Healey motorsports` amazing {open_quotes}1 valve{close_quotes} racing Healey
Recently, the 22 foot, chisel shaped, electric racing vehicle {open_quotes}Powertron/QuickCable Spirit of San Antonio I{close_quotes} set a new world speed record in the class-3 under 1500 pound electric vehicle class. Lloyd Healey, the designer, builder, and driver of the streamlined electric car; set the record at the Bonneville Salt flats with an averaged speed of 129.354 mph. The car was built with a Cr-Mo frame, aluminum outer skin, and a handmade fiberglass nose piece. The car is capable of carrying twenty-four Type-31 truck lead acid batteries or thirty Type-34 car batteries. The car is powered by an 11 inch General Electric DC series wound motor that produces both high torque and horsepower. The racing team hopes to break the 200-mph mark, with some unofficial times already set above 150-mph.
- OSTI ID:
- 133250
- Journal Information:
- Battery Man, Journal Name: Battery Man Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 37; ISSN BAMAB6; ISSN 0005-6359
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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