JNHEscher
Red Skull Member
Been wanting to ditch the EJ life and go zappy in the scoob. My thoughts were to go with a forklift or golf cart motor. From what I can find, even the performance motors from Plum Quick won't have enough cojones to move an Outback at reasonable speeds.
Reason for DC - lower (non-electrocuting) voltage, as in 48 volts. Two wires, PWM controller, and batteries being the main components. Fairly flat torque curve with brushed DC. Golf cart motors are pretty well enclosed.
Brat Industries has an adapter for the Nissan Leaf motor. AC is not what I want when I would like to spend some time crawling. That and it requires three wires, inverter, high voltage, etc. I can't seem to find the cheap Leaf motor and Cobalt battery combo that people talk about. And I want to keep the system as simple as possible.
I've looked at Netgain stuff, but that's talking prices that are way over what is worth putting into my car. Their motors are also vented, which is not the greatest for water crossings.
Thoughts on getting a close match to 165 ft.lbs., or at least powerful enough to move a car at highway speeds? Got a 6-speed manual in it now and have to keep that due to the front diff being integrated in the trans.
Reason for DC - lower (non-electrocuting) voltage, as in 48 volts. Two wires, PWM controller, and batteries being the main components. Fairly flat torque curve with brushed DC. Golf cart motors are pretty well enclosed.
Brat Industries has an adapter for the Nissan Leaf motor. AC is not what I want when I would like to spend some time crawling. That and it requires three wires, inverter, high voltage, etc. I can't seem to find the cheap Leaf motor and Cobalt battery combo that people talk about. And I want to keep the system as simple as possible.
I've looked at Netgain stuff, but that's talking prices that are way over what is worth putting into my car. Their motors are also vented, which is not the greatest for water crossings.
Thoughts on getting a close match to 165 ft.lbs., or at least powerful enough to move a car at highway speeds? Got a 6-speed manual in it now and have to keep that due to the front diff being integrated in the trans.