@mike081283 Truckers say "You only need a clutch to stop. lol Shifting without a clutch takes a bit of practice but is rather easy. On electric cars, you preselect what gear you want for the trip. Going to the corner store? Put it in 2nd or 3rd and leave it. You're not going over 35 anyway. Coming to a stop you are not going to press the clutch peddle, the motor just stops with you until the light turns green. You'll do way less shifting than with an ICE.
You could also just use a sheet of plotter paper to trace the holes on the transmission, then use center punches to mark the steel. Or, if your transmission has a gasket, you can just use it as a stencil.
Another consideration is that this particular electric motor does not have a wide RPM operating range. Because of that, you really do still need to use various gears to match road speed and motor speed.
@yj1992jeep For power brakes, you can add a small electric vacuum pump, to run the vacuum assist. For steering, you could add a pulley to the power steering pump or replace with a manual steering rack. Tom replaced his original steering rack with manual. You do not NEED a clutch for an electric motor. Some guys keep them, so guys leave them out. This project is clutchless.
Another way to punch a blind hole is to point a bolt that threads into the hole, cut it off and screw the bolt in, point facing out until just the point sticks out. Line the other holes up and tap the metal above the pointed bolt to transfer a mark to the metal. Once done remove the bolt from the hole.
@danoldsbb A "Lovejoy" coupler can be picked up through any industrial supplier. They are usually also available at any place that deals in electric motors, or some store with a good mechanical isle, such as a farm store.
@CapitanoGUC: A land rover is not too heavy but it's not ideal. Actually, there is no such thing as a vehicle that is too heavy. Many earthmovers are electric vehicles and they can weigh fifty tons, easy. The problem becomes distance traveled per charge. See Bob Brant's book, 'Build your own electric vehicle' for a table on voltage vs. weight vs. motor power. That should get you on the right track.
This is a common question. For the quick and easy answer - you still need some way to connect the motor to the wheels. On a front-wheel-drive car, the transmission does exactly that. Since the transmission is already there, why not just use it? The only other option would be to remove the tranny and build something from scratch to take it's place - that's a lot of time and money.
@danoldsbb I've never had a dB meter in Tom's car, but it's quiet. The coupler itself doesn't make any noise. If you could hear the coupler at all, it would mean you have some sort of problem.
Knowing what I do now, I think I could do a motorcycle in a weekend. I would love to see someone do an "EV-Raising" where a bunch of people get together and crank out an EV in some short period of time!
Perhaps a foolish question...If one was able, would it be a more accurate connection, IF, one could measure "level" directly off the joining shafts? I ask because I am untrusting of motor housings as a reference location. What are your thoughts?
Hi. Im trying to make my first electric car and I love what your doing. finally some one is makeing a step by step vidio on all this .Do you have vidioes on all the electrical parts and hook up. And Thanks Again .
Old comment I know but don't know how to answer the first 2 questions, the 3rd's answer is just like a CVT transmission, "manual without the clutch" you just shift your the next gear or whatever gear you want which lets the engine run faster or slower
What I will do is a template with a cardboard and small hamer then transfer the card board into a steel plate and take the steel plate to a shop with water lasser cutting machine for perfection and work tha mounting coupler
the 4 people who dislike this video are: 1. Peter Voser (CEO of Shell) 2. Bob Dudley (CEO of BP) 3. George Bush 4. Dick Cheney They are like "Shit! the people are starting to think for themselves! What are we gonna do!"
those people are too busy working or playing to worry about your little video and can buy anybody out if they really wanted to suppress patents. how much of this do you think has already been made but suppressed??
Why didn't you just use a piece of cardboard to make a template? You could have just pulled the two items away from each other placed square piece of cardboard that squarely touchs the table and the motor shaft and tap on the cardboard to get the shaft impression then cut out the impression enabling you to slide the cardboard to the motor face which would aid in getting the bolt pattern. These steps could then be carried to the transmission. Much less crap to go through this way.
Short answer: because its electric Long answer: because you can start and stop an electric motor a lot faster and more often than a gas engine. I'm not entirely sure how you would do shifting without a clutch, but a lot of guides say you can.
this is 100% wrong concept because the battery will drian its power quickly why?because charging a battery as its giving power to motors will be very hard or not efficient or will charge it about 20% in 60mile driving so it will need to be charged everyday which is not practical, what is the right concept of this?im making a car that will need charging once a week or 12 days or more i will make my prototype soon but right now i dont have the means to do it but i have the idea,
@horse4ever100 Just click on my username link to go see all the videos I have. I have several on Tom's Dodge Neon Electric Car, quite a few on my Electro-Metro, and some on the electric motorcycle and other projects. For anyone really going for a first electric car build, they should check out the BUILD YOUR OWN ELECTRIC CAR DVD at 300MPGdotORG .
Things would be so much easier with a rear wheel drive car and not a piece of shit front wheel drive car . Guys come on use your head we have no worry about gas mileage with electrice so why use a area so small and haveing to cram everything in such a tight spot . use a old car hell use a 57 chevy more room ya heavier who cares were experimenting. way more roon under that hood and trunk for all the batteries and way cool than anything that is front wheel drive of today .
