Smoked by a Tesla?!
02-27-2017, 09:50 PM
#61
Melting Slicks
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Talk about instant torque.... I was in my wife's Porshe Cayenne at a red light next to A Chevy Volt which is an electric car and it bolted when the light turned green and it was difficult to catch the volt because of the immediate torque.
02-27-2017, 11:16 PM
#63
Instructor
Nothing miraculous about the tesla. Nissan GTR is close as delivered and plenty of modified ones running 7's in the 1/4. Nothing miraculous about electric motors. Torque is torque. If you can make 800 lb-ft and put it all to the ground at once it doesn't matter where it comes from.
02-28-2017, 02:21 AM
#64
Depends on your definition of "miraculous."
No one would have believed 10 years ago a car like it could be designed and built, essentially, from scratch...in America.
02-28-2017, 07:21 AM
#65
Yeah but I couldn't stand listening to nothing but Pulse Width Modulation instead of the Roar of the Engine. I'm not one who is ever gonna race someone off the light anyways. But I need the Growl to accompany said acceleration & no fake growl pumped thru my speakers neither (sorry BMW, etc)
02-28-2017, 11:17 AM
#66
Burning Brakes
I have a new Z06, a challenger hellcat and a P100D tesla, if the Z06 or hellcat was all wheel drive then it would be a more fair race, traction being the issue, but even with slicks on the hellcat the tesla was faster to 60. As said nothing like electric torque, three way different cars, all a blast to drive
02-28-2017, 11:28 AM
#67
Melting Slicks
The X with ludicrous mode does start at $138,800, still though the electrics have amazing torque and AWD helps plant that puppy firmly into the asphalt.
02-28-2017, 11:37 AM
#68
Yeah but I couldn't stand listening to nothing but Pulse Width Modulation instead of the Roar of the Engine. I'm not one who is ever gonna race someone off the light anyways. But I need the Growl to accompany said acceleration & no fake growl pumped thru my speakers neither (sorry BMW, etc)
But it wouldn't be a real Sportscar anymore.
02-28-2017, 12:36 PM
#69
8th Gear
I have both cars. A 2015 Tesla P85D and a 16 Stingray. They're very different. Both a lot of fun in their own way. The Tesla is much faster to 70 mph. And is a great everyday driver. With the M7, the Corvette is much more fun to drive on weekends and the sound can't be beat.
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03-01-2017, 06:00 PM
#70
Formula E is very interesting stuff.
The vast majority of the drivers are former F1 guys, which means the quality is very high.
I do watch occasionally, but I have a couple of complaints.
1) The street courses are too narrow to allow much passing.
Yeah, I know, it's a problem with all street races regardless of the series.
2) The whine of the electric motors is irritating and drowns out the announcers.
The broadcast network needs to do something with the audio balance....sheesh.
The vast majority of the drivers are former F1 guys, which means the quality is very high.
I do watch occasionally, but I have a couple of complaints.
1) The street courses are too narrow to allow much passing.
Yeah, I know, it's a problem with all street races regardless of the series.
2) The whine of the electric motors is irritating and drowns out the announcers.
The broadcast network needs to do something with the audio balance....sheesh.
03-01-2017, 11:27 PM
#72
If it was a Ludicrous equipped Tesla, then nothing about that outcome is surprising.
03-02-2017, 03:00 AM
#73
03-02-2017, 10:14 AM
#74
Le Mans Master
Part of the reason I think the Tesla is so fast is due to it's traction control system. I wonder how much better the Corvette would be if it had really good TC. At speeds under 30 mph the Corvettes system doesnt work very well. And if your spinning you aint winning.
Last edited by Snowwolfe; 03-02-2017 at 10:22 AM.
03-02-2017, 10:22 AM
#75
Burning Brakes
^The thing about Tesla's traction is that they have extremely fine control over the motor torque output on each set of wheels.
Further, when the wheel does slip, even a tiny bit, the motor can immediately cut torque and then reapply it - it doesn't have all the rotating mass of a heavy driveline, transmission, flywheel behind it... Not only can it spin the wheel up fast, it can cut power to it just as quickly.
And finally, being a high altitude baby, my car has 150 less horsepower than at sea level... I have to say, Teslas don't have this problem, and in fact are a tiny bit faster at higher altitudes.
Further, when the wheel does slip, even a tiny bit, the motor can immediately cut torque and then reapply it - it doesn't have all the rotating mass of a heavy driveline, transmission, flywheel behind it... Not only can it spin the wheel up fast, it can cut power to it just as quickly.
And finally, being a high altitude baby, my car has 150 less horsepower than at sea level... I have to say, Teslas don't have this problem, and in fact are a tiny bit faster at higher altitudes.
Last edited by joemosfet; 03-02-2017 at 10:24 AM.
03-02-2017, 10:46 AM
#76
Racer
03-02-2017, 04:37 PM
#78
Burning Brakes
At some point the "juice" will be gone or you will have to fight for it aka Mad Max.....it will be interesting to see the battle between GNG and electric.... zero emissions will happen.... but most of us will be long gone
