The mind blowing thing about this conversion is that he fitted a 100 hp engine from a Leaf and used it to power this huge Land Cruiser. Between the attention Jimmy paid to gearing and the torque characteristics of the Leaf motor...dang!
Thanks guys! Yes it's only 100hp but it has 100hp from about 1000 RPM to 11,000 RPM. The stock engine probably doesn't make 100hp until 3000 RPM and less torque also. Area under the curve!
Hp is simply the rate at which torque is applied. It's the very broad and flat torque curve of an electric motor that moves this so well and the Leaf drive train has loads of torque. Without the Hp it will struggle above 80 mph but with so much torque it will get to 80 like a bat out of hell. For this application that's perfect. Looks like he's used an older (Gen I) Leaf motor so this only has 107 Hp and 187 lb-ft of torque. The latest Leaf (Leaf Plus+) has the much larger 62kWh battery along with a motor that has 215 Hp and 250 lb-ft of torque. I've considered using the drive train out of my wrecked 2019 Leaf SV Plus+ to swap into my old Nissan Frontier.
It was a ton of fun taking you out for a ride in my truck! Thanks for the awesome video and I can't wait to see more awesome EVs featured by EVTUNERS! Someday I'll come out and we can take your Tesla to the racetrack.
Nice job. I picked up a leaf for $400 and swapping it into a pt cruiser. I'm wondering how much of the stock wiring did you use? I plan to use it all, and live with check engine lights for things not connected in the pt. They sell a control unit for like $1k that replaces the oem control box, but given my super cheap project (pt was $500..) I will not use such a unit. Oh also, I'd have put the pack where the spare is to lower the big weight of the pack. I also picked up a volt pack for $500 to add another 16kwh, perhaps you add another pack there in the spare spot and move the spare to the tailgate like my rav4.
I will say this is the only time i believe SUV can really be Electric . My old fj62 landcruiser will be happy to get this system. Thanks very much for showing me its possible.
Cool swap. The 80 series Land Cruisers never had V8s from the factory so you may want to update your description. They were all gas (or diesel for non-North American markets) inline 6 engines. If a V8 came out of that one, it got there by being swapped in at some point. I love my 1HD-T swapped 60 series I built, but long term an electric swap, with a range extender since I go on long 4wd trips into the mountains and remote areas, would be amazing. Gained a lot of cruising range when I swapped in the diesel so now 800+ km per tank is no problem. I wouldn't want to give up the ability to go far into the woods with my adventure machine and get back out!
Hey good catch thanks! My mind glitched and forget there wasn't a V8 option until the 100 series. Your 60 series sounds pretty sweet as is! If a swap is in the card for the future we are seeing the battery/motor/range options update pretty quickly so you should have some cool stuff to choose from. Gotta get deep into the mountains for sure!
Fantastic conversion. Well done for keeping the car as stock as possible inside and keeping the load area. I had to sacrifice some space in my Freelander conversion but my batteries are very bulky. Using Leaf components made this a really affordable conversion.
@@greatdane3343 How reliable .. how practical going offroad / expedition to mountains .. remote areas .. for days with EV .. ?? ... Can you bring jerricans of "electrons" (ie: battery packs) to extend the range ..?? ... LOL ....
Can't really blame him for putting it there, but being an offroad truck, having the weight much lower would be much better. I'd swap the spare tire with the battery pack. The leaf pack also has no cooling, and putting all the cells in a metal box mostly sealed is going to get the pack to get hot vs oem.
I didn't recall so I asked Jimmy: "It was 5180lbs completely stock with full tank of gas and running boards etc. as it sits now it's 5280lbs but has winch and bumpers and 33s etc" I'm seeing this happen more and more that the swap isn't changing overall weight.
On something like that it's a frequency drive with a frequency drive you can transfer as much electricity as you want to the motor the limiting capabilities of a motor is its ability to cool itself if it's designed for 5 KW of cooling that means it's dissipating 5 kilowatts of electricity can you put 10,000 kilowatts in it the motor will overheat unless you have some kind of cooling system to cool the motor down
@@ags5080 exactly! There are really 3 patters most conversions fall into: 1- swap in an oem system and connect to the driveline (or transfer case for this one), this is typically Leaf or Tesla swap, 2- take a oem or aftermarket motor and use an aftermarket gear reducer (like torque trends torque box) and connect to driveline, 3- take a oem or aftermarket motor and connect to a manual transmission (auto can technically be done but has enough downsides it rarely is in practice).
