I'll be happy with 200km range and maybe 120km/hr top speed (It's a street car and even 120 has cost me $s & points), as for acceleration, I'm expecting it to all come down to how well we can get the rubber to stick to the road. Does anyone know what the current fastest 0-100 time in a Zed is?
Maybe only suits the echo? I dunno 12 batteries = 144 volts x 100 amps = 14.4 kW Maybe ok for street commuter but performance well I cant see it being too good as a sports car. The batteries are going to weigh as much or more as the petrol engine you remove, and youll probably have to keep the gearbox to keep the electric motor revs up to be efficient. for teh TT power of 200kw; with 12V lead acids (100A max) youll need about 160 batteries in the car! Better get a trailer haha.
wouldnt there be more powerful types of batteries than those...how do they get those performance electric cars going???
carbon nanotube which sounds expensive to me. I have a concept for a biofuel car. fill the engine bay with hamster wheels. Car will run on corn and water. I plan a further mod to add a cat to get them all going a bit more. :biggrin:
Best of luck with it. Myself, I'd rather wait and do a Hydrogen combustion conversion, with home refuelling station. No more govt exise at current prices, I'm paying $8000 per year in fuel, crazy
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Batteries look most important "The batteries used for drag racing should be a battery that can withstand fast discharging. The Exide Orbital "Blue Top" (XCD model) can put out 2000 amps without destroying the battery." 2000 amps x 144 volts = 288kw that sounds better.
Accel times (when new) NA 0-100KMH (0-60MPH) 7.5 Seconds TT 0-100KMH (0-60MPH) 5.5 Seconds 120KMH top - depends on if 100-120 acceleration is 5 seconds or 5 minutes.....
A friend of mine is doing this to a wee mightyboy. He's using the electric motors that power the hydrolic motors in the wings of a 747. As far as i know, an electric engine has a linear torque curve, so he's kept the gearbox in there, but will keep it in 4th gear to buzz around. if any gearing to tow or move fat people around, the gears can be used. Alot of the weight comes out when you take the cooling system out, and pully driven things like alternators, water pumps, airconditioners, etc. I guess you are going to have your major dramas with issues like power steering and power brake boosters
thats more like it. I was going to use imigrants myself. That way, they pay me Return trips are an issue though
Im just G'ing you up Id love to see an electric Z I suggest you take a look at welding equipment for parts, theres plenty of nice big cables, connectors, inductors, switches, gauges, etc in them which might be useful.
These guys would know a bit I'm sure. http://www.bev.com.au/ They convert Hyundai Getz to Electric for sale. Saw them at the home show. Neat engine bay conversion. They had the Air Con and Power Steering connected also. They has a smaller motor driving that stuff, and the big motor for the drive. They also had a big red button in the car - emergency disconnect for the battery! Then of course you'll need to hook up external speakers and play a nice exhaust note so no-one knows!
