Silent car, holy car, all is quiet … Blah blah carols blah …
Happy December everyone. The blog has seen a quiet spell during most of October and November, but this hasn’t been a reflection on the Flux Cap’s progress. Oh no. On the contrary the little yellow peril has changed a load since arriving back at Tim Glover’s Road House Motor Co. Here’s the update… The goal was […]
EV muscle
The humble little Enfield EV has been down the gym and it ain’t so humble anymore. Yes, it’s still short, but now you’re looking at an electric muscle car in the making. Well, hopefully. There’s a saying ‘Short man syndrome’ which, perhaps rudely, suggests some height challenged blokes make up for their stature with a […]
More like hot wheels than cold custard
We’re getting closer. The Enfield is starting to look more Hot Wheels than cold custard. It’s hard to believe looking at these pics, but we’ve tried to keep the Enfield as close to its original design as possible. Take the rear suspension for example – it started off as a solid axle with a four-link […]
Enfield started surgery
The Enfield started surgery at Webster Race Engineering back in April. By this point Jon Webster and I had discussed at length how I wanted the Flux Cap to sit, look and what would be required in order to make it as stable and strong as possible on the quarter mile. I didn’t want people […]
What batteries or motors would work best?
Bar looking at the work of the Black Current EV Beetle and White Zombie EV Datsun, I wasn’t really sure what motor(s) or batteries would work best. The main issue here is cost, because there are some outstanding electric motors out there, but you can easily spend £25,000. I didn’t have that. Several dozen emails […]
I collected the Enfield from its shed in Bristol
I collected the Enfield from its shed in Bristol. It had at least two flat tyres and, despite having no batteries, was still ruddy heavy. Big shout of gratitude to Top Gear magazine’s Tom Wookie Ford for lending me his big red Hilux. I don’t think it noticed the extra load. I drove straight from […]