@@EVTUNERS thank you for the response. Whats your thoughts on how to do a 99 GMC Safari Cargo? I thought to out fit with a t5 manual transmission then get adapter plate with hyper 9 but I wanted to keep cost down and power up. Im in florida so I figured Tesla modules are best bet for cooling
@@ags5080 cool car! Is it already manual transmission? If so keeping it cab lower cost, but if you would have to swap one in I'd suggest going with a motor and single gear setup. The hyper9 setup is a good one to connect to a manual. Best balance comes down to budget/range/use. Hyper9 with Tesla cells are a great combo. What are your range and use plans?
The mind blowing thing about this conversion is that he fitted a 100 hp engine from a Leaf and used it to power this huge Land Cruiser. Between the attention Jimmy paid to gearing and the torque characteristics of the Leaf motor...dang!
So true! You wouldn't guess but having rode in it, the thing hauls!
Thats what i need to learn Very important to keep the speed and power.
Thanks guys! Yes it's only 100hp but it has 100hp from about 1000 RPM to 11,000 RPM. The stock engine probably doesn't make 100hp until 3000 RPM and less torque also. Area under the curve!
Hp is simply the rate at which torque is applied. It's the very broad and flat torque curve of an electric motor that moves this so well and the Leaf drive train has loads of torque. Without the Hp it will struggle above 80 mph but with so much torque it will get to 80 like a bat out of hell. For this application that's perfect. Looks like he's used an older (Gen I) Leaf motor so this only has 107 Hp and 187 lb-ft of torque. The latest Leaf (Leaf Plus+) has the much larger 62kWh battery along with a motor that has 215 Hp and 250 lb-ft of torque. I've considered using the drive train out of my wrecked 2019 Leaf SV Plus+ to swap into my old Nissan Frontier.
It was a ton of fun taking you out for a ride in my truck! Thanks for the awesome video and I can't wait to see more awesome EVs featured by EVTUNERS! Someday I'll come out and we can take your Tesla to the racetrack.
Absolutely! I sense some fun track days in the future. I wanna tag along while you rock crawl too!
Nice job. I picked up a leaf for $400 and swapping it into a pt cruiser. I'm wondering how much of the stock wiring did you use? I plan to use it all, and live with check engine lights for things not connected in the pt. They sell a control unit for like $1k that replaces the oem control box, but given my super cheap project (pt was $500..) I will not use such a unit. Oh also, I'd have put the pack where the spare is to lower the big weight of the pack. I also picked up a volt pack for $500 to add another 16kwh, perhaps you add another pack there in the spare spot and move the spare to the tailgate like my rav4.
I will say this is the only time i believe SUV can really be Electric . My old fj62 landcruiser will be happy to get this system. Thanks very much for showing me its possible.
I'd love to see that!
Love that this guy went ahead with the swap even with the limited range 💪
Cool swap. The 80 series Land Cruisers never had V8s from the factory so you may want to update your description. They were all gas (or diesel for non-North American markets) inline 6 engines. If a V8 came out of that one, it got there by being swapped in at some point.
I love my 1HD-T swapped 60 series I built, but long term an electric swap, with a range extender since I go on long 4wd trips into the mountains and remote areas, would be amazing. Gained a lot of cruising range when I swapped in the diesel so now 800+ km per tank is no problem. I wouldn't want to give up the ability to go far into the woods with my adventure machine and get back out!
Hey good catch thanks! My mind glitched and forget there wasn't a V8 option until the 100 series.
Your 60 series sounds pretty sweet as is! If a swap is in the card for the future we are seeing the battery/motor/range options update pretty quickly so you should have some cool stuff to choose from. Gotta get deep into the mountains for sure!
Fantastic conversion. Well done for keeping the car as stock as possible inside and keeping the load area. I had to sacrifice some space in my Freelander conversion but my batteries are very bulky.
