On Fri Oct-12-2012 08:54, TOM WALKER (1:123/140) wrote to ROGER NELSON:

RN>I have a video somewhere of a guy with a Japanese vehicle powered by 
RN>an array of batteries with an expensive controller of some sort 
RN>racing a 1/4 mile against a Corvette and winning.  It was 
RN>practically no contest off the line.

 TW> With Electric Motors putting out MAXIMUM Torque and lots of
 TW> Horsepower at zero RPM that is understandable. BUT with the heavy
 TW> drain on the battery it is only good for fairly short races.

Yes, I understand that, but this vehicle was different somehow.  I'll have
to find the video and post a follow-up and a URL (if possible). 



Regards,

Roger 
--- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+