Had a new Pit Crew Person. John, from North Texas Electric
Vehicle Association came out enjoyed the evening of racing. He drove to the track from Dallas in a Honda Insight Hybrid. We
talked him into Racing the Insight and he made a couple of runs on his own and then we had a head to head with the Chevelle
and Insight.
It was a close race, but he got me at the end. His
time was 12.37 and the Chevelle's was 13.17 seconds.
I was running at 84V. I added an Orbital to my string
so I could attempt to break the 96V Street Conversion Record. Which I did by a full second and only at 84V. With the Exide
Orbital in series, the shift to 84V was just not the same. That's where I can really tell difference between the 12D2000's
and the Orbital. The 12D2000's can really handle that 2000 amp momentary surge a lot better than the Orbital. Again I made
3 runs without charging the 12D2000's (I charge the Orbital between runs) and they did fine. All runs in the 13's with 13.08
being the fastest.
Had a few problems, tranny starting to leak, Voltage Shifter
coming loose and gas pedal released the 84V contactor and then reapplied on one run resulting in a 13.6 second run.
So I have plenty to work on for next week. I want to go
back to the 48V Street Conversion Record and try for that one before I pull the tranny out and fix the leak.
