11 second quater mile with a 1200

[datsunholic]

Thought i would share this. Datsun 1200 0 to 60 in 3 seconds

 

Link

[Z-train]

I'll call your 11 seconds and raise you 7.76 seconds.

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYcFsZgRvf4

 

 

 

:eek:

[ariascarlos1990]

been posted here many times. I still wanna see this car in person. :D

[420n620]

X2, I also would love to see the white zombie.

 

was he going to bring it to Canby this year.

[LeDevil]

I saw the White Zombie at PIR last year and talked with the guy he's a pretty cool guy and the car is SWEET!! If I remember correctly he said he has another one that is full of car stereo goodness :D

[Rubberman]

If it is so good, why isn't this guy worth millions?

[Z-train]

If it is so good, why isn't this guy worth millions?

 

THe tree huggers & alternative fuel wack-jobs don't want you to know the answer to that.:rolleyes:

[datzenmike]

If it is so good, why isn't this guy worth millions?

 

Those batteries aren't cheap. Also lithium Ion batteries loose 20% or the charge holding every year beginning the day they are made... weather you use them or not. If you buy a brand new never used 2 year old battery it will only hold 64% of it's 'new' capacity. Also any damage can cause a massive discharge resulting in explosion.... which damages the batteries next to it... which can cause overheating and explosion... and so on. Check out the huge Sony recall of defective Li ion batteries in their new lap tops.

 

Those Li ion batteries in the trunk has turned the 1200 into a Ford Pinto. :D

 

You still have to power those batteries. Weather you plug into the electric grid or a gas station you still have to pay for it.

[ariascarlos1990]

Now if it where solar powered and still got those times. That would be one mean machine! :D

[Skib]

Iv had the chance to meet John and chat with him for a while, his brothers in our Z club.

 

 

defiantly a very cool guy, hes talking about hitting 10s when he can get a sponsor for some lithium batteries. and yes lithium is VERY spendy.

 

not sure if he was going to come to canby, Ill ask him. I know he brought the other electric dime to BlueLake last year.

 

mike: I forgot the name of the lithiums hes trying to get but there more stable than the lithium ion batteries. Which are scary powerful bombs in a D cell size, I use them at work to make ELT battery packs.

If you short those suckers out you better get moving fast and get it in a defuser or we have the metal ammo cans from the military to toss them in and contain the blast and fire, they have been known to round one of those out :eek:

[72240z]

Those batteries aren't cheap. Also lithium Ion batteries loose 20% or the charge holding every year beginning the day they are made... weather you use them or not. If you buy a brand new never used 2 year old battery it will only hold 64% of it's 'new' capacity. Also any damage can cause a massive discharge resulting in explosion.... which damages the batteries next to it... which can cause overheating and explosion... and so on. Check out the huge Sony recall of defective Li ion batteries in their new lap tops.

 

Those Li ion batteries in the trunk has turned the 1200 into a Ford Pinto. :D

 

You still have to power those batteries. Weather you plug into the electric grid or a gas station you still have to pay for it.

 

Thats true to some extent but only because certain companies bought up patents to super efficient battery designs to keep the tech out of use and our mouths on the teat of every ass backwards oil peddling country in the world. Hemp is another good example of this. It's not my opinion, anyone is free to see the patents or read the history on it.

 

Then ignorant people can spout off about how "tree hugers" and alt fuel "wack jobs" are trying to hide things. When in actuality they are just trying to improve both the worlds livability for us and future generations IN SPITE of the multi billion dollar companies who stand to loose their monopoly on energy.

 

As for is still being power and having to pay for it I really can't see how electric could be compared to petrol in that sense. Whats better? Domestic, clean, unlimited(wind/solar/water/nuclear etc) power used to power 0 emition vehicles at 1/10- the cost OR exporting billions of dollars to import trillions of tons of poisonous emissions?