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I have a friend who dropped a turbocharged engine out of an old 80s BMW into an RX-8. He ended up having to cut a hole in the firewall and completely redesignin
by jwalton 6y ago
I have a friend who dropped a turbocharged engine out of an old 80s BMW into an RX-8. He ended up having to cut a hole in the firewall and completely redesigning the rack and pinion because the old rack would have gone through the middle of the larger BMW engine. He kept the original gearbox and was always worried the low revving high torque BMW engine was going to murder it. :P
- elihu 6y agoThankfully I don't have that problem. The Netgain motor is pretty big as motors go and it'll be close to the power steering unit, but still I think I've got enough room there. Most of the work so far has been making battery boxes. I've got one under each rear seat where the gas tank used to be, one in the front down low where the radiator used to be, a smaller one above it, and another that goes over the motor (which raises the CG more than I'd like, but the other batteries that basically as low as they can be probably offset it). Weight balance should be about the same. I'll have to do some welding on the back seats, because they're too low for the batteries to fit. Sacrificing about four inches of foam will make for an uncomfortable seat, but it should at least look normal.
- Tor3 6y agoHow do you plan to do heating? Even if it doesn't get cold where you live, but you'll still need heat (and maybe A/C) to avoid fogging the windshield when it's humid. An electric heater, powered by the same batteries?
- elihu 6y agoI haven't figured that out yet. Probably an electric heater of some sort.