wilcopops Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 First "practical" electric car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonman Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 First "practical" electric car? It was some pommy guy in the late 1800's. Cant think of the name of the vehicle though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace of Pop Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 There has never been a Practical one.Milk Carts n Golf Trolleys are the nearest PRACTICAL things so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcopops Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 There has never been a Practical one.Milk Carts n Golf Trolleys are the nearest PRACTICAL things so far. nonsense! On the inception they were as practical as their ICE counterparts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VocalNeal Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 (edited) There has never been a Practical one.Milk Carts n Golf Trolleys are the nearest PRACTICAL things so far. Wot E said... Sinclair thing could hardly be described as a car or practical It has to be the little tiny one which is exempt from London's congestion tax and probably national road tax. I would have to Google to find the name but that would be well.. not in the spirit of the topic. Edited May 4, 2014 by VocalNeal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VocalNeal Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 Racing karts also used split rims With an O-ring. So did my Lambretta without O-ring............. FYI With Karts the o-ring did not go between the halves, it sat in a groove created by joining the halves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 Racing karts also used split rims With an O-ring. So did my Lambretta without O-ring............. FYI With Karts the o-ring did not go between the halves, it sat in a groove created by joining the halves. We just had inner tubes......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcopops Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 (edited) There has never been a Practical one.Milk Carts n Golf Trolleys are the nearest PRACTICAL things so far. Wot E said... Sinclair thing could hardly be described as a car or practical It has to be the little tiny one which is exempt from London's congestion tax and probably national road tax. I would have to Google to find the name but that would be well.. not in the spirit of the topic. Sinclair was not the first "practical" electric car by any definition. As it happens I've driven Sinclairs extensively, some fascinating design features, which have appeared subsequently on other unrelated vehicles....... but completely irrelevant to the question. you might check out the first land speed record too....and some of the following ones....and the first vehicle to exceed 100kph. Edited May 4, 2014 by wilcopops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonman Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 That sinclair thing, wasn't it early 80's ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 Back in the 50's we had electric delivery vehicles, milk, bread etc. I can still remember when these delivery rides previously had a horse to pull it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcopops Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 (edited) Back in the 50's we had electric delivery vehicles, milk, bread etc. I can still remember when these delivery rides previously had a horse to pull it... way before then! although I'd say they qualify as "practical" vehicles. Don't forget trolleybuses too. SAAB and Volvo both toyed with the idea of electro-turbine hybrids in the 90s I think it was. I believe Jag amongst others have resurrected the idea again. Edited May 4, 2014 by wilcopops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VocalNeal Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 One for the technical which I stumbled onto the other day whilst researching something for the another "bike" forum Which production car has the fastest piston speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonman Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 I expect it will be a Honda or some other jap vehicle. they like to build revvy engines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 I expect it will be a Honda or some other jap vehicle. they like to build revvy engines. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonman Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 Thats a funny looking production car there in that vid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace of Pop Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 The Honda diddley 2 Seater with the Bike Engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcopops Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 your right with Honda but wrong sort of vehicle....and include a couple of German mnfrs too..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcopops Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 (edited) That sinclair thing, wasn't it early 80's ? Yep - they were an interesting ride/drive.....but too low down for ordinary traffic......they were fitted with a "lollipop" on a stick to show that they were there. Basically a recumbent with a vacuum cleaner motor. The steering was unusual...........question WHY? A seriously dodgy modified C5...... wpid-article-1333484118661-12726e81000005dc-53047_636x300.jpg Edited May 4, 2014 by wilcopops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodsie888 Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 your right with Honda but wrong sort of vehicle....and include a couple of German mnfrs too..... S2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace of Pop Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 There was one in the seventies before the s2000,with a screamin bike engine, little boxy rag top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodsie888 Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 There was one in the seventies before the s2000,with a screamin bike engine, little boxy rag top. S600 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonman Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 (edited) There was one in the seventies before the s2000,with a screamin bike engine, little boxy rag top.S600 the S600 was 60's. Edited May 5, 2014 by Spoonman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VocalNeal Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 If you lived in the right place in the 60's you could have had an S800 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace of Pop Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 [attachment=265309: Ended in 66,isnt Google Wonderful, i was 4 out.. Redlined at 9500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcopops Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 My Honda CB400/4 redlines at 12 or 14 k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonman Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 My Honda CB400/4 redlines at 12 or 14 k out right RPM is only part of the calculation to determine piston speed though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 My Honda CB400/4 redlines at 12 or 14 k My 1964 CB250 SS (yeh 50 years back) would valve bounce at 11000rpm, sure it would scream well past that with springs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcopops Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 (edited) My Honda CB400/4 redlines at 12 or 14 k out right RPM is only part of the calculation to determine piston speed though. never suggested otherwise - talking about "revvy" Hondas. (The piston speed at 10k rpm was 3281 fpm) Edited May 5, 2014 by wilcopops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VocalNeal Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 My Honda CB400/4 redlines at 12 or 14 k ..and has a piston speed of 16.8m/s compared with S2000 25.2 m/s CBR 250R red lines at 19,000 and has a piston speed of 21.4.m/s about the same as MY NSR at 12,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodsie888 Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 (edited) My Honda CB400/4 redlines at 12 or 14 k out right RPM is only part of the calculation to determine piston speed though. An engine doesn't have to be a performance engine to have high piston speeds. A small bore and long stroke (Undersquare) are the main factors. As Spoony says, RPM is only part of the equation. Can anybody tell me the motor with the fastest accelerating piston speed? You will probably be surprised I imagine. Edit: Not racing motors Edited May 5, 2014 by Woodsie888 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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