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Originally Posted by California98Civic
As to BYU's car, as I recall, the track announcer on the radio said it was a 400watt, 400 amp motor. Sound wrong?
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It sounds incredible, thats for sure, I do not have enough knowledge to know if its possible or not to go so fast with such a big vehicle and small motor. I doubt it.
I just did a quick search and found this article -
Built for speed: BYU team aiming to set record at Salt Flats
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The vehicle has about 200 horsepower in its deceptively small electric motor; that translates into 150,000 watts. That's more power than Baxter knew how to describe.
"It's hard to fathom," he said. "It's a lot."