{"id":3399,"date":"2014-04-14T00:00:33","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T05:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=3399"},"modified":"2020-07-28T15:13:09","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T20:13:09","slug":"drag-mazda-miata-powered-by-two-electric-motors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=3399","title":{"rendered":"Drag Mazda Miata Powered By Two Electric Motors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=3404\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3404\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3404\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=3404\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mazda_miata_with_twin_electric_motors_05.jpg?fit=960%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"mazda_miata_with_twin_electric_motors_05\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Assault &amp;#038; Battery EV drag Miata by Lonestar EV Performance&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mazda_miata_with_twin_electric_motors_05.jpg?fit=960%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mazda_miata_with_twin_electric_motors_05.jpg?resize=960%2C720&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"mazda_miata_with_twin_electric_motors_05\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mazda_miata_with_twin_electric_motors_05.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mazda_miata_with_twin_electric_motors_05.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mazda_miata_with_twin_electric_motors_05.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mazda_miata_with_twin_electric_motors_05.jpg?resize=624%2C468&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The popularity of electric vehicles has increased in the past few years for both consumers and racers. Lonestar EV Performance has built an impressive drag Miata capable of reaching into the eight second category. The Miata runs two Netgain Warp9 2000 amp 210 volt electric motors each good for 500 horsepower. The instant torque electric motors naturally have gets this Miata 0-60mph in 1.5 seconds.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oxuUEQereK8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hgxSThg3-VU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here are just a few of the records Lonestar currently has as of this posting.<br \/>\nWorld Record Pro-Modified Conversion Car 1\/8 Mile(Current)<br \/>\nWorld Record Xtreme Street Conversion Car 1\/8 Mile(current) 5.7<br \/>\nWorld Record Xtreme Street Conversion Car 1\/4 Mile(current) 9.1<br \/>\nFirst Texas Mile Attempt in an EV<br \/>\nStanding 1\/2 Mile 134mph NSL<190mph\/E \nStanding 1.0 mile 155mph NSL<190mph\/E\n\n[gallery ids=\"3404,3403,3402,3401,3400\"]\n\nSource: <a href=\"http:\/\/jalopnik.com\/sparking-and-screaming-electric-miata-dragster-is-best-1562205997\">Jalopnik<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragtimes.com\/blog\/1000hp-electric-miata-spark-show\">DragTimes<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/LoneStar-EV-Racing-Team\/211977712189084\">Lonestar EV Performance&#8217;s Facebook page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The popularity of electric vehicles has increased in the past few years for both consumers and racers. Lonestar EV Performance has built an impressive drag Miata capable of reaching into the eight second category. The Miata runs two Netgain Warp9 2000 amp 210 volt electric motors each good for 500 horsepower. The instant torque electric&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=3399\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Drag Mazda Miata Powered By Two Electric Motors<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[170,41,593],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-electric-vehicle","category-miata","category-mx-5"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":100769,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=100769","url_meta":{"origin":3399,"position":0},"title":"Tom&#8217;s Turbo Garage is Selling Project Thunderbolt &#8211; 2004 Miata with a LS3 V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"May 24, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Tom's Turbo Garage is selling his 2004 Mazda Miata on Bring a Trailer. 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