tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577175573435047651.post6544409112872847609..comments2023-06-29T01:44:06.332-07:00Comments on Electric Z3: Fun, But Not a Race CarBruce Lawtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388334678244721430noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577175573435047651.post-24548832921852514812017-11-10T14:34:29.959-08:002017-11-10T14:34:29.959-08:00The acceleration is much better with the transmiss...The acceleration is much better with the transmission. In fact, 1st gear is useless because it starts so fast. 2nd gear is best for racing and 3rd is what I usually start with. But I've been considering removing the transmission because I'm not really racing, it would save 150 pounds, it would be even quieter and it would free up space for an iPad/iPhone to display battery details.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16041507851200801714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577175573435047651.post-66646242098491364292017-11-08T12:55:40.942-08:002017-11-08T12:55:40.942-08:00Did you consider direct drive with the transmissio...Did you consider direct drive with the transmission removed? Is it a 5 or 6 speed? It always amazes me the Tesla goes without a transmission and it seems like a motor might fit where the transmission was in a BMW. ThosEMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13747040890064999594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577175573435047651.post-70875257811203098242013-04-24T23:00:24.774-07:002013-04-24T23:00:24.774-07:00Ah, good idea! Sometimes low tech is better than ...Ah, good idea! Sometimes low tech is better than high tech. I'll give it a shot sometime this weekend!Ken Chianghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17426022800313333472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577175573435047651.post-28958021568178063562013-04-24T04:30:18.045-07:002013-04-24T04:30:18.045-07:00Hi Ken, I just used an iPhone to record video of t...Hi Ken, I just used an iPhone to record video of the speedometer. I'll check out GTR and Pocket Dyno.Bruce Lawtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388334678244721430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577175573435047651.post-48304173664688798762013-04-24T01:05:36.587-07:002013-04-24T01:05:36.587-07:00Bruce,
This is really impressive! What are you us...Bruce,<br />This is really impressive! What are you using to measure your 0-60 time? I recently tried to measure the 0-60 time for my MR2 electric car using both an Android app called GTR (paid $3.99 for it) and an iphone app called pocket dyno. I got 10.5 seconds for the pocket dyno but wasn't able to reproduce with the GTR app. My build is a 144V Advance DC motor with a modified 1231C curtis controller capable of 750amp draws and 45 180ah LiFePO4 cells.Ken Chianghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17426022800313333472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577175573435047651.post-15983732907884668592012-02-28T11:44:54.917-08:002012-02-28T11:44:54.917-08:00So how does it compare to the "stock" Z3...So how does it compare to the "stock" Z3. This is pretty awesome!GoBuggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04423131754427684521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577175573435047651.post-81032839201387013952012-02-13T08:22:17.186-08:002012-02-13T08:22:17.186-08:009.4 seconds is very decent acceleration...but the ...9.4 seconds is very decent acceleration...but the zero to 40mph is crazy fast (nice!).Rickyboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12500410977835704570noreply@blogger.com