Re: 96V Performance

["Bill Dube'" <bdube@BOULDER.NIST.GOV>]

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>>        The only way that you will convince many of us that a 96 volt, 400
>>amp VoltsRabbit will do 0-60 in 15 seconds is to take one to the next NEDRA
>>drag race.

>One-upsmanship and boosting my ego by "proving" something and humiliating
>someone else just aren't big incentives in my life.  Several years of
>business experience tell me that participation in this event is not a
>cost-effective way to reach my target market--which does not include you.
>And frankly, I have as much personal interest in drag-racing my car as a
>fish has in riding a bicycle.
>
>Have fun without me, boys, I'm happy just the way I am, and can think of a
>lot better ways to spend my time, money, and energy.
>

        The needle on the BS meter just spun around three times and flew off.

        You really should stop claiming that your standard conversion can do
0 - 60 mph in 15 seconds then. If you aren't willing to give a public
demonstration or have your claim verified by an un-biased party, please stop
making the ridiculous claim that a, heavy, flooded-cell. 96 volt, 400 amp,
standard conversion, with a top speed of 65 mph can do 0-60 in 15 seconds.

        Originally, you claimed the 0-60 mph time as "12 to 15 seconds."
This was beyond absurd. You then backed off to simply "15 seconds." Keep in
mind that the top speed of my Wabbit is over 90 mph. This is much higher
than the specified top speed of 65 mph for your standard VoltsRabbit. It has
double the voltage of your standard conversion. It has three times the motor
amps and about the same pack amps as your standard conversion. The pack in
the Wabbit weights only 704 pounds. The AGMs in the Wabbit sag much less
under load than do flooded batteries in your standard conversion.

        At present, the Wabbit has a 0-60 time of 15 seconds. The trap speed
in the 1/4 mile is 67 mph. It's ET (at present) is 20 seconds. Lou Tauber's
Renault and Rich Rudman's Goldie stay about even with the Wabbit on the
strip. They have close to the same 0-60 times as the Wabbit.

        There is NO WAY ON THIS EARTH that a 96 volt, 400 amp Rabbit with a
pack of flooded batteries that weighs over 1,000 pounds, is going to equal
the 0-60 time of my Wabbit, Rudman's Goldie, or Lou's Renault. No way. No how.

        You say it will. I say it won't. This is what a "grudge match" at
the drag strip was created for. Let's do it. It will settle the issue once
and for all. (Plus, you might get to see both me AND Gary Flo eat our hats!)


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             \'o.O'              Bill Dube'
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Re: 96V Performance