car, makes you think!
Lets see 1 VW body, couple of motors Hmmmmm..... ton of cordless drill batteries!

You get the idea! I didn't believe it either! check out the video..

Enjoy!

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

[Baha (Shawn)]

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[njgt-1]

bad idea

Say what you want but watch this thing smoke a vette!


lets try again......

[Baha (Shawn)]

This is THE number 1 EV guy. He builds incredible stuff. In case yo didn't know, just prior to aquiring th Meanie I was looking to do this to a Geo Storm.

Neil Young owns this and it holds records as well
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[jthw8]

for drag it makes perfect sense, electric motors make tremendous torque and make it immediately and hold a steady torque curve unlike gas motors.

Having raced scale versions I can say that in drag especially the big downside is you are dumping ALOT of juice through the motor in a few seconds. 

For the scale cars you could make one pass on a motor and battery set, then they needed 24 hours to cool from the heat generated in the dump

Still electric has some amazing performance potential

[njgt-1]

Having raced scale versions I can say that in drag especially the big downside is you are dumping ALOT of juice through the motor in a few seconds. 

For the scale cars you could make one pass on a motor and battery set, then they needed 24 hours to cool from the heat generated in the dump

The guy mentions in the video that a recharge takes about 15 minutes. I'd guess to perform like that hes dumping all the juice out of the battery pack. I'd think Lithiun-ion batteries must charge up very quickly.

Still electric has some amazing performance potential

Yea, when you see that car blow the doors off of the vette it makes you think! Its all about HP to weight and with the non-existing torque curve of the electric motor that thing must be lethal off the line!

Neil Young owns this and it holds records as well

I've seen the vids of Neils Lincoln before one very cool car! Neil is one of my favorites, his music has always been great and just for the record the song " Long may you run" was written about a car he had back in the 60's think it was a Dodge.