Using Leaf components made this a really affordable conversion.
This is amazing.
The leaf drivetrain is pretty versatile!
i've been wanting to do this to my jetta and escalade since forever now
I'd love to see that! Do you have the build specs all worked out or still planning?
Cool build and a cool dude.
Thanks for sharing.
Less reliable .. Less practical .. yet more EXPENSIVE .. Whats the point from personal stand point ??
@@kebeleteeek4227 if you have to ask, it's probably not worth trying to explain it to you.
@@greatdane3343 How reliable .. how practical going offroad / expedition to mountains .. remote areas .. for days with EV .. ?? ... Can you bring jerricans of "electrons" (ie: battery packs) to extend the range ..?? ... LOL ....
Just one correction to your 2nd paragraph. 80 series Landcruisers typically come with a straight 6.
You're right! I totally had a mental moment. Updated the text description and blog. Thanks for the note!
The front of the battery is in the front crumple zone. Nonetheless its clever work.
Good catch!
Can't really blame him for putting it there, but being an offroad truck, having the weight much lower would be much better. I'd swap the spare tire with the battery pack. The leaf pack also has no cooling, and putting all the cells in a metal box mostly sealed is going to get the pack to get hot vs oem.
How heavy is the it now with the EV setup vs the combustion engine?
I didn't recall so I asked Jimmy: "It was 5180lbs completely stock with full tank of gas and running boards etc. as it sits now it's 5280lbs but has winch and bumpers and 33s etc"
I'm seeing this happen more and more that the swap isn't changing overall weight.
Awesome job !
Awesome
On something like that it's a frequency drive with a frequency drive you can transfer as much electricity as you want to the motor the limiting capabilities of a motor is its ability to cool itself if it's designed for 5 KW of cooling that means it's dissipating 5 kilowatts of electricity can you put 10,000 kilowatts in it the motor will overheat unless you have some kind of cooling system to cool the motor down
14:55 yeah because that's what a spaceship sounds like...
I didn't think the Leaf dc dc could output 2.4kw i thought it was limited to 1.7kw output?
Hmm interesting. Just did a quick search and found the same concensus. Maybe Jimmy figured something out @EVSwap
@@EVTUNERS Can you ask him if you run into him again for us please 😀
Oh yeah, for sure!
What’s the miles per kw/h when driving normally?
That's a great question! I'll see if I can find out what the latest is.
How much does this conversion cost?
Price of a totalled Leaf and some labor (or do it yourself).
@@EVTUNERSYou didn't mention the very expensive resolve controller.
Transmission?
He us using the single speed Leaf transmission that's integrated with the motor.
@@EVTUNERS ohhh so just couple that to the transfer case and the rest is oem
@@ags5080 exactly! There are really 3 patters most conversions fall into: 1- swap in an oem system and connect to the driveline (or transfer case for this one), this is typically Leaf or Tesla swap, 2- take a oem or aftermarket motor and use an aftermarket gear reducer (like torque trends torque box) and connect to driveline, 3- take a oem or aftermarket motor and connect to a manual transmission (auto can technically be done but has enough downsides it rarely is in practice).
@@EVTUNERS thank you for the response. Whats your thoughts on how to do a 99 GMC Safari Cargo?
I thought to out fit with a t5 manual transmission then get adapter plate with hyper 9 but I wanted to keep cost down and power up. Im in florida so I figured Tesla modules are best bet for cooling
@@ags5080 cool car! Is it already manual transmission? If so keeping it cab lower cost, but if you would have to swap one in I'd suggest going with a motor and single gear setup.
The hyper9 setup is a good one to connect to a manual. Best balance comes down to budget/range/use. Hyper9 with Tesla cells are a great combo. What are your range and use plans?
good for instant torque but not good range.
Because when you buy a Landcruiser you buy because it’s fast! 😂😅😂
I think a tesla system would have been a better option.
That would be pretty sick too! I can't wait until he gets the second pack installed
Now convert Cadillac Eldorado
it seems you get way more regen power than my tesla does.
Interesting. I definitely pick up percentages in mine going downhill. Thoughs @evswap?
Terrible interviewer , awesome job from that creative guy !!
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