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http://www.wired.com/2014/04/don-garlits-electric-dragster/
This 2,000 Horsepower Electric Dragster Could Hit 200 MPH
By Alexander George  04.29.14

[images  / Randy Cannon
http://www.wired.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/SR-37-and-Swampy-660x384.jpg
Drag racing legend Don Garlits hopes to achieve 200 mph in this electric
dragster

http://www.wired.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/4.7.2014-battery-update-1-660x495.jpg
The SR-37 runs off of a 1,200-cell lithium polymer battery array


video  (2012 test launch of an earlier incarnation of SR-37)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0pQgY09bfjA
SW37 HTS 1500kW First Launch.MOV
HighTechSystems· Dec 23, 2012
Don Garlits first Launch after burnout. High Tech Systems LLC racing battery
not turned up all the way. Let off at 300ft mark coasted through. Battery
current set to a max 800amps per controller total of 2400amps. The
controllers can be turned up to a maximum of 2000amps each latter. Motor
voltage set 340volts for each pair or 170volt per motor. The dragster was
set to 1/2 power max for these runs.

60ft was 1.138
330ft was 3.222
1/8thmile was 5.485
95.60MPH
1000ft 8.165
ET 11.328
61.86MPH
]

“Big Daddy” Don Garlits was the first man to break 200 mph in a dragster.
Five decades later, he hopes to do it again–in an electric dragster.

Garlits, often called the father of drag racing, hopes to set that benchmark
this week. He isn’t the first guy to bring batteries to the drag strip, but
if he achieves his goal, it will shatter the existing benchmark by more than
41 mph.

He’ll make the attempt at the wheel of Swamp Rat 37. It features a
lithium-polymer battery made of four packs, two on each side of the car.
Each pack holds 300 lithium polymer cells for a total of 1,200 cells,
producing a maximum of 420V with a current of 3,600 amps. That rig provides
juice to six 7.5-inch series-wound DC motors from GE. The whole setup
produces produce 1,500 kilowatts — that’s just a bit more than 2,000
horsepower. That kind of power is nothing in a world where top fuel
dragsters puts down 8,000 horsepower or so and kiss 325 mph, but it’s still
an impressive figure. The chassis, built by renowned builder Brad Hadman, is
made of 4130 chromoly tubing. It’s got a 265-inch wheelbase and an aluminum
alloy body.

The dragster has been two years in the making, beginning with trial runs in
2012. His team launched a Kickstarter but canceled it April 4 after raising
just $5,635. The team charged ahead and plans to make its run for 200 mph
this week at Bradenton Motorsports Park, not far from Tampa, Florida.

Garlits is synonymous with drag racing, having made his first run in 1950
and scoring his first major win five years later. He is a legend, with 17
championships to his name and a book full of records. He was the first to
hit several speed milestones, including 150, 180, 200 and 250 mph. His run
for 200 mph under electric power comes 50 years after he hit that benchmark
in a gas-burning dragster.

Electric drag racing has long been a thing, with cars White Zombie proving
the EV haters wrong. There’s even a a National Electric Drag Racing
Association. Dennis Berube holds the current record for an electric quarter
mile run, tripping the lights at 159.85 mph in 2007 with Current Eliminator
V. Look beyond the dragstrip, though, and Ohio State University’s Buckeye
Bullet set the electric vehicle land speed record at 307 mph.
[© wired.com]




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