Electrathon America Forum

Kyle Keenan · Veteran Member

#44 Clark Skills Center

electrathon · administrator

Glad to see you here! The Electrathon had to be cheaper to race than the Miata was.

Aaron

-- Edited by electrathon on Monday 26th of October 2009 08:10:04 PM

Kyle Keenan · Veteran Member

I think you'd actually be rather surprised how small my miata budget was this year!

A big thanks for setting up this website, about time we had a good place to talk as opposed to E-mail!

Kyle Keenan · Veteran Member

Pulled the car out of my shop (We store the car at my house because we have no room at our school) and gave it a good cleaning. Also took the time to take a picture or two:

jakeb2011 · Member

O man, that NSX that guys gonna let you drive is sweet! I've always wanted to road race in the SCCA but all there is here in Michigan is dirt and asphalt ovals. Your electric car doesn't look too bad either

Kyle Keenan · Veteran Member

Jake,

Thanks man! Sadly our main investor backed out and the car sold in November.

However, here is a short video of some in-car footage.

The car has a stock 3.0L motor (only mods being a K&N filter, exhaust, and a dry-sump oil system) and makes up all time in cornering and braking. A very fun car to drive indeed.

-- Edited by Kyle Keenan on Monday 15th of February 2010 08:04:05 PM

mhodgertt · EA President

Kyle,
Great video!!! Portland International sure looks different at that speed than it does in an Electrathon at 40.

Mike

jakeb2011 · Member

man that thing rips for a 3.0, thats what i have in my dodge but those nsx's are pretty much made for racing. Hope you find another ride

Kyle Keenan · Veteran Member

I still got the miata, so I'll drive that this season. Hoping to get a race in the electrathon car as well!

jakeb2011 · Member

Yea you guys race road courses. I wish we did. Our car is the only one thats not rigged to only turn left in our class. We did really good too on the one road course we ran 2 years ago. Our car once beat our local Electrathon America runners that go to the national event on the nascar circuits every year. Plus road courses take skill so i get to show off my talent. :)

electrathon · administrator

jakeb2011 wrote:

Yea you guys race road courses. I wish we did. ..... Plus road courses take skill so i get to show off my talent. :)

If we were not racing road courses we would have a fraction of the races that we do. Also many of us would not be involved. Twisting tracks teach so much more, and are more fun. We will never set speed or distance records racing in parking lots but the fun-meter and learn-meter bounce the needle off the top compared to taking a nap while drifting one degree to the left.

Fully function steering is one of the hardest things to build on a car. Big circles really do not need good steering, just functional. I often have wondered how many of the record holding cars can pass the turning radious test.

Kyle Keenan · Veteran Member

Aaron, great point about the radius test. Sadly, I dont even think our BSD Aerocoupe can pass the test...

mhodgertt · EA President

Just to be sure that our cars all turn well I require all of our cars to have a 25 foot DIAMETER turning instead of radius and then they can turn very sharp at the road courses if needed and they have a better chance of dodging other cars that slide out.
Mike

bd64 · Senior Member

We have used adjustable steering locks in the past and that works very well. On longer and faster tracks we limited the turning abilities by setting the locks to restrict turning and opened them for short track use. Some others I know used adjustable steering ratios also.