Tesla S: 10 new races vs muscle cars and more! (Dec 9 2020)

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Showtime dragstrip (1/8mi), December 9th 2020. A cold night, with scarce traction, even for the AWD Tesla!

Tesla time slip summary as follows:
Pass#: ET, MPH, Reaction, 60-ft, W/L
1: 6.904, 100.16, 0.052, 1.60 L
2: 6.904, 100.47, 0.171, 1.61 W
3: 6.899, 100.63, 0.178, 1.62 W
4: 7.186, 100.31, 0.002, 1.82 W (spun)
5: 6.861, 100.81, gave move, 1.59 W
v———Battery under 90%———v
6: 6.886, 100.99, 0.074, 1.61 W
7: 6.877, 101.15, 0.090, 1.62 W
8: 7.156, 100.22, 0.021, 1.79 W (spun)
9: 7.026, 100.78, 0.211, 1.72 L (spun)
10: 7.052, 100.67, 0.158, 1.73 L (spun)
[Started with 96% battery, ended at 84%]

When the car lined up next to me is not expected to be as fast, I either give it the move (race #5), or I don’t cut the light as close.

Thanks to David (Charger) and all other drivers for these fun races!

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People often ask: “Why don’t you use Ludicrous Plus and Cheetah Stance *every* time?”
So many, many good reasons!
1. It uses 3-5X more battery per run! (Pre-heating the battery, then cooling, etc). This usage causes all subsequent runs to be slower.
2. It takes anywhere from 5-20 minutes before it’s “Ready!”
3. Cheetah Stance takes several seconds to stage, during which the light may turn green, causing me to lose before the race even starts.
4. Cheetah Stance only holds for a few seconds, during which the light may NOT have turned green (depending on what the competitor is doing), and then it times out and can’t be immediately re-staged.
5. The pedal usage and “launch” process is so different, it’s not very consistent for reaction times. Usually 2-5 tenths worse on the tree. (With standard Ludicrous, I can generally have a reaction time under 0.10 seconds. With Cheetah, more like 0.3-0.6 seconds. There goes any minor advantage!)
6. Tesla strongly warns about premature wear when using Ludicrous Plus. (Likely from all the extra Battery heating and cooling.)
Cheetah Stance has only ever worked when the competitor in the next was willing to cooperate with all of the above. But why would they? (Unless it’s a buddy.)

And all of these hassles above plus extra battery consumption only gains 1-2 tenths of a second (best ever was 10.49 in the 1/4, and 6.64 in the 1/8th). In my many attempts, it has only caused me to LOSE far more races.

So, if it’s near the end of the night and I’ve got no further races to “save” the battery for, and there’s no one in the lane next me, and I have 15 minutes to go through the battery pre-heating sequence, maybe.

Otherwise, it’s just not suitable for this kind of drag racing (with many passes per night).

Of course, you are welcome to use Cheetah Stance every time in *your* Tesla Raven!

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Great vid Tesla. Kudos to all the racers. You guys have some great cars and people show up regularly at Showtime. That little Honda was scary fast and would have been great to see a rematch with the Cougar.

[wilstoneburg]

The silver fox body is no nitrous, small block Ford on ET Street’s
Video quality is awesome, thanks for posting it !

[DragRacingandCarStuff]

Are you kidding me? I went to that track to get some footage, but it was kinda dead when I was there so I left SMH. Nice races!

[deanmcmanis]

Interesting mix of competitors. Was it cold out? You were a few 10ths off your regular times, which looked like traction issues. I was hoping for a Cougar rematch..he looked serious. The surprise for me was the Civic. I've seen some online that are very quick, like the Fox body Mustangs, but they are not always consistent. The picture quality is crisp and clear. Especially for night shots.

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Just setup a new video editing system, so things might look a bit different. But the quality should now be higher. Feedback welcome!

[cyumadbrosummit]

Did the Civic and Mustang race? That would've been a good one.