
Road version please.
in kit form!
The launch of the EV Cup electric car race series has taken a leap forward, following firm Westfield's announcement of its leccy challenger - the iRacer. westfield_iracer_01 Westfield's iRacer will feature in the EV Cup Driven by two 60kW (80bhp) electric motors each developing 369lb/ft of torque, iRacer will be powered by …
I've been in kit cars and had the shit scared out of me watching various bitsof them fall off, twist, break and generally fail because of shoddy assembly by nutters wearing anaoraks and spectacles held together with sticking plaster.
You want to chuck high power electronics and high voltages into the mix?
Good luck, I'll be the one prodding it with a long, well insulated stick.
Paris, deserves a good prodding.
Meh Meh Meh!
Westfield have made some of the lightest and most fun cars ever made for the road and the track ... now this publicity stunt
It's not road legal, it's heavy, only good for 55 miles from a full charge. Give me a bike engined Westie SEiW any day over that ... anyone want to buy my old kit car to fund it?
It's a race car! For an electric race series!
28 laps of Snet is a very long race (lets say 1m25s a lap for this thing if limited to 110mph), equates to about 40 minutes. Much longer than the average club race (15 minutes).
That charge should get you a couple of races in a day (about average for a club series), three with a recharge.
A bike engined Westfield would be fun, but not exactly keeping the the spirit of the rules....
Doesn't it just?!
It never ceases to amaze me how many electric vehicles are lumbered with dreadful aerodynamics, as if something that looks like Dali-meets-Kandinsky-meets-a-head-on-collision demonstrates its eco-credentials. You wouldn't put that bodywork on an internal-combustion car - why do it for a 'leccy option?
Bodywork was designed by a Royal College of Art student, apparently, so I look forward to Ross Brawn winning the Turner prize...
Many club race cars don't get much more than 100mph (Stock Hatch, Locost, Formula V etc), and generally all race cars spend most of their trace time and much less than that (look up track average speeds). The average club race is about 15 minutes (about 20miles depending on circuit), well within the 55 mile range.
So, seems like quite a good racer then.