mk2cossie
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That's a perfectly valid opinion, but there's also the possibility of it creating something even better from the two. I'd very much like to try and make a small electric roadster out of a Midget. Rear wheel drive/inline engine so mounting the motor is simple, small and light for efficiency, reasonable boot space for batteries. You should be able to do it without needing an IVA. It would be interesting to see what it ended up like, but the cost is just too prohibitive at the moment. Especially as you could end up with a car that has completely lost it's soul. I think this is why I would look in to trying to retain a manual gearbox, or autobox without a torque covertor. As it would still allow some driver input as opposed to just accelerate and brake You could also possibly have different maps for motor speed and torque output per gear surely
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That's a perfectly valid opinion, but there's also the possibility of it creating something even better from the two. I'd very much like to try and make a small electric roadster out of a Midget. Rear wheel drive/inline engine so mounting the motor is simple, small and light for efficiency, reasonable boot space for batteries. You should be able to do it without needing an IVA. It would be interesting to see what it ended up like, but the cost is just too prohibitive at the moment. Especially as you could end up with a car that has completely lost it's soul. I think this is why I would look in to trying to retain a manual gearbox, or autobox without a torque covertor. As it would still allow some driver input as opposed to just accelerate and brake You could also possibly have different maps for motor speed and torque output per gear surely As per my previous post (April 23rd),I think you could do this without excessive cost and a modern battery pack could give good range without too much weight - not that the range on a regular Midget was very good (- 6 gallon tank / 35 mpg).
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