Electric Enfield 8000 Reaches the 9s

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