Greetings electric racing fans,The Electric Imp will be running this Saturday and Sunday at
Moroso Motorsports Park in West Palm Beach, Florida.We have just completed some fairly radical surgery on the
car, removing the stock Subaru radiator from the front of the car and replacing
it with a aluminum racing radiator positioned in the back of the car.This allows the coldest air to be taken from the front of
the car and channeled through the battery stacks. The air flow goes on to the
rear of the car where it passes through the radiator which is cooling the
inverters and the motors. Finally the air exhausts into the low pressure zone
directly behind the car.At least, that is the theory. We will see how well it works
this weekend.Our battery cooling has been fine at the 300 and 400 amp
current levels that we have been racing at but this weekend we have some
shorter races. This means we should be able to run 500 amps, or even 600 amps.Saturday schedule is morning qualifying followed by an
afternoon 10 lap (22.5 miles) race. Sunday will be a 14 lap (31.5
miles) race in the morning and a 5 lap (11.25 miles) race in the
afternoon.Everyone is welcome. More information at http://racemoroso.com/index.php?option=com_jcalpro&Itemid=161&extmode=view&extid=70Cliff Rassweiler
Driver
ProEV’s Kokam Battery powered Electric Imp
Básicamente nos dicen
que van a tener una carrera en Moroso Motorsports Park en West Palm Beach,
Florida.
Han cambiado varias cosas en el coche, sobre todo an
cambiado el radiador frontal de serie del modelo Subaru que usan y reemplazado
por uno de aluminio especial para carreras posicionado en la parte traser. Esto
permite al aire frio ser canalizado a través del paquete de baterías y luego pasar
por el radiador y ventilar las el inversor y los motores.
Las baterías han trabajado normalmente entre 300 y 400
amperios, pero este fin de semana quieren intentar hacerlas trabajar entre 500
y 600 amperios.
Las carreras se celebrarán por la mañana donde primero habrá
una ronda de clasificación y luego una carrera de 22,5 millas. La carrera del
domingo será de 31,5 millas por la mañana y de 11,25 millas por la tarde.
Parta más información
http://racemoroso.com/index.php?option=com_jcalpro&Itemid=161&extmode=view&extid=70
Cliff Rassweiler
Driver
ProEV’s Kokam Battery powered Electric Imp