[tomcameron]

Hi everyone.
I have just put my motor in the car. It’s standing on some bricks at the moment. I need some help on how to make a custom mount to take the weight of the motor. Here are some pictures.

[Ziggythewiz]

Is that the new Warp Stealth motor?

[tomcameron]

Ok this is embarrassing it’s not letting me load up any pictures. How do you load up pictures?


Any way my motor is an AC induction type


http://www.everything-ev.com/index.p...roducts_id=279


I don’t think I can use the feet, but there are two holes on the top which is used for a crane. It’s in front of the control box in the centre. Any ideas?
thanks

[Ziggythewiz]

Click Go Advanced, then the paperclip to add attachments

[tomcameron]

finished heres the pictures, turned out they were too big to be loaded.
so what do you guys think?

[njloof]

If you want your pictures to be small enough to post without being the size of a postage stamp, try saving them as JPEG with a lower "quality" setting.

[Ziggythewiz]

Is the motor already mounted to the transmission? How was the transmission mounted originally?

[Woodsmith]

Use the existing mount on the transmission side first off.

Re use the original mountings removed from the ICE and adapt them to support the motor from its foot mount.

You can make up a plate with bolt holes for the foot, bolt it in place.
Fit the motor/trans in then motor bay using the rubber trans mount.
Fit the original ICE mounts to the vehicle frame in their original positions.
Work out the steel work required to join the ICE mounts to the plate bolted to the motor foot.
Tack weld the new metalwork in place and then unbolt the plate from the motor foot and the rubber mounts from the vehicle frame and fully weld adding gussets and braces as required.
Refit to the vehicle.

[tomcameron]

there is a problem. the fan case sticks far out almost to the wall. there is only a 70mm gap, so I cant fit any piece of metal throught without blocking the fan.

the pieces of metal would have to come round the motor, it will be going right over the top holes.

the top holes can take the wieght, I will install a tourque bar somewhere. It will cut allot of wieght out of the mount by not going all the way down to the feet.

do let me say the feet cant come off and does look a be silly with the feet hanging, but nobody has spotted it yet. Lolz

[Woodsmith]

I wouldn't rely on just the top holes to mount the motor. They are designed for lifting just the motor when fitting it but not really for taking dynamic loads when you hit a pothole or speed bump.

I would still use the foot and take a frame around the sides of the motor to above the motor and then sideways to the rubber mounting.
The torque bar can be fitted to one of the bell housing bolts to resist the torque. That would be the largest radius from the axis of the motor shaft.


Another idea would be to turn your motor upside down so the foot is at the top. You can then go straight from the foot to the rubber mount. It does mean the terminals are underneath but that shouldn't be an issue if you can get to them from under the car.