This dude in Germany made an electric 86

[ROFL it's Waffle]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

The 295 foot pounds of torque is nothing to sneeze at though.

But...

A rough search says that:

The stock engine weighs in at about 350 pounds.

I'd agree more HP is not the answer with 295 ft-lbs at 0 rpm on tap.
Power-to-weight ratios are awfully focused on HP. I think it becomes more impressive if it changed to torque-to-weight ratio.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by ROFL it's Waffle

I'd agree more HP is not the answer with 295 ft-lbs at 0 rpm on tap.
Power-to-weight ratios are awfully focused on HP. I think it becomes more impressive if it changed to torque-to-weight ratio.

All the HP and torque in the world is of no use at all if you can effectively put it to the ground. Just becomes a numbers game after you reach a certain threshold.

[ZDan]

Originally Posted by ROFL it's Waffle

I'd agree more HP is not the answer with 295 ft-lbs at 0 rpm on tap.
Power-to-weight ratios are awfully focused on HP. I think it becomes more impressive if it changed to torque-to-weight ratio.

Power to weight gives you a good idea of acceleration performance. Torque to weight by itself tells you nothing... Massive torque at very low rpm will not accelerate quickly...

[Sasquachulator]

BUT.


Is it faster than a minivan????

[gravitylover]

Originally Posted by soundman98

https://www.thedrive.com/tech/30431/...ema-swap-ready

it's really only a matter of time before they do the same thing with a 2jz.

I was going to post the same thing but with this article https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/e...c-crate-motor/ I'm seriously contemplating a way to make a conversion like this happen in a few years.

There are some great old cars that I've always wanted but stayed away from because of terrible fuel economy, they're terribly underpowered or wholly unreliable. Something like this might make some of those more feasible. Think Jaguar or some of the big land barges from Caddy, Olds or Buick in the 70's...

Originally Posted by Tcoat

The 295 foot pounds of torque is nothing to sneeze at though.

But...

A rough search says that:

The stock engine weighs in at about 350 pounds.

The Leaf engine and batteries come in someplace around 800 pounds.

The weight distribution of the batteries is based purely upon convenience of available space. The thing will be grossly butt heavy. Nice for traction but truly horrible for steering.

Don't forget that you'll also be losing the weight of the cooling system, gas tank and a few other minor things but yeah it would still be at least a few hundred pounds heavier. A bunch of batteries could actually fit up front where the radiator is and then I'd think where the gas tank is would be a good place for them too and that would put the weight in the right place.

[George Rosebush]

There are some updates to the build thread, anyone wanna guess what the 0-60 time is?

[Will BRZ]

What is it?

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by George Rosebush

There are some updates to the build thread, anyone wanna guess what the 0-60 time is?

7.2

[George Rosebush]

0-100(km) in third gear approximately 6.7 seconds

From here

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by George Rosebush

From here

So about stock lol

[Will BRZ]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

So about stock lol

And just as loud lol

[p1l0t]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

All the HP and torque in the world is of no use at all if you can effectively put it to the ground. Just becomes a numbers game after you reach a certain threshold.

Or if you have to slow down for the turn while I'm still accelerating...

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