Well it’s been a while since my last post but I’m happy to announce that the motors were shipped out to Shawn and he ought to have them early next week.  For those who may just be hearing about this project, it shouldn’t be long before you hear about it tearing up records 8^o   The rail will sport 4) Modified ADC 9″ motors, 4) Zilla controllers and 4500+ A123 battery cells made into 4 seperate packs (one for each motor) so this thing’s gonna fly like a Batt(ery) out of hell!   

In starting this project we had wanted to set them up as the first Siamese 9 motors but that didn’t pan out (it’s a whole other story) anyway, I ended up teaming up with an old machinest buddy of mine (who happens to be just one street down) who made shafts that have an 1 1/8th” tail shaft to couple to the 1 1/8th”  DE shaft on the front motor (it’ll have two side by side and two inline).  Although not a “dream” shaft it’ll be a lot better than having to couple to the 7/8th” shaft they come with OEM.   Hopefully by the time Shawn rips these shafts in half my hope is Eric will be able to create some splined shafts as replacements.   

I’ve got these motors set up with the veriable timing rings with as solid copper brush leads as fat as would fit coupled with as fat a flex connection that still flexes, lol.  I had Todd the paint guy add his skills to them and he patterned them after the dragsters paint.   It truly has been an honor to work on this project and it’s my hope that they’ll drive Shawn and crew to some “respectable” times and EVen better become the quickest EV in the world 8^o  That’s right Killacycle there’s a new kid in town ;^)   (just kidding  Bill knows all about this).

I’ve got a lot of pictures so it’s going to be a big album, hope you enjoy Juiced Up!