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Price is good, really, people in the market to do swaps are used to paying big bucks for crate motors. This isn't really targeted at everyday consumers. Even

Price is good, really, people in the market to do swaps are used to paying big bucks for crate motors. This isn't really targeted at everyday consumers. Even so, I do agree that it would be nice to see battery options as well. At least something with a decently modular form factor that is targeted at powering an EV.

R0b0t1 5y ago
Price could be lower. Cheaper to make motor than an engine. Big issue is lack of inverter. If you get a bigger motor need a bigger inverter. With a lot of parts now if you buy a la carte you spend as much or more than buying them in the vehicle especially at low end. They price them as if you are taking away a car sale. Not a good model in my opinion.
- rootusrootus 5y ago
  > Price could be lower. Cheaper to make motor than an engine. Sure, they could probably drop the price some. But it's starting out at half the cost of GM's most basic LS3 crate motor, so it's not terribly priced.
mmmBacon 5y ago
Having known many people who do this kind of a thing as a hobby and semi-professionally I highly doubt there will be much interest from the traditional hot rodding crowd. It’s the mechanical nature of things that they love, the sound of a well tuned motor, and the smell of fuel. Maybe things like this will help seed a new generation of hot rodders but I can’t see the traditional crowd turning in wrenches for a soldering iron.
- SkyPuncher 5y ago
  As someone who's on the edge of that community, this is the type of thing that would get me into it. I've lost interest in getting to all of the tight little areas on a conventional engine setup. While an electric engine doesn't remove all of that, it simplifies significant portions of it. ----- I can see this being interesting for people who have a car with a frame/body that's in good condition but have failing engine or exhaust components. Instead of replacing them, put the money towards a conversion.
- rootusrootus 5y ago
  > I can’t see the traditional crowd turning in wrenches for a soldering iron Looking at what it takes to do a swap, it seems like it's far less soldering and still a huge amount of wrench turning. It's possible some of the old folks won't go for it, but I know a bunch of hot rodders that would totally do it. Maybe not exclusively, but at least for the novelty. Heck, the biggest electric-mod enthusiast I know is pushing 70.

R0b0t1 5y ago

Price could be lower. Cheaper to make motor than an engine. Big issue is lack of inverter. If you get a bigger motor need a bigger inverter. With a lot of parts now if you buy a la carte you spend as much or more than buying them in the vehicle especially at low end. They price them as if you are taking away a car sale. Not a good model in my opinion.

rootusrootus 5y ago
> Price could be lower. Cheaper to make motor than an engine. Sure, they could probably drop the price some. But it's starting out at half the cost of GM's most basic LS3 crate motor, so it's not terribly priced.

mmmBacon 5y ago

Having known many people who do this kind of a thing as a hobby and semi-professionally I highly doubt there will be much interest from the traditional hot rodding crowd. It’s the mechanical nature of things that they love, the sound of a well tuned motor, and the smell of fuel. Maybe things like this will help seed a new generation of hot rodders but I can’t see the traditional crowd turning in wrenches for a soldering iron.

SkyPuncher 5y ago
As someone who's on the edge of that community, this is the type of thing that would get me into it. I've lost interest in getting to all of the tight little areas on a conventional engine setup. While an electric engine doesn't remove all of that, it simplifies significant portions of it. ----- I can see this being interesting for people who have a car with a frame/body that's in good condition but have failing engine or exhaust components. Instead of replacing them, put the money towards a conversion.
rootusrootus 5y ago
> I can’t see the traditional crowd turning in wrenches for a soldering iron Looking at what it takes to do a swap, it seems like it's far less soldering and still a huge amount of wrench turning. It's possible some of the old folks won't go for it, but I know a bunch of hot rodders that would totally do it. Maybe not exclusively, but at least for the novelty. Heck, the biggest electric-mod enthusiast I know is pushing 70.