Re: E85, more questions

[Wester Potter <wester6935@comcast.net>]

No worries for Dan.  They are finished at the end of the quarter on two 
banks and additional banks still don't make it to the 2 mile trap under 
power.  VERY big problems that are not practical when you add 
additional banks.  They have made some exhaustive studies of the 
possibilities.

The professors in charge of the project at BYU are very proud of the 
student who came up with the inspiration to run with capacitors.  It's 
hands off for them on much of the enterprise because they want it to be 
a student project.  They nudge them in a direction when they have 
problems.  With the original motor/controller their projections were 
about the same speeds in the quarter as an MG TD sports car.  With the 
capacitors they are over 90 mph in the quarter.  I'd have to make some 
calls to find out how they did at Las Vegas last month but they were 
excited about their progress since last year.

If they could find tires/wheels, the under .20 cd on the EV1 makes it 
an extremely attractive body for land speed racing.  Too bad GM crushed 
all but the 40 or so that still exist.  Now that would cause Dan 
problems ... or someone running in the same class who would be 
protesting the car.  Can you imagine an EV1 body with one of Rick 
Yacoucci's 600 plus hp turbo motors? SWEET!

Wes

On Jun 8, 2006, at 9:36 PM, Ed Weldon wrote:

> Wow!! Never realized such a thing would be possible with capacitors.  
> I'm
> not sure this is the answer to the long tow up Donner Pass or the 
> Grapevine;
> but sure is interesting.
> Did you bring this up just to make Dan Warner crazy?  This makes the 
> weight
> breaks on electric streamliner classes useless the first time a car 
> with
> capacitor banks shows up.
> Ed Weldon
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wester Potter" <wester6935@comcast.net>
> To: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: E85, more questions
>> A student team from BYU is drag racing an EV1........  No batteries on
> board but two
>> banks of capacitors and a two speed transmission.......