If I was the owner, what would I do?

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.

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...).

[lutach]

Originally Posted by Five-oh-joe

The Tesla doesn't have that top speed because it's running through a 2 speed transmission that's a gear reducton, and the motor tops out at 14,000 RPM max. The Eliica has wheel motors, so you get far more wheel RPM than the Tesla gets probably.

3:1 is a crazy, especially with a 750hp capable motor spinning 20,000 RPM! It'd be super simple though! The less crap to break, the better.

You won in style with the Tesla, but the Eliica can seat 4 people . Most of the electric cars I see coming out are crap designed by old guys and college kids who has no idea of what is out there. I remember one guy I met in Florida who used to say, "People that goes to college are basically dumb bastards who can't figure crap out on their own so they need to learn from someone else". I was .

Originally Posted by lutach

You won in style with the Tesla, but the Eliica can seat 4 people . Most of the electric cars I see coming out are crap designed by old guys and college kids who has no idea of what is out there. I remember one guy I met in Florida who used to say, "People that goes to college are basically dumb bastards who can't figure crap out on their own so they need to learn from someone else". I was .

LOL! Did he even make it past college? Someone may be a bit sour on the subject from bad experiences perhaps...

I wouldn't exactly call Aerospace Engineering "dumb crap" either....but that's just me. Hehe!

There's a bit talk about EV batteries in teslas's blog, http://www.teslamotors.com/blog4/?p=59

[lutach]

Originally Posted by benjakas

There's a bit talk about EV batteries in teslas's blog, http://www.teslamotors.com/blog4/?p=59

Good find. I usually go there to see if anything new is coming out and I completely missed that.

Nice. No cable here back home (parents hardly watch TV...). So I am without my beloved discovery channel.:(

Originally Posted by Five-oh-joe

Nice. No cable here back home (parents hardly watch TV...). So I am without my beloved discovery channel.:(

tell them they need to get Directv lol

Originally Posted by azjc

tell them they need to get Directv lol

My dad's contemplating satellite (probably Directv). Knowing the old man, he won't spring for it though. Especially with a new year of college coming up, and I'm getting a "new used car" (c'mon suby!). Oh well... Get free cable back at school though! My TV is always on comedy central, discovery, history, or speed channel. I only need those four channels, and I'm set for TV.

[crazyjr]

I think I'd go into the racing side of the car thing, You guys got the bashing segment wrapped up. The main thing i'd do is a ROAR legal motor and push for rules for a MT class. I think a bunch of people want to run mamba's on a ROAR track, but if strict on the rules, the mamba motors are not legal. With the new electrics coming out (Emaxx, E-revo and E-savage) and the nitro conversions being more popular, They are going to want to race.

[lutach]

Originally Posted by crazyjr

I think I'd go into the racing side of the car thing, You guys got the bashing segment wrapped up. The main thing i'd do is a ROAR legal motor and push for rules for a MT class. I think a bunch of people want to run mamba's on a ROAR track, but if strict on the rules, the mamba motors are not legal. With the new electrics coming out (Emaxx, E-revo and E-savage) and the nitro conversions being more popular, They are going to want to race.

That would be nice specially when the N60 and N40 from Trinity are both ROAR legal and seems to be just like the Feigao motors. Now one thing that would be nice is to see a 4 or 6 pole with sensors hit the market for 1/10 scale with the legal size rotor. I know Mega has a sensored motor, but I've only seen it in their website and I don't know if the diameter of the rotor would be the legal size. Here is the link: http://www.megamotor.cz/new/script/m...75237&ref=news. Just scrow down a bit and you'll see the Motor ACs Car 10, Motor ACs CAR 10 PRO - Built in sensor.