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Originally Posted by lutach
What impressed me the most about the Eliica is the top speed. Tesla doesn't come close to it. The motor that I'm looking at will be capable of speeds close to or faster then the Eliica, but it will all depend on gearing. I kind of gave up on it after the price kept going up, but with that motor I was going to basically try and see if hooking it to a 3:1 IRS rear end would do the trick.
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The Tesla doesn't have that top speed because it's running through a 2 speed transmission that's a gear reducton (as you said, gearing is what gets these things up to such crazy speeds), and the motor tops out at 14,000 RPM max on certain models. It's also got a 250hp motor, which is peanuts compared to the Eliica. The Eliica has wheel motors, so you get far more wheel RPM than the Tesla gets probably; plus you got 8 of them in the Eliica, so that is bound to spread out the load more evenly amongst the motors as opposed to just one motor. Combine this with the massive power, and the thing is a lead sled rocket! Wonder how the Eliica handles weighing in at 5000+lbs.?
3:1 direct drive is crazy, especially with a 750hp capable motor spinning 20,000 RPM! It'd be super simple though! The less crap to break, the better (and with 750hp on tap....I'm sure stuff would break).
I'd love an electric drag car. Having 100% torque at 0 RPM would be a plus in drag racing (but could also really suck in terms of wheel spin off the line...).