When we last wrote about Jonny Smith’s Flux Capacitor he was hoping to reach into the 11’s. Back then his Enfield 8000 was powered by 144 custom military grade Lithium-ion cells originally developed as starter and min-gun batteries for the Bell SupraCobra helicopter. These powered two 9″ DC Racing motors which were directly connected to a Ford 9″ rear end. Jonny recently added another 44 battery cells for a total of 400v and changed the differential gearing to 3.0:1. These changes were a great decision because it allowed the little orange car to break the Street-legal EV World Record with a 9.869 sec at 121.73 mph quarter-mile. The previous record was held by John Wayland in his 1972 Datsun 1200 with a 10.25 sec pass.
Source: Flux Capacitor via Arstechnica
My mind is blown, twice… Maybe three times. First, who in their right mind would want to go that fast in something that small???? Cool, but scares the bejeebees outa me just thinking about it. Then the summary sheet, the last three lines just above his finger. The E.T.s going down and the M.P.H. going down, whats up with that? The first four line make relative sense, E.T. goes down, M.P.H. goes up. But those last three lines must have something to do with the flux capacitors bending the space time continuum, or something.
It is wild to see such a small car going that fast. Although his top speed did drop slightly he was able to improve the times at the beginning and middle of the track. You can see the 1/8 mile time and speed was his best.