Quote History Quoted:Yep, its them batteries that are the doozie. Both in the cost and in the size.
I've seen a dude with a factoryfive 818 with a tesla motor and running something like chevy volt batteries which aren't super duper yuuuge. The tesla brand batteries are designed to be the entire floor of the car.
Very hard to stuff those into any other car as they are. I have seen somebody who opened them up and reconfigured the cells to fit under the hood of an old 70s muscle car.
Oh, and if you're made of money, I finally got the release notification from revolt. They're a company that takes a tesla motor and makes it a crate motor, but turns it sideways so the axis of rotation runs front to back like the drivetrain in most of the old rear wheel drive cars. The revolt kit makes it easier to just plop a tesla motor in and attach it to your existing rear differential and uses LS engine mounts. They want $34-39k for the crate motor.
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I plan on putting the battery bank in under the bed floor just like the gas tank and spare tire is now.
I saw stuff like this but just like your suggestion a bit more for just the motor than I am looking to spend:
They have several models but this one is 65k but does come with a 53kWh battery pack.
Here is a link to there website and they have several other options. This seems to be the most $$$$ except maybe the 911 conversion but that one is specific and didn't click on it.
https://electricgt.com/gte-motors/The cheapest option is like 39k with double banks of tesla batteries 36k with a single. They do come with most of all the components you need but the stuff to install it is all you (such as pumps for vacuum assisted brakes and such seem to be included unless I read it wrong).
I was thinking something more like this:
EVwest $9.3k
I had not see the ford crate motor and honestly probably a better option than what I had in mind.
I figure it will be 20k in the motor and controller, hopefully all the connections and stuff. Basically everything but the battery pack, which I expect to be another 15k if I do it right.
Maybe I am off the mark but part of the reason I created the thread.