Nice synopsis Jimmy! I'm pulling my motor out of my wrangler right now. Thinking about a nissan leaf swap. It has a 5 speed ax15 transmission I want to get the adapter plate built by brat industries.
Interesting stuff here. I’m intentionally starting with a 1200 pound car that never had power anything nor a/c or any junk like that and is manual. I am wondering if there is a way of avoiding screens (except perhaps as a diagnostic plug in type of thing). I far prefer minimal gauges, even with looking at a screen like now on RUclips for more than an hour at a time is an invitation for migraines.
Question, for a longitudinal vehicle, if the vehicle has a manual transmission, do you shift gears like an ICE vehicle? What are good numbers regarding gross weight to identify a good conversion candidate? I like the Volvo 240, Volvo 850 & early V70. Are those good candidates? I've read costs to convert are quite expensive (like $20-30K). Is that correct?
I’m looking to get an EV conversion for my commercial truck but am having trouble finding insurance. Does anyone know of insurance companies that cover EV conversions?
A very powerfull golf cart. You can buy conversion kits with no drilling and welding. So you can put the Old engine in a container or a glass display case if you want. And if there is a collector interested in your unique classic car and will give you millions you can put it back.
let me know when it beats the current cannon ball record and I'll reconsider, but until then yes it's "very powerful" there's plenty of ICE engines out there making thousands to tens of thousands of horse power. I just don't don't want to risk my entire house burning down for one, and the thermal density just isn't there. That's why Mazda want's to bring back the rotary to be a generator for a hybrid. We should have flying vehicles for the masses by now, and you're selling "this future" "no maintenance required just go from 8,000 mile oil to changes to 8,000 mile tire changes"
@@alexmaccity Cannonball? Talk about a arbitrary and useless metric. What about Pike's Peak Hill Climb? EVs already won that over and over. You bring up density and then rotary in the same sentence. LOL. Rotaries are horrible, they burn more gas than a 632 Big Block and break every 30k miles or less. Tires last the same as long as you drive the same.
Thank you for your channel and for providing good info. Wishing you success and hope you open many shops across the US.
Great Video Jimmy. Lots of useful information, and well explained. Appreciate your work!
Still working on totaling my Leaf before I start a conversion lmao
Nice informative video!
Great summary!
thank you!
Nice synopsis Jimmy! I'm pulling my motor out of my wrangler right now. Thinking about a nissan leaf swap. It has a 5 speed ax15 transmission I want to get the adapter plate built by brat industries.
Nice! Nissan LEAF is a great donor vehicle for swaps! Going to do a video soon specifically on LEAF swapping!
Interesting stuff here. I’m intentionally starting with a 1200 pound car that never had power anything nor a/c or any junk like that and is manual. I am wondering if there is a way of avoiding screens (except perhaps as a diagnostic plug in type of thing). I far prefer minimal gauges, even with looking at a screen like now on RUclips for more than an hour at a time is an invitation for migraines.
Question, for a longitudinal vehicle, if the vehicle has a manual transmission, do you shift gears like an ICE vehicle? What are good numbers regarding gross weight to identify a good conversion candidate? I like the Volvo 240, Volvo 850 & early V70. Are those good candidates? I've read costs to convert are quite expensive (like $20-30K). Is that correct?
I’m looking to get an EV conversion for my commercial truck but am having trouble finding insurance. Does anyone know of insurance companies that cover EV conversions?
Dave, my other customer was able to get insured through Progressive as an EV conversion.
I don't want to ruin a classic car by making it a golf cart
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A very powerfull golf cart.
You can buy conversion kits with no drilling and welding.
So you can put the Old engine in a container or a glass display case if you want.
And if there is a collector interested in your unique classic car and will give you millions you can put it back.
let me know when it beats the current cannon ball record and I'll reconsider, but until then yes it's "very powerful" there's plenty of ICE engines out there making thousands to tens of thousands of horse power. I just don't don't want to risk my entire house burning down for one, and the thermal density just isn't there. That's why Mazda want's to bring back the rotary to be a generator for a hybrid. We should have flying vehicles for the masses by now, and you're selling "this future"
"no maintenance required just go from 8,000 mile oil to changes to 8,000 mile tire changes"
@@alexmaccity Youre defintely on the wrong channel.
@@alexmaccity Cannonball? Talk about a arbitrary and useless metric. What about Pike's Peak Hill Climb? EVs already won that over and over. You bring up density and then rotary in the same sentence. LOL. Rotaries are horrible, they burn more gas than a 632 Big Block and break every 30k miles or less. Tires last the same as long as you drive the same.
Nice informative video!