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Old 07-14-2009, 04:17 PM   #5 (permalink)
TheSGC
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Nice Vette!

I liked the videos fast pace and also seeing the sun go done.

I think a single Warp11 is just fine. Gobs of torque and with the transmission you should have no problem showing off.

Though, you will be hard pressed to get 60-80 with Lead Acid batteries. 60 miles of range is usually the limit and that usually needs 144 volts and 240 Ah golf cart batteries, about 1500 lbs of lead.

With 144 volt 150 Ah your range will be closer to 32 miles. A Honda Civic driving Econo style will get 40 miles using 144 volts and 170 ah of batteries, so 60-80 miles using lead acid in a Vette will be hard pressed, if not impossible.

And yes, jack rabbit acceleration has HUGE effect on range, and so do these stupid MA hills!

Make sure that you controller can produce 250 AMPs continuously too. I just spent the past few days figuring out the power required for a lot of these hills, and my Kelly doesn't hold up at all, and a Curtis probably wouldn't either because of the rather high Current needed for climbing at anything above 5 MPH, (Been there, and doing that....putt putt putt up those hills...)
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