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Hey Mike, Great showing at the NEDRA Nationals. I see Michael had to carry a passenger so he would have an excuse for when you beat him, heh heh....
Man you're having way too much fun still this year. It's snowing where I am already :-( See if you can get KD to tell us where he's getting his...
You have to look at the Power-to-weight ratio. Take the cells open circuit voltage and multiply by the manufacturers recommended Max Discharge...
Series wound DC (brushed) motors are the hands down king of electric motor torque. They are not the most efficient, but at around 88%-93%...
There is so much information out there it might be better to start with the specific application you have in mind. Do you want to maximize range...
...also check out the pork tacked onto the new congressional "bailout" plan. You'll be able to get up tp $7500 tax credit on production electric...
Yeah I've been watching you guys racing electrics for a few years now and tried to pick up on all the breakage. We went straight out with a Ford...
I'f you're running the Zilla 2K you'll likely get more than the 1000 ft/lbs you estimate. Here's our motor setup. I was estimating 1000 ft-lbs...
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