According to the specs, the motor is from D&D, and is 12.28" long x 6.7" diam, and weighs 62 lbs.
If it were me, I'd probably go with the AC-35 or AC-50 from HPEV's... I like the specs on those, and what I've been hearing about their performance. On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 5:49 PM, Lee Hart <[email protected]> wrote: > On 5/23/2013 4:18 PM, Danpatgal wrote: > >> Lee Hart wrote >> >>> Is the 6.7" series DC motor enough for this heavy of a car? >>>> >>> The L91 in my LeCar is more than adequate to do 70 mph. >>> >> >> You don't actually go 70 in your LeCar, do you ? ;) >> > > It takes a while to get up to 70 mph, but it does get there. :-) No, I > don't normally drive it over 55 mph, as none of the roads around here have > posted speed limits that high. > > Note that I don't have the stock Lectric Leopard Prestolite 48v motor, but > instead an ADC L91. I have a Curtis 1231C controller. I also had a 132vdc > pack at the time of the 70 mph speed run. It's at 120vdc now. I haven't > tried to see how fast it will go now. > > > I also have the L91 in my LeCar, I've maxed out at 65 (once), and with >> more >> than 250 amps (at 120v) >> > > Odd. Mine draws about 70 amps at 50 mph, 100 amps at 60 mph, and 150 amps > at 70 mph. > > > I've been happy with it in the small vehicle - it's no tire burner, but I >> generally keep up with traffic. >> > > Same here. The L91 is no racing motor, but it is decent for an around-town > car. > > For a small car like a Beetle, to get 50-60 miles range with >> >> lead, you've got to have 1000 lbs of lead, or MORE. >> > > I'd say that's about right. John Bryan was getting that kind of range with > his Karmann Ghia with 16 Optimas (about a 900 lbs pack), but he was very > good at keeping his rolling resistance low. > > > To me that's not worth the weight performance hit, space requirements, >> hassle to keep watered, worse winter sagging, Puekert effect and short >> pack life, compared to lithium. >> > > That may all be true to some extent. There are ways to deal with all these > issues. However, I have gotten 15 years and three lead-acid packs for less > than it would have cost me for lithium. And I don't know if the lithiums > will actually have lasted that long. > > I live in a small town, and lead meets my driving needs. So I'm content to > let others go first! :-) > > > If I had another $5k I'd have replaced the motor and controller and put in >> the HPEVS AC50. Perhaps in my next build (if it ever happens) or upgrade >> #2. >> > > More money = more performance and better range. Each person just needs to > decide how much he needs, and is willing to pay. > -- > Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls > and looks like work. -- Thomas A. Edison > > -- > Lee A. Hart, > http://www.sunrise-ev.com/**LeesEVs.htm<http://www.sunrise-ev.com/LeesEVs.htm> > ______________________________**_________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: > http://www.evdl.org/help/**index.html#usub<http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub> > http://lists.evdl.org/**listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org<http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org> > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/* > *group/NEDRA <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA>) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20130523/d2d67782/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ 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)
