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Originally Posted by nextcar
Sure, he fixed the torque dip...
But he still needs 50 hp more!
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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.
The thing has an 80 mile range which would just plain suck.
Fun project car but really no "improvements" made.
Converting cars not designed from the ground up to be EVs rarely results in a great vehicle.