Electric COPO Camaro
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ZWeinstein
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If it replaces our loud and noisy cars, I agree. However if this is an addition I welcome it. It is something different and it is worth a peek. I know I am interested to see how quick and fast it can go and I do not know much about the technology but it is fascinating. It is just like seeing if Big Daddy can break 200 in his electric dragster
Luke Nieuwhof
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Just like how all the turbos years ago were predicted to kill drag racing because they were quieter than superchargers...
Electric is going to be well suited to drag racing and they are not going to replace loud and noisy ones. It will simply be another branch of the sport, like sport compact, nostalgia or bikes.
The earlier the sport welcomes electric and finds innovative ways for them to go racing the better!
Electric is going to be well suited to drag racing and they are not going to replace loud and noisy ones. It will simply be another branch of the sport, like sport compact, nostalgia or bikes.
The earlier the sport welcomes electric and finds innovative ways for them to go racing the better!
Jimbo
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Not sure how it will all work out but it might be a lot easyier to build a new drag strip if noise was not the major problem that it is today.
Just my opinion. Jim Hill
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Just my opinion. Jim Hill
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Luke Nieuwhof
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It's not a case of tree huggers getting into cars, it's simply what is available to consumers.
Right now the Tesla is the second quickest 0-60mph vehicle available, second only to the Porsche 918 Spyder (which is a hybrid and was also only a limited run). The Tesla is $133,000, vs the Spyder's $845,000. There's nothing close to the Tesla in price until you get well down the list.
I'm not particularly mechanically savvy and would have a hard time keeping a fast muscle car running, that makes the Tesla massively appealing.
As Jim notes, noise is a major problem for drag strips closing down. Imagine 20, 30 years from now when electric is more common if a drag strip could remain profitable by running events that consisted of only electric vehicles, and then maybe could get permits for a select few noisy events. For those of us who like the loud stuff (all of us here I think), electric may help keep it around!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fastest_production_cars_by_acceleration
I don't have enough knowledge to determine if electric cars are actually greener than gas cars. I know there's no free lunch, so how clean is the process to power up batteries? Having said that, if race cars were to become 100% electric, IMO, racing would die as a spectator sport. Not as a participant sport, since they can be really fast. And while turbo cars are quieter than blower cars, they are still a helluva lot louder than electric cars. I'm not really a fan, but don't mind if they're in the mix.
i wasnt speaking about tree huggers getting into cars, but if they are against them and race tracks w noise and pollution electric may be the wave of the future.
NITRO JUNKIE
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I hope this isn’t the future of our sport.
Luke Nieuwhof
Nitro Member
For what?
It's not the future, it's a future. Just like sport compact didn't replace the whole sport with four cylinders, electric won't replace internal combustion. It will simply be another arm in a sport. I think the future strength of drag racing lies in variety.
TooTall999
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Electric cars don't mean the end to loud internal combustion cars. Why is it when one electric vehicle gets some press a bunch of people get their panties in a bunch thinking the NHRA is going to dump traditional internal combustion powered cars in favor of electric? You people need to get a grip on reality. The sanctioning bodies know where their money comes from, and it comes from loud, fuel burning cars. Big Daddy, one of the biggest names in the sport, has garnered little more than passing interest with his electric dragster. You don't see DSR, JFR or any of the other fuel teams working on electric combos do you?
Hmmm, so they put the Lectric in Stock. It goes some rounds and then they start hot lapping. How many runs can it make on one charge? Would they swap batteries between rounds? That could get interesting. I saw the first pass this car made at Wild Horse, & it did make a good impression with the wheels up launch & smokey burnouts. It was just so quiet. The motor does make a whine noise, so maybe they could put speakers on it and amplify the noise...... heh heh Be interesting to see what happens with this type of car. I know these motors have power. I ride the lite rail here in Phoenix, & am always impressed at how fast that big, heavy train can take off.
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