There is TOO MUCH AWESOME in your car! I'd swear it even played the old ""THX Deep Note" movie sound intro as it accelerated! My hair stood on end! Thanks for keeping it at the slow end of 11s. Otherwise, I couldn't even follow it with my eyes.😆🤣 I can't remember why your white VW wears the number "56" on it. This OAP thinks it should be "53!" Too much "Herbie, the Love Bug" in my youth.😆🤣 Absolute success, this is! Aloha to all of you!
“Add lightness”. A principle I have implemented on my 84 Moto Guzzi rebuild. Eliminating the traditional loom in favour of a MotoGadget m.unit has eliminated about 4kgs of wiring weight. Ultimately I could even go to a smaller alternator now that I’ve implemented LED indicators, head and tail lights etc as I’ve dropped about over 100 volts from the running demand on the charging circuit. Loving your development of this car.
Great video Richard. Wireless battery management definitely the way to go. Thanks for the simplistic way you explain all the settings. Who doesn't love a bit of engineering. Looking forward to seeing the wrap when that video drops.
Really good footage. Thank you both for your efforts and sharing with us. I'm sure some of the petrol boys were a bit surprised by that bloody bug. 🤣🤣🤣 Jim Bell (Australia)
Nice to see Mouser as an sponsor. Sad that the AD products shown, there are no usable data sheets, only a brief. For the ADRF8800 they did not even mention the CPU architecture :(
Awd,not 4wd. There is a difference. What is the difference between AWD and 4WD? Both send power to all four of a vehicle's wheels, but AWD is more useful on paved roads or for light off-roading, while 4WD has a lot of off-road capability but limited usability on paved roads.
Hello, I'm talking about Brazil! I always follow the news and when I saw the video I thought the first returns were sensational in terms of the traction control setup and very good handling. I believe that now it's time to polish the details and then go against the clock. Congratulations
It'd be nice to see a like for like comparison, whether the wifi hardware is lighter then the cabling, and information on how it stays secure, and not influenced or disrupted by other wifi systems around it. One advantage it will have, is being able to issue fire depts with a wifi device that can shut down the battery from outside the vehicle in an emergency without a fire fighter being at risk.
need the right tires for drag racing really will knock a lot off the 60ft but wont do roundy roundy circuit stuff lol , you should enter some bracket racing it would do well .
Looks good. Making laps is going to be more telling on heat management. I have been watching you build this and was a little disappointed you didn't make the cut for Pikes Peak. Hopefully, I'll see you guys out there next year after you have got all the bugs worked out and some testing/ practice done.
#56 wonderful times, must confess I was hoping for number 53 The Speed Love Bug............................................Get the mouse to back you :o)
Dude if I was doing 11.0's the wing mirrors would have come off, anything that's not 100% necessary inside would have been unbolted and left in the pits and every gap would have been taped up. Even if it's only a 10.99 it's still a 10 second run.
That grey Chevy took me straight back to 2 lane blacktop! 👍🏻😎 Fun fact 55-57 chevies are near exact matches from a wheelbase&width comparison to a tesla model 3. Imagine buying a model 3 performance strip off all the stock body bits. Get licensed reproduction sheet metal for a 55-57 bel air shell and presto=10s elktromod. 😀
Modern EVs are VERY consistent for drag racing. Particularly for bracket drag racing, where each car chooses a dial-in time before the race. The winner is the driver who gets closest to his dial-in time without breaking out (going quicker than the dial-in time). But there are many skill variables, as well as varying conditions (like temperature and track prep). There are special drag racing sessions called Test and Tune, for drivers to get their car properly tuned and set up to get the quickest times. This looks like it was a total success (given the conditions) where your EV race car was very consistent, quick, and importantly nothing broke. Kudos!
That was a very long winded way of saying that you don't know how bracket racing works. The winner is the vehicle that gets to the finish line first without breaking out. It could be an 8 second dial again a 10 second dial in car. But thanks for explaining that a test and tune is for testing and tuning.😂 Priceless.
Well done Richard, could wait to see this one and see how it performs! Live the sound out of it! Yeah one day when u can uncork it, it will be mad! Hhhmmm really wonder about the wrap😮
At 70% power drives straight, consistent 11 secondish with front and rear burnouts. So next step is 80 to 90 % power? It was a cold day at the drag strip. Does the battery management software allow you to manipulate the temperature from a lower to higher or vice versa? Or do you have to plug in a manual heater or cooler front and rear to get a desired temperature?
We’re going again this weekend and cranking it up to 100%. Let’s see what happens. We’ve concentrated so much on battery cooling we never thought about battery heating. 😁😆👍
Great work with the car, good to see if living up to your expectations! It's good AD is making a wireless BMS chip, the wired one is Unobtanium for anybody wanting to build their own battery pack.
Truely a testament to your knowledge of electrification and its built from the ground up to boot. Great runs at only 70%, can't wait to see the track racing and see the results of your hard work and dedication to a new craft. EV racing is here to stay. Car looks and sounds amazing.
Could you show the timing slip. I, and maybe a few other, like to use a bit of calculus to get the velocity and acceleration curves over the 1/4 mile from the slip times (I do it on Cleetus McFarlands drag runs to get the speed at the 60', 1/8th mile etc; I also use it to get the 0-60mph times and max g force on the driver).
If it’s got the full potential it could probably do mid 9s on drag tires. The 1020 hp Tesla model S could do 9.5 or so. The bug is a little lighter so maybe it’ll do a bit faster. We shall see.
A dual motor swapped factory five 919 went mid or low 9s before the pandemic happened. I think it weighed 3,100# or so? Like a 50kwh pack using phev minivan modules, with large rear drive unit&small front du crammed in. You can find the video on here search factory five TESLA.
Over 50mph your pushing more and more air out the way with the upright screened bug body ... So 0-60 will stay quick but 60-120+ will be having to work harder and draw more power than a more CD friendly form.. Smoothing details helps but so do things like Kamm tails. In a race the airs usually all Over the place untill you hit a straight and try taking the lead... So twisty circuits are probably best.
You folks are doing an amazing job. I hope ICE to EV conversion becomes more common. More like kits being sold for specific models and conversions done at a reasonable cost.
An M3 is faster over the 1/4 mile with half the BHP, greater range, 4 seats and fully kitted out. Why would anyone rip the soul out of a classic car and put a washing machine motor in it and a battery that weighs as much as a hatchback? It like gutting a Chippendale cabinet and fitting a TV inside. EVs are dead - see Autotrader.
Of course you don’t have the old swing axle rear end to worry about. Had I run my old “Clockwork Orange” beetle drag car without a wing it would have ended in tears 😅
My road car is very very traction dependant. It’s only rear wheel drive, but then again has the advantage much much wider rear tyres. Fastest I’ve done in that is 10.4 seconds, but it’s no where near as consistent as BugZappa. It’s anywhere from 11.5 to 10.8 usually.
11 sec at medium power is actually very fast! Great job. I hope the wireless BMS works but my car stereo connects to my iPhone using WiFi/Bluetooth and it regularly drops the signal. I've driven on the same freeway multiple times and my wireless connection drops at the same place on the highway. I know there are ways to kill cellular signals along with WiFi signals so have have to wonder whether these wireless BMS products can withstand the signal cancelling done by various organizations (like the police).
