autox
[Top] [All Lists]

RE: [RE: ...woo-hoo]

To: CJ Bienert <rallyfan555@yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: [RE: ...woo-hoo]
From: <hottvr@birch.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 07:21:52 -0600 (CST)
I would think you would run in a newly formed class called SME(Street 
Mod Electric). Its a class that was promoted by some Canadian
guy I think????

Mike B.
______________________________________________________________________

On Nov 9 , CJ Bienert <rallyfan555@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> You folks who are talking about environmentalists
> being bad for motorsports are absolutely right.  Just
> think of what would happen if we were forced to
> abandon our internal combustion engines for so-called
> "alternative fuel" and "hybrid" drive systems.  Racing
> and autocrossing as we know it would die a slow and
> painfull death...
> 
> Then again...I suppose I could take the old chemical
> batteries out of my eight year old hybrid fuel cell
> car and replace them with some of those racing
> capacitors that Neuspeed has been selling.  That would
> lighten the car up by at least 250 lbs.  Then I could
> replace the power cables to the AC induction motor
> with heavier gauge low resistance competition cables. 
> All that would be left would be to remap the energy
> management chip to allow me to run the fuel cell at
> max output while I'm waiting in line to make my next
> run.  If the motor can take the load, I should be able
> to put 320 hp and 385 lb-ft to the front wheels for a
> little over 70 seconds.  Tell me, can I do all this
> and still run street prepared?
> 
> -CJ
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> __________________________________________________
> http://shopping.yahoo.com/

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>