Gutting the BRZ and putting in a Electric Engine? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

mechaghost · 07-17-2012, 08:40 PM

I saw this video about EV West and their Electric M3 for Pikes Peak.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvnCgW5tSsc"]Bill Caswell Takes the BMW M3 Electric Pikes Peak Race Car for a Test Drive - EV West - YouTube[/ame]

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

Capt Canuck · 07-17-2012, 08:48 PM

That's really interesting that they have made that race track look like normal suburban streets.

jskurucz · 07-17-2012, 08:57 PM

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That's really interesting that they have made that race track look like normal suburban streets.

Very interesting. Have no respect for these guys since those were public roads. That's what we call... Tools.

Laika · 07-17-2012, 09:07 PM

Are there no other synonyms for "surge" ?

DeeezNuuuts83 · 07-17-2012, 09:51 PM

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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.

GenkiElite · 07-17-2012, 10:44 PM

Well at least when someones says "what MOTOR you got in it?", they'll be using the correct term. I dont know why motor and engine mix ups bother.

Maps316 · 07-18-2012, 12:59 AM

wow looks like a electric car on steroids, thats freaken ridiculously sick

Foobar · 07-18-2012, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by GenkiElite

Well at least when someones says "what MOTOR you got in it?", they'll be using the correct term. I dont know why motor and engine mix ups bother.

How about Rocketry? They call them motors in that arena as well.

Mishimoto · 07-18-2012, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Laika

Are there no other synonyms for "surge" ?

You don't understand it just...surges.... lol

Interesting video though.

SUB-FT86 · 07-18-2012, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by DeeezNuuuts83

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.

Its actually 55/45 but with two people inside it's quoted at 53/47.

Turbowned · 07-18-2012, 01:22 PM

I don't understand why they were driving a race car on the street either, but I'm all for any advancements in technology that make for fun EV's. Hybrid gas-electrics and EV's will be a big part of the automotive landscape sooner or later, so the sooner they can figure out a way to make them fun, the better.

Le Mans-winning, all-wheel-drive diesel/electric hybrid, anyone?

GenkiElite · 07-18-2012, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Foobar

How about Rocketry? They call them motors in that arena as well.

Great. Next time I'm have a converstation with the guys at JPL I'll bring that up.

blu_ · 07-18-2012, 04:31 PM

Huh? Car engines are motors.

Foobar · 07-18-2012, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by GenkiElite

Great. Next time I'm have a converstation with the guys at JPL I'll bring that up.

Heh, true - you could do that, but I was thinking more along the lines of model rocketry.

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mechaghost Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Drives: Silver AT Limited Location: Seattle Posts: 823 Thanks: 145 Thanked 344 Times in 159 Posts Mentioned: 17 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Gutting the BRZ and putting in a Electric Engine? I saw this video about EV West and their Electric M3 for Pikes Peak. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvnCgW5tSsc"]Bill Caswell Takes the BMW M3 Electric Pikes Peak Race Car for a Test Drive - EV West - YouTube[/ame] 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

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