Hi Arlo
Have been following your project from a distance. Congrats on the very good results!
Got some questions about general ev-projects and the leafmotor, as you have been doing heavy diy and probably weighted most options.
The power you have gotten from yours is well enough, but can that be achieved with off the shelf parts as well?
If not, what would be your advice to someone jumping into a conversion? The little browsing on ev forums I have done, I see advice on 50kw brushed motors basically.
I am looking to convert my s2000 that I would like to be silent and electric (today an e85 turboconverted car dynoed to 420whp).
Less power is ok, as long as I can achieve north of say ~200kw, I would be happy. (Dont want less performance than the standard s2k, as that is much of the cars identity)
This has been in my mind for a few years now and with more and more ev batteries becoming available second hand, things are looking more promising in that regard.
The initial steps would be to get a grip on the size of the components that could be used, and then see if its a good idea or not.
What are your thoughts about a conversion like this? Could the leaf motor be a candidate or should I look elsewhere?