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The race car without a race?
The VW electric race car is amazing. It won Pikes Peak in less than 8 minutes. It set the fastest lap time at Nuburgring. It smokes the McLaren 720S.
And it may kill Formula 1.
Straight cut gears in the trans is what you hear. On a combustion powered race car the engine sounds and exhaust mask some of that trans noise. Helical cut gears on a street car = less noise.Why is the electric car racing up Pikes Peak soo loud?
The Tesla I test drove was extremely quiet. ...
The race car without a race?
The VW electric race car is amazing. It won Pikes Peak in less than 8 minutes. It set the fastest lap time at Nuburgring. It smokes the McLaren 720S.
And it may kill Formula 1.
There is a Formula E for electric open wheel racing. Ken Blocks Hoonicorn would crush the record if he actually tried to. He did do a Gymkhana up the road so you can get an idea of what I am talking about....and if you wanted to do the 24 hours of Le Mans, which this car resembles, you would have to have 23 of them to be able to race at the full speed necessary to keep up with the ICE powered race cars.
And, the cars would each run 5 to 6 laps before they had to be recharged.
Not exactly an efficient system.
The race car without a race?
The VW electric race car is amazing. It won Pikes Peak in less than 8 minutes. It set the fastest lap time at Nuburgring. It smokes the McLaren 720S.
And it may kill Formula 1.
There is a Formula E for electric open wheel racing. Ken Blocks Hoonicorn would crush the record if he actually tried to. He did do a Gymkhana up the road so you can get an idea of what I am talking about....and if you wanted to do the 24 hours of Le Mans, which this car resembles, you would have to have 23 of them to be able to race at the full speed necessary to keep up with the ICE powered race cars.
And, the cars would each run 5 to 6 laps before they had to be recharged.
Not exactly an efficient system.
All about battery.
I watched an F1E race in Miami a few years back and for a pit stop they changed cars, since it would take too long to recharge the battery.
Thanks for the explanation. ..Straight cut gears in the trans is what you hear. On a combustion powered race car the engine sounds and exhaust mask some of that trans noise. Helical cut gears on a street car = less noise.
It could only get better.....Not any more. They use a higher capacity battery now. Around twice the power as in the beginning of the series.I watched an F1E race in Miami a few years back and for a pit stop they changed cars, since it would take too long to recharge the battery.
Nothing sounds nicer than the sound of a Ferrari V12....... Ever see the movie "the Gumball Rally:? The sound of the Ferrari Daytona racing through the early morning streets of NY City was great.Thanks for the explanation. ..Straight cut gears in the trans is what you hear. On a combustion powered race car the engine sounds and exhaust mask some of that trans noise. Helical cut gears on a street car = less noise.
I love the exhaust sound of a well tuned combustion race engine going down the straight away at high speed.
Which is something an electric race car could never match. ...
They could Nilli Vanilli it.Thanks for the explanation. ..Straight cut gears in the trans is what you hear. On a combustion powered race car the engine sounds and exhaust mask some of that trans noise. Helical cut gears on a street car = less noise.
I love the exhaust sound of a well tuned combustion race engine going down the straight away at high speed.
Which is something an electric race car could never match. ...
Not any more. They use a higher capacity battery now. Around twice the power as in the beginning of the series.I watched an F1E race in Miami a few years back and for a pit stop they changed cars, since it would take too long to recharge the battery.
Nothing sounds nicer than the sound of a Ferrari V12....... Ever see the movie "the Gumball Rally:? The sound of the Ferrari Daytona racing through the early morning streets of NY City was great.Thanks for the explanation. ..Straight cut gears in the trans is what you hear. On a combustion powered race car the engine sounds and exhaust mask some of that trans noise. Helical cut gears on a street car = less noise.
I love the exhaust sound of a well tuned combustion race engine going down the straight away at high speed.
Which is something an electric race car could never match. ...
They could Nilli Vanilli it.Thanks for the explanation. ..Straight cut gears in the trans is what you hear. On a combustion powered race car the engine sounds and exhaust mask some of that trans noise. Helical cut gears on a street car = less noise.
I love the exhaust sound of a well tuned combustion race engine going down the straight away at high speed.
Which is something an electric race car could never match. ...