I'm no expert, but I have done a huge amount of research into batteries in the past 6 months to get the most out of my project. I think you need to use one of the higher power density options vs higher energy density. IE A123/Kokam/Headway. The usual Thundersky/Calb cells just won't give you big HP, so you will be trading range for power given a similar price point. I personally will be using a 288v nominal pack of 10ah Headway cells with a total capacity of 70-80ah this will give 1000A upto whatever voltage the pack sags to at that load. Coupled to a soliton1 and Warp11 HV it should give pretty good performance and reliability without pushing any one component too hard.
plan= to leave gassers eating my dirt
well my plan is to emberrass every car on the road.
a friend of mine has 2 fiat x 1/9's in pretty good shape. he weighed the cars, and said both weigh in around 1800-1900lbs
for the drivetrain i think i might go with a custom 10" motor ( its 2 feet long though, very long) dc, series wound.
180-260v 1000A + ill make the controller
i want direct drive, but not sure, and try to somehow get regen
as for batteries im not sure, but since most of the money/weight is going to this i want as much advice no this part.
the batteries shouldnt have to be too big for this small car.
heres a photo of a pretty nice x 19 if you guys arent familiar:
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im not going to start buildign this for atleast 2-4 months, but i want to know everything before i start.
also my other thought on the drivetrain, i have a 190lbs ac motor available, used. it came off a industrial air compressor its 3 phase, and is rated i think at 220v~6000 rpm. i was wondering if i get this motor, could i make my own controller/regen?
thanks
a friend of mine has 2 fiat x 1/9's in pretty good shape. he weighed the cars, and said both weigh in around 1800-1900lbs
for the drivetrain i think i might go with a custom 10" motor ( its 2 feet long though, very long) dc, series wound.
180-260v 1000A + ill make the controller
i want direct drive, but not sure, and try to somehow get regen
as for batteries im not sure, but since most of the money/weight is going to this i want as much advice no this part.
the batteries shouldnt have to be too big for this small car.
heres a photo of a pretty nice x 19 if you guys arent familiar:
im not going to start buildign this for atleast 2-4 months, but i want to know everything before i start.
also my other thought on the drivetrain, i have a 190lbs ac motor available, used. it came off a industrial air compressor its 3 phase, and is rated i think at 220v~6000 rpm. i was wondering if i get this motor, could i make my own controller/regen?
thanks
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