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Originally Posted by ArmySGT.
Gauging off the engine compartment size of the V-150S. That and anything larger is certainly fair game for conversion.
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Sure, I am just saying that the fusion reactor and electric motor combo might have a different form factor than the components it is replacing. Just because you can get it in there doesn't mean you won't have to take a torch to the frame here and there to make that happen!
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Originally Posted by ArmySGT.
Then you render all your vehicles 4x2. With the transmission you gain the low low gearing for climbing and getting through mud, plus the High for highway. Then this transfers power to the transfer case so the front wheels are powered too.
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The transmission and the transfer case are two different components - you need the transfer case for all-wheel drive, you don't need the transmission. Electric motors have their maximum torque at 0 RPM's and maintain that torque with little or no drop pretty close to their peak efficiency speed, at which point torque and horsepower both start to drop. It is a completely different arrangement than gas or diesel motors. If you take the lowest crawler gear on a 500HP diesel, you will still have
less torque than you will with a 500HP electric motor and no transmission at all. Really, the only potential advantage of a transmission on an electric motor is at the other end - high speed performance, which is not generally going to be worth the increased mechanical components for MPV's.
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Originally Posted by ArmySGT.
Sure, but I am all for having a heated cabin myself.
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Me too, I just think manipulating the waste heat is going to be an easier, more reliable, and more efficient way of heating the cabin.
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Originally Posted by ArmySGT.
Or just cut it out all together..... two signals or none. Seems like a pretty easy part to access and replace in the field.
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That works too.