Fastest Electric Batteries/Car in the USA!

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Team Haiyin EV Racing now owns the record for the fastest and quickest 1/4 mile EV drag car in the USA! :lol:

Racing at Lebanon Valley Dragway, NY. Sanctioned by the East Coast Electric Drag Racing Association. 10.08 seconds in1/4 mile @ 127.75 mph. "Warp Factor II" driver by Ron Adamowicz. 8)

http://youtu.be/9psoOXNbx2k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9psoOXNbx2k&feature=feedblg
 
Nicely done Ron! Woot!!

I love seeing those meats wad up. Sounds like you can hear the loading of the ring and pinion gear clicking from one tooth to the next as well right at the line if I'm not mistaken. Pretty damn cool.
 
Very cool!

Although, after watching that clip, I now know electric drag racing will never be very popular. It's like watching fireworks on TV, or lightning with no thunder. :wink:
 
When they can race electrics against gas, then the noise will be there!
otherDoc
 
Guys, I have to tell ya! The people at the track love this car, I always have a crowd at my pits. :shock:

Some love the fact that the car is silent, but deadly! :twisted:
 
Excellent!!

now i see you make serious competition to EVplasmaboy with the datsun with 10.25sec !.. the only record he have now is to be street legal..

I agree gas car and electric car on the tracks is alot more interesting than two electric car on the tracks

But who know.. the day the HIGH POWER axial flux motor will be in the multi 100kW range the sound will be awsome!!

just like the old popular variable axial flux motor of the solar car of japaneese university!

i ALWAYS FOUND THAT 3 PHASE MOTOR SOUND VERY GOOD.. JUST LIKE A TURBINE!

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wow Doc! Is that your next motor? :shock: I think since I hate noise I would go to see electric drags more than I do gassers. Rock on EVRacers!
otherDoc

Edit:Would this mean that a rail type dragster in electric could get 8 seconds?
 
Doc, that is my favorite electric motor of all time. What an excellent sound!!

Some motors seem to be quite loud. I think eventually the EV world should focus on the audible factor.
It probably means taking a hit in efficiency, but most people want to hear the motor and dismiss electric racing based on sound alone.
 
docnjoj said:
wow Doc! Is that your next motor? :shock: I think since I hate noise I would go to see electric drags more than I do gassers. Rock on EVRacers!
otherDoc

Edit:Would this mean that a rail type dragster in electric could get 8 seconds?


Some rail with gear tooth on the surface :twisted: .. no more grip problem! :mrgreen:

Doc
 
Cute Doc. You mean a cog-rail system. We probably shouldn't use Bafang gears :D
otherDoc
 
Congrats on the record BTW.

I have always said that once someone uses high discharge cells ( > 30C ), we'd see records broken.

Now do better :mrgreen: :twisted:
 
Congrats! Great to see that car finally making runs. :twisted:
I could have sworn I read somewhere about White Zombie breaking 10s...looking over his site though, I think I may have been remembering future plans, not past occurrences. Competition breeds excellence; I can't wait to see what happens with the two of you going head to head. :twisted:
 
Hillhater said:
EVDragRacer said:
Team Haiyin EV Racing now owns the record for the fastest and quickest 1/4 mile EV drag car in the USA! :lol: .

Err ?... what is this one then ? ... 7.56 secs. I know its not a "door slammer" ..but it is an EV drag car.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_ukLgsGEzs&NR=1

Actually, it was 7.956 seconds... you just can't see the 9 digit on the sign, but they did read it off near the end.

What is interesting to me is THAT is a dragster. It is an example of taking a purpose built race car one step further than the "Camaro" doorslammer. An Econorail dragster sounds to me like it might be the ultimate platform for the batteries and powertrain driving the Camaro. Having gone to a fuel source (nanotech lipo) that doesn't require the volume of a lower C rate battery pack, fitting the rail with the twin in line motors, two speed overdrive and batteries might not prove difficult in a rail, allowing even lower weight and significantly lower drag with the potential for being able to plant even more of that power.

