[Paower]

Hello all,

Been working for the past few months on converting this Honda Acty kei van. A few months ago I bought a Netgain Warp 9 (before I received the van) planning on using the Warp 9. I've since received the van and torn it apart. After getting it all torn apart I'm confronting a concern that I've had since I bought the Warp 9, which is that this thing is not only physically too big, but may also be overkill for the stock drivetrain.

The van is 4WD rear/mid-engined.

So, I've been exploring the idea of using a smaller AC motor, most likely the AC-35 at 96V.

Now I'm wondering if that'll be underpowered for what I'm looking to do with the van, hauling surfboards, some mild offroading and zipping around town. Sometimes going on the freeway.

 

[Paower]

I've decided to stick with the 9" and go with a clutch-less setup. Thanks everybody for the input!

 

[Paower]

Also, you say that the Warp 9 motor was too big for the Acty. What made it too big? Would going clutchless make it fit?

Hey! How's it going. Sorry it's been so long and there hasn't been an update.

I've finally got my 5 Tesla modules, and got rid of the old Netgain Warp 9. Even if you went clutchless I wouldn't recommend that motor for the Acty, it would still be a clearance issue. I tried every which way to get it to fit but it was always too big.

I've now decided to go with the Hyper 9 which is a few inches smaller and will be a lot lighter and more manageable, although it does make the build a bit more complicated.