At a couple of our events, Va Tech, (Go Hokies - #2) has competed with
their electric Neon project. Standard Neon with batteries and electric
drive. They had to beef up the suspension but the car seems to handle
fairly well. As mentioned, phenomenal torque off the line. They can burn
rubber for a long time. The time was about 10% higher than the other
Neons.
glen
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Glen E. Thompson
Regional Executive, Blue Ridge Region
Sports Car Club of America
glen.thompson@worldnet.att.net
'91 Mazda Miata
'89 Mazda RX-7 GTUs (for sale)
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-autox@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-autox@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of Thana, Peter {High~Palo Alto}
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 7:19 PM
To: 'Chris Marsh'; jamies@mrj.com
Cc: PETER.THANA@ROCHE.COM; autox@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: 2000 Celica GT-S
Hmmm,
This whole discussion made me think of one of the most bizarre cars you
could ever consider autocrossing, the GM EV1. It has something like 16
lead
acid or NiMH batteries arranged in a T-configuration down the vestigial
transmission tunnel and accross the rear axle line. As such, it has to be
the only FWD car in existence to have a near 50:50 weight distribution. I
think it has double wishbones in front too.
I actually had a chance to drive one of these things a few months ago when
GM brought a truckload of them to our company for demo rides. I must say,
it has good balance, tire roasting power off the line and keeps pulling
pretty hard from there. Admittedly, the reason for this and the rest of
the
"fun to drive" factor on this car is that it has by far the worst (or
best)
power-to-tire ratio out there. If you could actually put some real tires
on
it, wouldn't that be a sleeper? I don't know if they'd fit though, anyone
know if they make 175 Kumhos?:)
Peter
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