It's tougher to go that fast in a full bodied race car like the Camaro, even more so in one where it's street legal and can be driven to the track. Rail... towed in in a trailer, Camaro... probably towed in on a trailer... a certain Datsun... quite probably driven to the track and home again. There are a lot of 10 second drag cars that get used only on the track, there are a lot less 10 second drag cars that are completely streetable and even fewer that are truly street legal. And I suspect we could count on our fingers the number of 10 second street legal cars that can run a couple of hundred miles without refueling.

I for one don't want to see more "I'm better than that guy and his car, neener neener neener!" I want to see people going fast on electric... stupid fast. I want to see that Camaro deep deep deep into the 9's... if the investment and development of the package continues, I wouldn't doubt it capable of being an 8.90 car... I suspect 9.90's are going to be a fact shortly. Eventually we will see someone stealing another idea from the gas crowd and blowing nitrous or something through the motors during a pass as a method of keeping it cool under the huge power output... maybe lighter and more effective than water cooling.
 
So ok, you've got the hottest cells the world has to offer right now and you're pulling a ~10 sec.
Gas cars are doing 6-7 seconds these days. But that's 2000+ horsepower.

What's the limiting factor to going 9-8 seconds?
 
neptronix said:
So ok, you've got the hottest cells the world has to offer right now and you're pulling a ~10 sec.
Gas cars are doing 6-7 seconds these days. But that's 2000+ horsepower.
What's the limiting factor to going 9-8 seconds?

Well he does have a new cell pack lined up ..
EVDragRacer said:
... Haiyin has produced the new cell with 30mm tabs, this style pack can be built in parallel boxes (60ah) and then connected in series. Using the new battery (which 2000 should arrive any day) will allow me to remove the heavy bus bars and install a BMS to monitor low/high voltage and heat. The nano-techs are great for smaller applications, motorcycles, bikes, etc..... :lol:

Dragster ..another class all together.

Yes agreed, .... BUT look at the thread title. :wink:
 
Guys, thanks for the compliments!

It's funny how some have posted Dennis Berube's car in this thread. The Current Eliminator is a rail, not a drag car. Rails are much much lighter around 1200lbs and called dragsters. Dennis is a very good friend of mine, I was using his hairball (from his rail) the whole summer, it was in during my 10.08 run. Finally, we were able to buy new hairballs, I just sent his back.

In regards to street legal, no big deal. If I wanted to remove the wheely bars the Camaro could be registered street legal. Lights, wipers, horn etc,,,,all works.

I will let you guys in on our plans for the winter upgrade! :mrgreen:
Two new Netgain 11"HV Motors.
Two new Zilla 2K EHV Controllers.
New higher voltage battery pack.

I will take a wild guess and say 7 to 8 seconds in the 1/4 mile in the spring! :shock:
 
Um.....OK EVDragRacer I'll ask the dumb question. What's a hairball in this context?
otherDoc
 
9.51 sec in an electric VW bug . ! ( and yes , i know its not in the USA )
http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/19/battery-powered-black-current-vw-beetle-flaunts-itself-in-drag/
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NEDRA NEWS (April 23, 2011) Brothers Sam and Oliver Young made it into electric drag racing history today at Santa Pod Raceway in the UK with his 1600 pound electric VW bug, "Black Current." Sam piloted Black Current to a 9.82 @ 132.22 mph run at 10:15 GMT followed by a 9.51 time at 135.65 mph at 13:52 GMT. The time is a new record for the Extreme/A3 NEDRA Class and also made it into the NEDRA 125 MPH Club.
The current running through Black Current is provided by FlightPower Lithium Polymer® EVO Ultra Nano batteries which have thicker innerconnects then regular RC batteries to handle the extra current.
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You guys need to add Shawn Lawless with his 9.8 second run in Florida! We are all on the cutting edge of EV Drag Racing! :mrgreen:
 
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