Here is what I got from John Metric. His initial comment is with respect to the fact that I saw him interviewed on a TV show. A 12 second 1/4 mile time would be just fine. A 10 second time would be AWESOME. The problem is that it would take slicks to hitthat 10 second time and I fear driveline carnage would ensue due to the excessive torque of the two electric motors.
BTW, I originally asked him about two Warp 11s. He said they were overkill for my project. They just added cost with no real payback. With respect to batteries, he doesn't provide much detail. But my intial thought was that "If they can fit batteries in a little Miata, surely I can fit them in a Corvette!" Yes, a Corvette is really heavy body to start with. I kind of thought he would mention that he was asking about my Miata Conversion when I told him how much it would take to go fast and how much to set records in drag racing as I represent the National Electric Drag Racing Association. So far since that show, I have gotten calls about converting a F250 pickup,. a hummer, and a rock climber, now a corvette.... No miatas... HOWEVER, I like a challenge... First are we on the same page? You want to go fast at the dragstrip right? or at the Indy 500? Two completely different things. You want to be the fastest Corvette to highway speed but have a top speed of 100mph, thats pretty easy. You want to go 200mph land speed racing, very much more difficult request. Can I ask you to give me a call. We can say 1000 things much faster over the phone than a short email and this is a complicated subject. Base parts only numbers for the cheapest build for a corvette at about 3500lbs final weight (which is about 1000lbs heavier than a miata Conversion): Two warp9 motors $4000 One Zilla Controller $5000 One drag racing battery pack $7,000 That should get you to the 12's like a real corvette. Want to spend about another $5000 on batteries you could be in the 10's. The real question is how much range you want, cause that's where the project really balloons. With my drag racing hat on and the show about EV Drag Racing, most people are disappointed in the range of drag racing pack. 10-20miles. Of course, the one in my Miata makes 1000 battery horsepower and has about a 40 mile range, but at a price. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160115/068332f3/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
