Well, I took the plunge, or at least I'm on the trampoline. I mailed the truck scrap yard I mentioned earlier in the truck motor thread and asked for a price for a used truck motor that's:
- DC
- About 8" diameter
- At least 20 kW under load
- At least 50 Nm under load
- Preferably have 8 brushes
- Outgoing axle that's thick enough for the motor to be overloaded without it snapping
I wonder if he'll answer me or write me off as a total madman.
Now I have to make up my mind about a donor too. S-10 is a favorite, but I'm worried about the power needed to propel it (it'll take loads of batteries).
Volvo 440/460 is another candidate since they're cheap around here, pretty small, not totally brick shaped and there's still plenty of them as a lot of old folks got themselves one when their old trusted Volvo 240 finally broke (we've had at least one generation of die hard "I've always bought Swedish" around here). They usually took good care of them too. Bad side is that they can't take many extra kilos for batteries (otherwise I'll never get it accepted for public roads) + that they rust badly.
A DeLorean would be awesome, but they're so rare and hyped in Sweden that I'd have to sell the house to be able to afford one, so, uh, no thanks.
Loads to think about. And, of course, I don't know if he'll have a fitting motor to begin with. However, considering these pictures he included in the ad it looks promising:
I mean, among all that clutter there oughtta be a motor for li'l me?
- DC
- About 8" diameter
- At least 20 kW under load
- At least 50 Nm under load
- Preferably have 8 brushes
- Outgoing axle that's thick enough for the motor to be overloaded without it snapping
I wonder if he'll answer me or write me off as a total madman.
Now I have to make up my mind about a donor too. S-10 is a favorite, but I'm worried about the power needed to propel it (it'll take loads of batteries).
Volvo 440/460 is another candidate since they're cheap around here, pretty small, not totally brick shaped and there's still plenty of them as a lot of old folks got themselves one when their old trusted Volvo 240 finally broke (we've had at least one generation of die hard "I've always bought Swedish" around here). They usually took good care of them too. Bad side is that they can't take many extra kilos for batteries (otherwise I'll never get it accepted for public roads) + that they rust badly.
A DeLorean would be awesome, but they're so rare and hyped in Sweden that I'd have to sell the house to be able to afford one, so, uh, no thanks.
Loads to think about. And, of course, I don't know if he'll have a fitting motor to begin with. However, considering these pictures he included in the ad it looks promising:
I mean, among all that clutter there oughtta be a motor for li'l me?