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Originally Posted by mechaghost
Now this got me thinking imagine putting a super torquey electric motor into the BRZ. Of course keeping the 50/50 balance I think this chassis would be a great car to convert to an electric.
I think we have something here when you get a Rally driver get all excited driving a car on the street  |
Gutted or not, an electric engine and its batteries (which aren't cheap to begin with) are very heavy, and one of the focuses of the FR-S/BRZ was weight savings. But what "50/50 balance" are you talking about? I'm pretty sure the car's existing weight distribution is slightly front-biased along the lines of 53/47 or so.
I'm sure it would be a fun project, but it's highly impractical, as you would pretty much have to give up the tiny backseats and likely a good portion of the already small trunk to fit the batteries.