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I hope there is someone that can take this idea to the next level. If we could work out a 2-1 or so reduction between the electric motor and driveshaft I think this will work. But as of now I seem to have hit a number of limits on my project as I have hit the limits of clearance for the motor, battery discharge rate and controller current. I cannot use a bigger electric motor unless I pull the gas tank and fabricate a new gas tank and install a new fuel pump and filter as the fuel pump and filter are inside the existing plastic tank. The 7 1/4 inch motor has less than a 1" clearance on the top and only a 1/4" on the side by the gas tank. Some people have reworked the gas tank to install a 9" or cut out part of the floor to fit a 11" motor. That would definitely help as the larger motors produce more torque per amp. My 7" motor has a special design that makes it a bit stronger than a standard 8" motor but it is still less than a 9" or 11" DC motor. But I am not certain than even a 50% improvement in torque would make a huge difference. But a 100% with gear reduction should. At the moment the electric motor consumes 500 amps on acceleration. That is more than the batteries can comfortably handle and I am at the maximum output the controller handles. One can use a 1000 amp controller but there is a noticeable jump in price and I would need larger batteries. Finally the EMIS system only works with Altrax controllers.. I have done a lot of thinking on how we could make this work. If we could have the electric motor apply the power in front of the transmission that could do the trick. With the electric motor after the transmission you do not get any benefit of gear reductions. If I could attach the electric to the crankshaft so the torque is multiplied by the transmission or if I could attach the motor to the driveshaft via belts or chain for a 2-1 gearing reduction I think that would help greatly. But I have yet to find a way to engineer such a connection. I tried a solution with belts but after breaking two belts and a homemade pulley I gave up.
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