{"id":10950,"date":"2016-07-26T07:15:48","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T11:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=10950"},"modified":"2016-07-25T23:25:46","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T03:25:46","slug":"electric-enfield-8000-reaches-the-9s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=10950","title":{"rendered":"Electric Enfield 8000 Reaches the 9s"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When we last wrote about Jonny Smith’s Flux Capacitor<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n