[lordOfTacos]

hello, here is Marty, I am getting more serious about e-conversion.

I blew the 350 engine, I am not pleased with the old tech. Lets go future!

 

[Bratitude]

leaf motor mounted to old transmission or a ls600h hybrid gearbox with the input shaft locks, l replacing the taco transmission. I’d go with a small battery and have a little hon oars generator. Keep it nice and light

 

[lordOfTacos]

leaf motor mounted to old transmission or a ls600h hybrid gearbox with the input shaft locks, l replacing the taco transmission. I’d go with a small battery and have a little hon oars generator. Keep it nice and light

Thanks for the tip amigo! I will look into that.

 

[Bratitude]

Whoops spelling. a ls600h hybrid transmission, lock the input shaft and replacement the transmission in the taco with that. It has 2 electric motors inside. and a Chevy volt battery would be a good candidate, run a little Honda generator for when u need a bit more range. Keeps things cost effective

 

[remy_martian]

Generator is a waste of time and money if you do the math on what it puts out

 

[lordOfTacos]

Whoops spelling. a ls600h hybrid transmission, lock the input shaft and replacement the transmission in the taco with that. It has 2 electric motors inside. and a Chevy volt battery would be a good candidate, run a little Honda generator for when u need a bit more range. Keeps things cost effective

I like all this except that trans might be hard to make work with the old transfer case. I will have to check. It's a right handed case, most modern Toyotas are lefties. Sadly I don't see any L110f transmissions in eBay either.

 

[lordOfTacos]

Generator is a waste of time and money if you do the math on what it puts out

I was thinking about this, and my initial thought was to just chuck a generator in the bed and plug in when needed. But I did notice that the Audi Dakar team used a 2.4l engine as backup, so it seems for charge something larger is preferred. I guess it depends on how far I need to go.

 

[remy_martian]

You didn't do the math.

A large 8kW generator running for an hour gets you 24 miles, is noisy AF, stinks to high heaven, and needs dino juice...

A similar weight set of "range extender" battery modules (400lb) slipped into the bed gets you 120miles.

Generators make zero sense on an EV - they're half-assed hybrids. Maybe 1/4-assed.

There are chargers everywhere except Wyoming and North Dakota, iirc, and that's changing.

 

[Bratitude]

I like all this except that trans might be hard to make work with the old transfer case. I will have to check. It's a right handed case, most modern Toyotas are lefties. Sadly I don't see any L110f transmissions in eBay either.

The ls600h transmission is the awd version, so you wouldn’t use the original t-case.

 

[Bratitude]

You didn't do the math.

A large 8kW generator running for an hour gets you 24 miles, is noisy AF, stinks to high heaven, and needs dino juice...

A similar weight set of "range extender" battery modules (400lb) slipped into the bed gets you 120miles.

Generators make zero sense on an EV - they're half-assed hybrids. Maybe 1/4-assed.

There are chargers everywhere except Wyoming and North Dakota, iirc, and that's changing.

Have a small 2kw onboard for emergencies, it’s an off-road taco. No chargers in the bush. but yes anything bigger is silly.

 

[lordOfTacos]

You didn't do the math.

A large 8kW generator running for an hour gets you 24 miles, is noisy AF, stinks to high heaven, and needs dino juice...

A similar weight set of "range extender" battery modules (400lb) slipped into the bed gets you 120miles.

Generators make zero sense on an EV - they're half-assed hybrids. Maybe 1/4-assed.

There are chargers everywhere except Wyoming and North Dakota, iirc, and that's changing.

I haven't done the math yet, you are right about that. I would need something though, central vt and the north Maine woods have even fewer charging points. But, yes, point taken

 

[lordOfTacos]

The ls600h transmission is the awd version, so you wouldn’t use the original t-case.

Yeah, the drop is on the wrong side, I have to keep the driver side drop. Do you have adapter plates for the a340f transmission?

 

[DMPstar]

You may want to lose the A/T at this point. What was stock? W56 in a manual version truck?
I did the same truck in my failed build, mine had a rare diesel engine and transmission though. Harder to find a replacement transmission when it started acting up from poor motor adaptor design.

 

[remy_martian]

Have a small 2kw onboard for emergencies, it’s an off-road taco. No chargers in the bush. but yes anything bigger is silly.

You'll get about 5 miles per hour of running the generator. An inverter running off a Tesla module will get you about 18 miles.

I guess I don't understand "emergencies" in the context of a vehicle battery. Only a fool would go into the bush with an EV without plenty of reserve after doing the roundtrip charging math.

 

[lordOfTacos]

You may want to lose the A/T at this point. What was stock? W56 in a manual version truck?
I did the same truck in my failed build, mine had a rare diesel engine and transmission though. Harder to find a replacement transmission when it started acting up from poor motor adaptor design.

Previous owner put a th350 in, to match the SBC 350. So losing that is fantastic. I'm at this point because i repaired the transmission, test drove it around town, and threw a rod in the engine. Done. With. Old. Tech.

 

[Bratitude]

Yeah, the drop is on the wrong side, I have to keep the driver side drop. Do you have adapter plates for the a340f transmission?

I don’t currently, but it’s on the list of bolt patterns to measure. should have kits soon tho

 

[lordOfTacos]

I don’t currently, but it’s on the list of bolt patterns to measure. should have kits soon tho

ok, I don't have a transmission yet. but A340F is cheap and available. Thanks for the info!

 

[DMPstar]

ok, I don't have a transmission yet. but A340F is cheap and available. Thanks for the info!

You should avoid automatic transmissions if possible for an EV conversion. Extra losses, torque converter stuff... that is the general consensus anyway.