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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 18 2013, 01:32 PM (836 Views) | |
| evmetro | Dec 18 2013, 01:32 PM Post #1 |
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This is for another non Metro EV conversion that is not only getting converted to electric, but is getting converted from front wheel drive to rear wheel drive as well. ![]() I have been contemplating a rear wheel drive Metro for a long time because of the problems that I have with wheel slip in these Metros at speeds below 30 mph, and this set up would make a metro stick a little better. I will see how this 2 speed power glide works out in my other conversion project first. In my electric metros, I start out in 3rd gear, and go right to 5th, so this 2 speed is probably the ticket. This end is set up for an electric motor to bolt right up and has a custom input shaft with a keyway for the electric motor output. The electric pump maintains pressure when the car is stopped since the bell housing is sawed off of this and there is no torque converter. (torque converters don't do anything for a car that has no idle) ![]() This transmission is set up with a manual valve body and has no tail shaft section. Roughly the size of a Metro transmission. I could fit the motor and transmission under the hood, and run a drive shaft back to whatever rear end that I fab in.
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| metromizer | Dec 18 2013, 01:44 PM Post #2 |
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Without a torque converter to 'cushion' the shock, I wonder how the 1-2 shift will feel to the passengers... ? Back in the early 1980's, a spin-off from the company I worked for, manufactured and sold commercial EV motor controllers (Pacific Motor Controller, Berkeley, CA). They came up with it as a solution to dampen the 'shock' of instant torque you get from a large electric motor. That neck-snapping move in early EV's turned the public off to them. The guy I worked for was quite a visionary, and had the motivation and the capital to make somethings reality. You would have liked Bill. |
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| evmetro | Dec 18 2013, 01:45 PM Post #3 |
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After I watched that "fastest vw" video in that thread, I did some math on what it would take to do that in a metro. It looks like I would need about 750,000 watts. This could happen in a Metro, and this tranny can handle it. You know, something strange happens to car building types of people when you watch that video... |
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| Richard123vmt | Dec 30 2013, 08:50 PM Post #4 |
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Do you just like rear wheel drive or is there some problem with fitting it with front wheel drive? |
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| Old Man | Dec 30 2013, 09:17 PM Post #5 |
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Have you ever looked at the two speed LenCo transmissions? (funny car applications) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kR4siGvUfI or more at: https://www.google.com/#q=lenco+transmission |
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| georandy | Dec 30 2013, 09:48 PM Post #6 |
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I had a powerglide transmission in my 67 Camaro. Not the best for highway mileage in a gas burner but a good strip racer. Might be good in an electric though. Effortless driving. Just might be the deal. |
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| billpinsc | Dec 30 2013, 09:50 PM Post #7 |
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