Re: Souped up CitiCar?

[Eric Jelinski <jelinski@idirect.com>]

Another fantasy is a monster CitiCar...... put big tires on it like from a
garden tractor or mudders from a pickup, complete with lift kit of course.
.... then go jump over a row of buses.    :-)  :-)

regards,   Eric



At 12:35 PM 29/01/99 -0700, you wrote:
>>>With my souped up CitiCar (a mere 72 volts); there's been a few
>>>Corvette drivers say'n    " what the..........."
>
>  Iv'e often discussed my fantasy CitiCar with my good friend John "Plasma
>Boy" Wayland. It would consist of a CitiCar running a mere 240 volts of 23
>pound Hawker Genesis batteries weighing in at 460 pounds feeding a nine
>inch Advanced DC motor via some big lizard such as Godzilla or T-Rex. The
>motor would be direct couple to a narrowed stock Taylor Dunn nine inch Ford
>housing running a lightened Moser spool and axels with a 6.50 ring and
>pinion. We run 28 inch diameter Goodyear wrinkle wall slicks on our "Maniac
>Mazda" with a 4.10 rear end running through a 1.76 first gear for a final
>ratio of 7.3 to 1. Running small diameter slicks on the rear would give a
>similar if not lower overal ratio so launches with this literal pocket
>rocket would be phenomenal. No, I didn't forget about the short wheelbase.
>Caster would be increased to hold it straight and of course wheelie bars to
>keep from flipping over backwards on launch. Also Wilwood drag discs on the
>rear to slow you from over 100 MPH down to a stop for that traffic light.
>Now you all Know what kind of phantasies go through the mind of a "Wildman"
>when he has time to think about other things besides getting shipments out
>:-) :-)
>
>Now back to reality,
>Roderick Wilde
>
>
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