This Escape is Now Rear-Engined (and Front-Engined) | 900HP Electric Escape Project 

You are the only RU-vid creator where I watch the entire sponsor segment. I actually look forward to them!

I LOVE FACTOR! they ARE really good! IDK how they do it, but even their fish meals microwave well.

Great project!! Looking forward to next stop hope you get the budget for it all!

You and 2StrokeStuffing make making mistakes while fabricating fun and enjoyable.

Yay A whole 28 minutes of Aging Wheels!!

Mechanic: The first one would have worked if he just hit it with a hammer.

I can identify with Robert. Cut twice and still too short.

3D printing: Does it fit? Nope. _prints another._ Does it fit? Nope. _prints another._ Does it fit? Nope. _prints another._ (Repeat until you run out of filament) 😅

I'm a mechanical engineer, I can assure you, Robert's method is what happens to all of us anyway lol.

I identify with this comment

It's always nice to see I'm not the only one who runs into issues with DIY projects.

​@@silasmayes7954 I completely agree, and it is definitely why I love his channel(s). Though, I would bet that lots of other channels have similar issues while building/making things and they just edit them out so that it always looks like they are effortlessly successful.

He needs that on a shirt lol

My favorite part is watching him hack up a ford lol

Has he made a struggle bus joke yet? If not, I think he should..

now you have seen it all including a 900hp ford escape🤣

@notfiveo let him do it his way it's the only way for him to learn after all no one has ever made a 900 hp electric ford escape before who knows what will work and what won't🤣🤣🤣

Hide the motor with a fake hitch

Oh my God what is he going to do with the bus this guy's going to probably slap a big-ass generator in the back of the bus probably have like way more efficiency than any other diesel on the road along with insane power

@@dustinswatsons9150 yeah that sounds about right except he'll melt the motors cause teslas with those motors thermal throttle with the liquid cooling system cooling the motors pushing a small tesla car not a big honking school bus that has a ton more drag that is going to stress those air cooled motors way more then a tesla would its the one issue I see with testing with that old ford

Imagine him suddenly getting knee deep in requests for EV conversions. Could easily pay for the rest of the project and the bus refurbishing.

​@@TheWinjin yeah because he can totally work on like 5 major projects at once

Can you explain how being an Escape fan is even a possibility?

Bahahaha it's hilarious that people actually like to put themselves out there for being avid shit car fans. Why would anybody be a fan of such a generic.. trash car that people litreally only buy because of the brand it sits behind... in saying that Ford is about as american as an Aussie Outback steakhouse is in america. you'll find it's more european then american these days considering how ford mostly produce cars to markets like England, Germany, France ect ect. Even in those countries... they don't have Avid fans like they do in the U.S

@@RU-vidHandlesAreStupid There was a time when the pre-2013 Escapes were sold with 4WD, manual transmission and considerable reliable engines with decent performance and gas mileage, and had quite an interesting ground clearance and offroad capabilities, contrary to the things 2013+ Escapes might be able to do, particularly with the 2017+ EcoBoost engines... I used to be an Escape fan until I decided to buy a brand new 2018 with EcoBoost... man, what a mistake that was... it's been 6 months since I took it to the dealer with the infamous coolant leak only to find out that the actual piston head cracked, and even with the replacement engine, the thing just doesn't stop having issues. I'm selling it as I found a cheap 2001 Mercury Grand Marquis with low mileage just under $2k USD, and the thing is almost mint condition. They are selling it because gas prices, but the economy you can get from those Panther-based cars can easily match and outperform that of a current gen 2.0 4-banger turbocharged gasoline engine.

How did you get access to the video so early?

​@@ulexx6574 I wanna know the same it came out an HR ago for me

​@@ulexx6574 probably a patron.

This project is based on an idea that is so dumb that other than as a joke, nobody would ever try. Keep in mind the reason he is doing this is to gain experience to do it with a bus. Not only is the bus far too heavy, it has the aerodynamics of a piece of plywood facing the wind. Worse still, he's not going to be driving it 20 miles a day at low speed picking up kids within a limited circle, but taking it on multi-state highway speed road trips carrying vehicles. This bus is going weigh a lot. Between the weight and the poor aerodynamics, this thing is going to need A LOT of batteries. The only good thing is, I believe, he is never going to finish the bus. The bus will be scrapped before it will be completed. He has had the bus for years and has done next to nothing on it. Next month it will be 4 years since he introduced the bus on the channel. (Mar 21, 2019). He has done almost nothing on the bus since. His handling of the project has been terrible. He should stop taking on more projects until the bus is complete as a diesel bus. Only after all the details are worked out (assuming he finishes the bus at all) should he be considering an EV swap.

