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cornholio135 12-04-2008 01:23 PM

Electric Car that is fastest on the Drag Strip
 
this is very interesting... that Datsun is FAST!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.opb.org/programs/ofg/vide...ic-Drag-Racing

Alucard 12-04-2008 01:27 PM

hahaha thats awesome

pksan123 12-04-2008 01:28 PM

wow lol that's awesome :yesnod:

krijpipudht 12-04-2008 03:27 PM

Electric bike in 8.02 of the clip....

0-60 in less than 2 sec. I'll pee myself on that thing.

CyberPitz 12-04-2008 04:36 PM

"Save the air! Use electric...."*Burn rubber*

I laughed at that, but damn that thing is awesomely fast.

moRotorMotor 12-05-2008 10:59 PM

Do want. Thanks for sharing this link.

solito 12-05-2008 11:25 PM

Dammmmmmm!!!! -Forget the 16X, Im getting an electric.

ShinkaTeen 12-05-2008 11:58 PM

i always thought electricity gave out a different kind of pollution.hmmmm

kersh4w 12-06-2008 05:57 PM

all energy production has some sort of pollution.

you cant create something out of nothing.

nycgps 12-06-2008 07:09 PM


Originally Posted by kersh4w (Post 2756902)
all energy production has some sort of pollution.

you cant create something out of nothing.

wait wait wait ! I know one thing that you could !

the Government bailout money ! Just a few clicks on the computer then BAM ! You have hundred billion dollars ! :lol: (Sorry for thread high jack)

J Mackin 12-06-2008 08:11 PM

Hmm...

rotary engine = compact & lightweight but low torque, low gas mileage.

electric motor = high torque, doesnt use gas but limited mileage

how 'bout a rotary hybrid? :yesnod:

Ditch the seats at the back of the 8 to make room for those lithium batteries

sounds like a feasible project hehe

Ross_Dawg 12-06-2008 08:27 PM


Originally Posted by J Mackin (Post 2757037)
Hmm...

rotary engine = compact & lightweight but low torque, high gas mileage.

wait what?

J Mackin 12-06-2008 08:36 PM

oh my bad (edits post)

SiLVeRE8 12-07-2008 04:25 AM

i am going to find myself some electric rotors

kainis2k 12-07-2008 07:42 AM


Originally Posted by SiLVeRE8 (Post 2757384)
i am going to find myself some electric rotors

I would love to do an electric conversion to my 8 just so I could pull up next to the 600hp Honda kids in town and just destroy them every time... They wouldn't realize there's no sound because their fart cans usually drown out everything else anyways...

solito 12-07-2008 07:55 AM

-Way better gas milage
-Torque on the fly
-Quiet(I can actually hear my music and not the strain of the engine)
= I want it!

Oh and pollution, -compared to gas/oil emissions, carcinogeons etc.?
Yeah bring on the electric motor

longpath 12-07-2008 11:11 AM


Originally Posted by J Mackin (Post 2757037)
Hmm...

rotary engine = compact & lightweight but low torque, low gas mileage.

electric motor = high torque, doesnt use gas but limited mileage

how 'bout a rotary hybrid? :yesnod:

Ditch the seats at the back of the 8 to make room for those lithium batteries

sounds like a feasible project hehe

My understanding is that Mazda's experimental Gasoline/Hydrogen 5 uses a hybrid internal combustion (IC)/electric powertrain with the current renesis engine as the IC component. When I first heard of the prototype's debut in Japan some years back, I told my Mazda dealer that if Mazda brought that vehicle to market without the hydrogen fuel features, I'd be seriously interested.

I also recall seeing a 13B that Mazda had set up for hydrogen before the renesis came out, that was fitted with a ring motor that acted as a generator/motor, so I think there's at least some thought about a hybrid rotary/electric arrangement. I don't know if the issues are cost, technical, or even marketing; but there is evidence to support the contention that people at Mazda are thinking about something along those lines.

SlayerRX8 12-07-2008 11:43 PM

Well that's nice that electric technology is coming along but until it actually beats out gasoline engines, I'm not interested. And if a high 11 second car is "unbeatable" at his drag strip, he needs to stop racing in someone's back yard. Because that's just a joke.

longpath 12-08-2008 11:03 AM


Originally Posted by SlayerRX8 (Post 2758467)
Well that's nice that electric technology is coming along but until it actually beats out gasoline engines, I'm not interested. And if a high 11 second car is "unbeatable" at his drag strip, he needs to stop racing in someone's back yard. Because that's just a joke.

I don't know. It seems to me that a high 11 second car that is streetable is worth something, especially if it was done affordably (I regard the Tesla as something of a joke because if I really was in the market for a 6-figure automobile, there are a number that I find far more appealing).


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