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For front-wheel-drive cars (which about 95% of small cars are), the differential is embedded in the gearbox. So you can't remove the gearbox, or you'll have to
by LeonM 7y ago
For front-wheel-drive cars (which about 95% of small cars are), the differential is embedded in the gearbox.
So you can't remove the gearbox, or you'll have to place a new stand-alone differential, which will add significant costs.
- dsfyu404ed 7y agoJust make a shaft to replace the shifty gear reducing bits of the transmission and then bolt your electric motor to the now gear-less transmission. It should be pretty easy to standardize a coupling and mounting bolt pattern for the motor and then just bolt on whatever transmissions shaft and bell-housing adapter you'd need for the particular model. I'm glossing over the details but you'd need about half a dozen precision machined features and like three or four parts that are specific to a particular ICE engine/transmission application. Dimensions are such that you could probably buy cheap axles for a common application and then have them machined down to make your part. Parts cost should wind up under $200ea unless you need something expensive to machine (like blind female splines).