I have an AC50 with the Curtis 1238-7501 550A peak controller in a 2260 lb Suzuki Swift with original transmission and clutch. It does 0 to 60 in about 16 seconds, 0 to 40 mph in 8 seconds (without revving and popping the clutch). It accelerates fine onto the highway - I am usually slowed by other cars, not vice-versa, but that will depend on how people drive in your area. You might count one thousand, two thousand... or time it on your watch when you accelerate onto a highway to see how fast traffic normally accelerates.
The AC50/550A controller gives performance comparable to a Warp9 with a 500A peak controller, somewhat better with the 650A controller. A Warp9 with a higher current controller would give much greater acceleration and power. The peak AC50 power with the Curtis 1238-7601 650A peak controller is about 75 H.P., whereas the peak power of the Warp9 with Soliton Jr controller is closer to 200 H.P. using a higher voltage pack, and of course the Soliton1 or Zilla 1k give much greater peak power than that. The newer AC51 with Curtis 144V Controller has about 10% higher peak torque than the AC50/1238-7501 and higher peak power, about 85 H.P. It's performance is similar to the AC50/1238-7601 controller since both are limited by the peak power of the controllers, with the AC50/7601 having a bit higher peak torque but lower base speed. -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Deciding-between-ac-50-and-warp-9-system-tp4664514p4664530.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)