@@tarstarkusz How dare he do something he wants to do

Haha xD Exactly my thoughts watching this. Imagine trying to get that through the TÜV xD

What kind of rules are there in Germany?

​@@Panin2001oca all of them

@@Lokomowal Check your glasses mate, I'm not Scholz

@@Panin2001oca all of them

Yesss legit his editing is a chunk of why i watch him and why his content is unmatched imo

It contributes to the general awesomeness of the channel.

Put it on a Cadillac please

Well, with 900 horsepower it will be easy to escape with it.

He needs to reinforce the rear strut mounts or hes going to literally die

trully a questionable choice

You done well Jared ☺️

man he's strong to lift that drive unit like it's a dinner plate🤣

Knowing nothing about the rear end other than the gear ratio, I'm neither worried nor confident. It's an unknown!

@@agingwheels well, keep the diff oil fresh and the secondary acceleration low (both accel and decel), and hope for the best ;)

Knowing nothing I'd imagine engine braking should be a larger force than acceleration. Although again I don't even know if busses can do that.

​@@agingwheels5 ton axles, talk to heavy D I'm sure he'd be happy to send you one lol

That's no joke. I've seen those axle shafts snap from someone stuck, dumping the clutch, even with anemic gas engines.

try Factor and find out if it is great or tastes like rubber

@@raven4k998 I get ready meals (that's what we call them in Britain) from my local supermarket with great taste and texture to the point where it's hard to find a bad one unless you go to a pokey little corner shop. With that experience, it's easy to believe Factor is good too.

I've come across one other lifestyle DIYer channel that's pretty good. I'll see if I can find a link.

it's called evolution baby

I already blew several weeks playing with the Arcdroid. I can only imagine how much time I'd blow with a whole Tormach whatever. Although I'm basically out of space at this point, so I don't know where I'd even put something like that

@@agingwheels what I learned is there are always more space. Your bus dungeon is pretty high, it can support a second floor for stuff... :D

@@agingwheels Sounds like you need one of those prefab building manufacturers to sponsor you!

@@agingwheels Out of space! You've a massive workshop. Try building cars in the street outside a terraced house.

@@nickwheeler8231 Wait, you have room on your street to work on cars? Luxury!!! :P

you think the ford escapes frame can handle that much power without twisting?

Plus having an e-axle instead of two drive units to a differential can cause twisted drive shafts, as the edison guys found out with carl

I also want an electric drive RV, but you already knew that

wait yeah an RV would be perfect for electric, you’re driving to places that already have electric charging points, plus you’ll have much more space for batteries, and won’t be going as fast

​@@agingwheels so this is practice for what you're going to do with the bus?

​@@bradhaines3142 He mentions that in the first video. Which you've definitely watched.

@@Mr-Trox i did but a while ago, i dont remember youtube things

oh no he voided the warranty🤣

Do yourself a favor and check out his back catalog, it’s equally excellent. As is his second channel, Under Dunn (focusing mostly on woodworking)

I figured nobody would notice that. Good spot!

I wrote a comment, but removed it as I felt uncertain about it. Now it seems justified: "I've given up long ago on stuff like this being a coincidence in his videos"

@@re4zoon Although this example was actually a coincidence. I noticed it ahead of time, but didn't actively place the recipe cards there.

The front axle will be doing rather little. Traction Control will be my friend

@Aging Wheels Where would the traction control IO come from? Do you buy boards from some company for something like that? Mainly asking because I wanna do the irresponsible thing one day and write my own vehicle control management software one day. I made my own (combat) tank traction control and stability code in a video game I played where everything was physically simulated. If I did it in real life I'd probably do it on like a go-kart or something so I don't actually die when I command a bonkers input from my undertested "I'm a professional how hard could it be" code.

I'm imaginging the Escudo Pikes Peak edition from Gran Turismo 2 here. Just all four tyres pouring smoke.

@@monkatraz i guess it taps into some sensors for the wheel speeds, abs sensors or something. fancier needs gyros and accelerometers to have a better model of what the car is actually doing, but you can just detect when a wheel slips with abs wheelspeed sensors with a not so fancy algorithm. you can also make a tcs then that cant' climb a slightly icy hill, but mostly working one isn't that complex in principle and companies did sell mostly working ones.

Horrifically amazing. 👍