I believe john walland does the quarter in less than ten in his electric Mazda.
Sent from my iPhone > On May 13, 2015, at 2:12 AM, brucedp5 via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > > > http://ecomento.com/2015/05/07/enfield-electric-1975-1000-horsepower-car/ > Meet the 1000 horsepower 1975 Enfield electric (w/video) > May 7, 2015 | > > [video > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o6igJGsBoM > Flux Capacitor - 500+ hp Electric Enfield 8000 - 12.62 @ 101.65 mph > VeeDubRacing Apr 26, 2015 > 2015 Big Bang at Santa Pod Raceway > Jonny Smith in the Adrian Flux sponsored Flux Capacitor Electric Car. It is > a 1974 Enfield 8000 that ... > > > image > http://cdn.ecomento.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/1975-Enfield-electric-car-2.jpg > Enfield 8000 from the 1970s > ] > > Once upon a time, hot rodders talked about cubic inches and carburetors. > Today, they talk about volts, amps and kilowatt-hours. One such fellow is > Jonny Smith, a Brit who goes by the name CarPervert on Twitter. > > Jonny was on the hunt for a tiny electric car from the 70’s called the > Enfield E8000 ECC. It came from the factory on the Isle of Wight with an 8 > horsepower electric motor and a range of about 40 miles using a bank of > conventional lead/acid deep discharge batteries. He found the car he wanted > in Wales and set about converting it to a drag racer. > > Smith was determined to make it into a 1000 horsepower 1975 Enfield. His > inspiration was John Wayland’s famous White Zombie – a lowly Datsun 1200 > that was converted into a ferocious drag racer in Oregon. In an interesting > twist, that same car was also the inspiration for the Zombie 222 electric > Mustang we wrote about a few weeks ago. > > Today, the car that started life as a modest electric runabout sports a > custom-built battery pack made up of 144 Kokam lithium-ion cells and > assembled by British firm Hyperdrive. The batteries are normally used to run > the starters and mini-guns in a Bell AH1 SuperCobra attack helicopter. > > The batteries pack delivers 370 volts, 600 kilowatts, more than 2000 amps, > 1003hp, and 1200 lb-ft of torque – all while weighing less than 360 lbs. > Those are the kind of numbers that bring tears to the eyes of modern day hot > rodders. > > All that electricity goes to power two 9? Current Racing motors – modified > Netgain Warp 9? series wound direct current motors – which turn street legal > drag racing tires mounted on massive (for an Enfield) 14×7 Wolfrace mag > wheels harvested from a cast-off 1970 Pontiac TransAm. > > Jonny Smith, aka CarPervert, named his micro-race Flux Capacitor, in honor > of the iconic DeLorean featured in the movie Back To The Future. During its > first race weekend, his team kept things turned down a bit. After all, 1003 > horsepower in a car barely 8 feet long could be a bit scary. “I have to say > it felt shockingly good,” says Smith. “The twin 9? Current Racing motors > were strong, the coupling and 6? propshaft held, as did the Hyperdrive > battery pack, with its twinkling LED lit battery management system.” > > Later in the weekend, the team turned up the wick and the car sprinted > through the quarter mile in 12.56 seconds at 101.43 mph. That’s faster than > the original 2010 Tesla Roadster. “Mid 12s makes it faster than any > road-going production EV bar Tesla’s P85D – which is my next benchmark to > beat,” Jonny said. “That means running 11s.” > > Can the Flux Capacitor run more than a second quicker? Look at it this way: > The Enfield now weighs under 2000 lbs; the Tesla is around 5000 lbs. The > Enfield has 1003 horsepower; the Tesla about 700. So far, the Flux Capacitor > has been running only 70% of its maximum power. What do you think will > happen when all of its full potential is unleashed? > [© ecomento.com] > > > > > For EVLN posts use: > http://evdl.org/evln/ > > http://time.com/3856522/bill-nye-science-guy-reddit-questions/ > billnye.com praises Powerwall & wants wrist-device-called driverless- > etaxi-cities> cleaner,quieter,nil-wrecks > http://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/news/local/energy-expert-2030-cars-will-be-self-driving-elect/nmFX2/ > > http://www.newswiretoday.com/news/152552/ > Automakers Shift Plugins Towards 6kw Onboard Chargers > > http://www.gizmag.com/electric-motorcycles-scooters-government-subsidy-uk/37309/ > UK government to subsidize electric two-wheelers > > http://www.shanghaidaily.com/metro/society/Street-cleaner-killed-by-drunk-driver/shdaily.shtml > EV-driving street-cleaner Xu-Yifeng killed by drunk-ice-driver @4:25a > http://english.eastday.com/auto/eastday/metro/u1ai8487340.html > > http://www.sequimgazette.com/business/301725931.html > L2 SCH EVSE @Sequim, WA Co-op Farm & Garden True Value store > + > EVLN: SWIFT rolls out Belgium's largest BMW i3-rex pih fleet > > > {brucedp.150m.com} > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-UK-s-1000hp-1975-Electric-Enfield-v-tp4675477.html > Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
