[brian_]

The list of potential vehicles looks bizarre at first, because they are so different, but I understand that you are considering a few different types of conversion, and those are the specific vehicles that you would use for each type.

My concern is that at least the RX7 for drifting and the Titan for towing are examples of very high power consumption, which is the most expensive and difficult type of conversion. The truck is the worst, because to be useful the high power demand goes on for a long period, so you need to carry a very large amount of energy in the battery.

I think it would make sense to get a good understanding of how much power and energy you need, then look at the cost and size of both motors at that power and batteries at that energy... and consider whether or not these are reasonable starting projects.

 

[brian_]

The Impreza would be a more practical conversion... until you "range extension", which means making it into a plug-in series hybrid. That's a serious challenge in weight, packaging, cost, and efficiency.

"Range extension" for the truck is also difficult. No, I don't think that a Chevrolet Volt is a very useful starting point: it has a multi-mode hybrid powertrain - very similar to a Prius but a little more complex - which wouldn't drop into the truck in any rational way.

 

[Cloudstruck]

The list of potential vehicles looks bizarre at first, because they are so different, but I understand that you are considering a few different types of conversion, and those are the specific vehicles that you would use for each type.

My concern is that at least the RX7 for drifting and the Titan for towing are examples of very high power consumption, which is the most expensive and difficult type of conversion. The truck is the worst, because to be useful the high power demand goes on for a long period, so you need to carry a very large amount of energy in the battery.

I think it would make sense to get a good understanding of how much power and energy you need, then look at the cost and size of both motors at that power and batteries at that energy... and consider whether or not these are reasonable starting projects.

Awesome! All good info
I'm more or less just trying to get a good starting point
I know they're weird lol I currently own the impreza coupe and rx7
so that's why i mention those

The rx7 is just a shell
and the impreza blew the engine

I'm trying to learn as much as I can every day
and everything is very interesting
definitely a little more complex than an ICE

If I was to build a titan though which engine would be a good choice?
I guess I would need a good battery setup to support it because of the weight and load of course like you mentioned