View Single Post
Old 06-29-2016, 03:04 PM   #19 (permalink)
jray3
Karmann Eclectric
 
jray3's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Graham, WA
Posts: 165

Odysseus - '00 Honda Odyssey

MR BEAN - '12 Mitsubishi i-MiEV SE

Karmann Eclectric - '71 VW Karmann Ghia Electric Conversion

BOB - '87 Ford 250 Lariat ext cab
Thanks: 9
Thanked 90 Times in 51 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by e*clipse View Post
Possible, with traction as the limitation?

Well, it's been done quite a few times before.
Thank you for finally bringing the White Zombie and Killacycle into this thread. The Zombie did 1.6 second 60 foot runs six years ago with nothing more than a calibrated right foot! That was with street legal tires, no warming blankets or any nonsense other than a burnout. Sure, advanced controls can both win races and improve safety, efficiency, and repeatability, but it's just to replace driver skill and govern the brute force inherent to electric drive. I enjoy regen EVen more than the next guy, and may never buy another pure ICE vehicle, but it's still my series-motored conversions that give the biggest EV grins.
__________________
2012 Mitsubishi i-MiEV, 112 MPGe
2000 Honda Odyssey
1987 F250 Diesel, 6.9L IDI, goes on anything greasy
1983 Grumman Kurbwatt, 170 kW "Gone Postal" twin
1983 Mazda RX-7 electric, 48 kW car show cruiser
1971 VW Karmann Ghia electric, 300 kW tire-smoker
1965 VW Karmann Ghia cabriolet, 1600cc
Have driven over 100,000 all-electric miles!
  Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to jray3 For This Useful Post:
e*clipse (06-30-2016)