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Re: Are you impressed by this? eCOPO
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02/11/19 02:45 PM
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Admittedly, it is pretty boring from the outside  As for the inside, this guy was concerned about it too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhwl-SkxdzoTowards the end he says that since all you hear is the wind and tires, all you feel and focus on is the speed. (I went to college with the other guy in the video, who is making an electric Delorean right now). Raceway Park closed because of noise, they could run electrics there.  Hey, no seeing good sides to this 
If you ever find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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Re: Are you impressed by this? eCOPO
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02/11/19 03:07 PM
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I'm thinking an electric vehicle would make an excellent bracket car. Think about it, the air isn't really going to affect it. There would be no gear changes to miss or converter slip to change the ET. But wouldn't it slow a bit each pass as the batteries lose charge?
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Re: Are you impressed by this? eCOPO
[Re: Butterscotch71]
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02/11/19 03:25 PM
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I'm thinking an electric vehicle would make an excellent bracket car. Think about it, the air isn't really going to affect it. There would be no gear changes to miss or converter slip to change the ET. But wouldn't it slow a bit each pass as the batteries lose charge? There apparently is an affect, which doesn't affect a street driven car much, but I suppose could make a difference in a drag race. Assuming you can't recharge a bit between rounds. https://cleantechnica.com/2018/08/20/mou...nica-exclusive/
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Re: Are you impressed by this? eCOPO
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02/11/19 06:58 PM
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Since seeing Hammonds wad up the electric supercar on Grand Tour I have to wonder if the Safety Safari will be equipped to put one out if it wrecks?
As far as cost, a regular COPO is $100K+ just to get started. By the time you get it competitive you're talking $140-150K.
Pretty sure with the e version you'd need multiple battery packs to swap out after each pass.
Bright side for anyone buying one of these is money will be no object anyway.
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Re: Are you impressed by this? eCOPO
[Re: DirectSubjection]
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02/12/19 08:59 AM
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Raceway Park closed because of noise, they could run electrics there. Yup, and they could also hold live stadium concerts where everyone brings earbuds and tunes into the station. The bands could play on a big screen and not even have to tour! Just... no. No. No. No. No. No.
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Re: Are you impressed by this? eCOPO
[Re: Sixpak]
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02/12/19 11:54 PM
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As impressive as that car is, how many people are going to stand in line to buy one?
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Re: Are you impressed by this? eCOPO
[Re: mopars4ever]
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02/13/19 08:32 AM
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The Raceway park deal fell thru with Copart. I think the county or officials didn`t approve it. The deal was never with copart. And the cars are already on the property.
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Re: Are you impressed by this? eCOPO
[Re: rarefish]
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02/13/19 01:21 PM
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The deal was never with copart.
And the cars are already on the property.
then what was the deal?? Is it a secret??? I was only going by what was being rumored at the time. Fill us in.
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Re: Are you impressed by this? eCOPO
[Re: mopars4ever]
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02/13/19 03:02 PM
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The deal was never with copart.
And the cars are already on the property.
then what was the deal?? Is it a secret??? I was only going by what was being rumored at the time. Fill us in. The deal is with IAA. And I’m SURE that with a multi-million dollar deal like this, the lawyers made certain, the township approved.
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Re: Are you impressed by this? eCOPO
[Re: Pale_Roader]
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03/23/20 12:15 PM
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Raceway Park closed because of noise, they could run electrics there. Yup, and they could also hold live stadium concerts where everyone brings the earbuds and tunes into the station. The bands could play on a big screen and not even have to tour! Just... no. No. No. No. No. No. Is your choice of a good device informed by the need to switch in between numerous like-minded gadgets?
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Re: Are you impressed by this? eCOPO
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03/23/20 08:12 PM
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This particular setup is nothing that hasn't already been done. As for any "street legal production car" capable of making it into the 8's. Already done. AMS Alpha 12 GT-R, 8.82 1/4 mile.
That’s an aftermarket Nissan, not a stock production car.
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Re: Are you impressed by this? eCOPO
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03/23/20 08:30 PM
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Don’t some of the Tesla’s hammer Hellcats ? Hellcats and Redeyes, yes. Demons no. Ahhhh ... at least for now ! mAyBe later !! ... 
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