Bluemoon
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| posted on 21/4/11 at 03:41 PM |
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Inreasting electric riot project..
Wonder how this will turn out?
http://thousand-amps.blogspot.com/
Looks like fun, apparently it should do 0-60 in 4 seconds.. not bad!
Dan
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 21/4/11 at 03:55 PM |
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not convinced with the small bore tubing to restrain that huge battery pack in a crash. The battery actually looks like hundreds of nicad cells, god
the weight of that and the cost!
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 21/4/11 at 04:00 PM |
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It's not ni-cads, they are lithium iron as per the killacycle (http://www.killacycle.com/).. Still the
batteries probably weigh less than a combustion engine, tend to agree they need to be strapped down. Looks like very early days for the project
though.
Dan
[Edited on 21/4/11 by Bluemoon]
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Humbug
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| posted on 21/4/11 at 04:26 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Bluemoon
It's not ni-cads, they are lithium iron as per the killacycle (http://www.killacycle.com/).. Still
the batteries probably weigh less than a combustion engine, tend to agree they need to be strapped down. Looks like very early days for the project
though.
Dan
[Edited on 21/4/11 by Bluemoon]
Lithium iron would probably weigh more than lithium ion 
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matt_gsxr
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| posted on 21/4/11 at 04:27 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
not convinced with the small bore tubing to restrain that huge battery pack in a crash. The battery actually looks like hundreds of nicad cells, god
the weight of that and the cost!
Not nicads but
"A123’s high-performance Nanophosphate® lithium ion battery"
I think its an awesome project.
I'd have gone 1 motor per back wheel and ditched the diff
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coozer
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| posted on 21/4/11 at 04:30 PM |
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It looks very tale heavy to me with all the electrics and hardware stuffed under the back. Surely the thing would be more efficient if they were
distributed around the frame?
Very interesting, I just want to see a viable project that actually works and can be used without silly restrictions.
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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