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Check out my suzuki samurai on the rubicon trail. I'm have been in the off road community and always wanted to build a electric rock crawler. So I have been building this for a while. It is a mild off-roader as my goal is to keep it street legal. I notice that there isn't very many 4wd electric cars on this site. Check out my YouTube videos and let me know what you guys think.


https://youtu.be/5MCLsFbKb3M

https://youtu.be/dRoxI0c7ki4

Thanks

 

[dedlast]

Nice. It's kinda weird not hearing any noise from your rig, though.

 

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Nice. It's kinda weird not hearing any noise from your rig, though.

Yea it is weird to hear all the things we usually don't hear.

 

[Yabert]

Really nice! Thanks to share and if you can, please share some details with pictures about the build (motor, battery, etc.)

 

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Here is a walk thru of the vehicle.

https://youtu.be/4K08556KtAg

 

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As for the four wheel drive train, it has lockers in both axles, a 4 to 1 transfercase, differential guards, nerf bars for rocker panel protection, spring over axle swap to lift it 5 or 6 inches. I also have a abs belly pan for the engine compartment.

 

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This is how it started.

 

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This is the motor and Canev adapter with lightened flywheel and clutch. I fabbed up a motor mount to use stock rubber mounts. I also have a neck to add a fan if needed.

 

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Mounted the controller on the firewall on a aluminum plate.

 

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I made the cables with this crimper made in China but worked great. I think I got if for 60 bucks on eBay.

 

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Made my temporary racks for my test batteries out of steel.

 

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Batteries in place in engine compartment. They are U.S. battery 12vxc. 155ah.

 

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Batteries in the rear of car.

 

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Regen pedal.

 

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Being that I have such low gearing when off road, the regen pedal was way to responsive and would either lock up all four wheels or put me through the windshield. So I used A switch to disconnect the regen pedal and activate the a 0-5k pot that is activated by activation at the throttle up. So now I can adjust amount of engine braking based on the gear I am in and how steep it is.

 

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Here is the pic of the brake controller.

 

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Plug in...

 

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Completed engine compartment with Audi vacuum pump, elcon charger...

 

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I had to change frames due to paper work problems.

 

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Painted in sections