Sure there's "real" data about acceleration, it's physics. TORQUE applied to LOAD = ACCELERATION We pretty much have all these numbers already. And I'm talking...
Hi Aaron, You missed one thing, lawn tractors have very close ratios on their gearing or hydrostatic slip and have never been geared for the road! If your...
do any of you have a idea what these componets (motor/ice/trans, the drive line)would cost ? should the trans be auto or manual?thanks ... Be a better friend,...
Carl, perhaps you're only reading the snipped version of this thread that is included below. What I wrote was longer and basically said "FYI, if you build the ...
... Tell me what car uses the VW Type 1 transmission and I'll be happy to do the math and post it all here. Every time I do a search vor VW Type 1 I get the...
Sorry to sound a little off but, that is the car that used that transmission. The good this is that iam a big VW person and I think I found some useful info. ...
Any newer stats (including stock torque) would be helpful. I'm really surprised that is the source of the tranny that he's using. Biggest reason is because I...
6-700 lbs of what? ... I took off the 107lbs for the DC motor, and 33lbs each for 6 Valence UEV-18XP batteries. And I even took off another 70 lbs for removal...
I don't know if it's been discussed yet but, I was pondering the possibility of moving the diesel to the rear to run the single wheel and relocating the DC...
I'm the guy who posted the Daihatsu photos in this group. So my transmission is attached, I won't be using the VW type-1. That diesel turns up about 37 hp...
Hi Bob With a 2f/1r trike, the weight needs to be well forwards for handling/steering stability. As the diesel engine weighs more than electric motor and is...
My mistake, I misread your breakdown. Assuming tire/wheel size being equal, sub 14 seconds sounds good. I did some acceleration tests just yesterday and found...
Here's a little FYI on aerodynamics. I've been a fan of the blunt front, tapered rear design as well for all of the same reasons you stated. In doing some...
I have a question. The high gas mileage is because of the dual power system. The Diesel can run at a constant speed and the electric motor with handle on...
Have you guys seen this yet? http://www.theaircar.com/ Looks pretty interesting. Especially if you could use solar to drive a compressor. A tank in the...
Hi Jonathon I don't think RQR is gaining much mileage by intelligently applying electric power to smooth out demand peaks. The claimed 225mpg figure for...
... Unfortunately compressed air has a thermal efficiency of about 20% unless you can recover the heat energy lost in compression and storage. These "air...
... power system. The Diesel can run at a constant speed and the electric motor with handle on demand power requirements. Are you talking about the XR3 or...
Yes on the XR3 I know that the diesel is not a simple generator for electrical power. But when you are in traffic or passing the driver must increase then...
This is all just speculation until we see the actual plans, but it could be very simply done. This is a 20 second what-if which I'm sure can be improved on,...
The diesel engine is connected to a traditional manual transmission. It is impossible to speed up the car without speeding up the engine. If the electric motor...
Hi Aaron, Still waiting to see if I can find any 36hp type 1 dyno info but I did for some old mph vs time graphs. The information is for a comparison btween a...
Hi Jonathon If you look at the drawings of the Kubota D905-E engine, it appears to have a fan belt driven alternator, mounted on a typical adjustable arced...
... Don't you mean as a charger? ... Or take this bck one, instead of the high noltage pack use this motor as both a motor (The drive motor) and as a...
Don't forget also that regardless of the fact that the engine speed changes as speed changes, the throttle position is not locked to a specific engine speed....
I haven't seen any sketches or renderings indicating where a radiator might be going. It doesn't look like there is room enough in front of the engine. Any...
In these days of computing, I wonder if it's just time to forget how the normal accelerator system works. I'm thinking more of the pedal, is a feedback...
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