[FC] Electric Rampside

[TiM M]

     Yep, the clutch and 4 speed are still there, I
only use first for climbing steep hills like my
driveway... If you're driving around on relatively
flat roads third works fine from a stop up to 55 or
so. The motor has the torque to handle it but things
tend to break and the motor will over heat. There is a
guy in Oregon with an Electric Datsun that's on his
third Ford 9" rear end, he twisted the first two, the
one he's running now is a heavy duty special one made
for monster trucks... this is in a Datsun 1200. The DC
motor has an internal fan, if you run it at low RPM
and a high load it gets hot and doesn't move enough
air to cool it. The DC motor has a 6000RPM red line,
spin it faster than that and it might fly apart. You
never downshift an electric motor unless you're going
slow enough for the lower gear or bad things can
happen. You leave it in gear until you come to a stop,
that may the motor stops turning and you can shift
down. It takes a bit of getting used to when I drive
my gas 4 speed... The AC conversions have a much
higher RPM range. They usually lock the tranny in
second gear and your good from a stop to around 70MPH
or so. You also get regenerative breaking with AC, but
it costs more and you need allot higher voltage. Pros
and cons on both sides of that debate.
     Did some one say snow? That's the white fluffy
stuff that falls from the sky right? I saw some of
that in a movie last week I think.  ;-)

TiM McCann]
'61 Electric Rampside

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