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Electric conversion manual transmission.
Usually the person doing the conversion has a donor vehicle that will act as the platform for the conversion.
Everyone seems to be keeping the transmission in their electric car conversions.
If i upscale the motor why can t i lose the transmission and clutch etc.
Thursday october 15 2009.
Most donor vehicles have a manual transmission.
It s not just a classic fiat 124 convertible that has undergone an electric conversion but also the first custom ev on the market to feature a manual transmission.
I don t get it.
Thanks to a twin motor drive.
Of course i would need to mount the motor where the tranny is now and get a part milled to connect the drive shaft to the motor.
As the manual transmission s availability in modern cars continues to wane more and more electric cars with a single speed gearbox continue to pop up on the market.
The person doing the conversion has a lot of choices when it comes to battery technology.
I used the transmission s flex plate to design the motor coupler which is a taper locking coupling.
Almost always the donor vehicle is a normal gasoline powered car that gets converted to electric.
Given the acceleration possible from any dual motor tesla vehicle adding a manual transmission into the mix is choosing.
Conversion blog on a 1996 honda civic gas vehicle to a completely electric vehicle.