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hippy
So... some of you may have picked up on my comments in the EV thread and done the very simple quick maths...
I'm considering an EV swap instead of the engine swap for a few reasons (although it's really not set in stone yet)...
I want this to be my daily driver for the foreseeable future and a massive petrol engine (albeit a pretty efficient one for its size) is a bit counterintuitive in today's climate in terms of fuel costs, road tax costs, vulnerability to future legislation regarding ICE cars (I suspect that whatever dispensation is put in place for "classic vehicles" in the future won't apply to my c.10 year old Subaru...
I also like the idea of a DIY performance EV swap... performance can actually exceed that of the V8 (aside from the lack of fruity exhaust note) and the more I think about it the more sense it makes from a futureproofing standpoint...
The only real negative I can think of are the fact that it will probably be quite a bit more expensive although this won't be a huge factor over the life of the vehicle considering the much lower running costs.
Now... my big pickle (no innuendo) at the moment is that I'm faced with a question of whether to make it RWD or AWD... RWD will be much cheaper and much easier to do... AWD an awful lot more expensive and complicated...
I'm committed to the idea of using Tesla Model S motors (LDU/ SDU) in some configuration to be confirmed and not decided on batteries or controls at all yet...
It's very much a high level concept at the moment.
Thoughts?
(Here's a glorious Subaru Baja I spotted last night to keep things visually interesting in the thread)