You probably should also check out the EV album where there are many bugs that have already been converted. A quick look at the first 20 or so suggests that most people just use the stock tranny but here's one that doesn't:
http://www.evalbum.com/3145 - Peter Flipsen Jr On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Ben Goren via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > On Oct 22, 2014, at 11:32 PM, David Chapman via EV <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I was wondering if anyone on the list had found a motor that is a good > fit HP and voltage wise (120v or so) for a bug? Would like to build > something freeway capable. > > VWs in general and Bugs (and Ghias) in particular make great EVs, such > that there are complete kits readily available. EVWest makes and sells such > kits built around the HPEVS AC-50 motor: > > > http://www.evwest.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=40&products_id=168&osCsid=nmrirfmt2j3554kkem5mtgd0g5 > > EVWest and their AC-50 kits is just an example, though seemingly a rather > popular one. Do your research and you may well find something better suited > to your own particular needs...but start there to get an idea of what's > common. > > In particular, many also have had great success with Netgain's WarP 9 > motors, but the trend these days seems to be Netgain DC motors for racing > and HPEVS AC motors for daily drivers. "Trend," mind you -- you won't have > much trouble finding exceptions. In particular, AC motors are relatively > new on the scene, so pretty much all older conversions use DC motors. > There're also more choices available for DC motor controllers, including > some that put out insane amounts of electricity, which is why you're more > likely to find DC on the racetrack. But if you're not looking for raw > power, AC motors have much going for them over DC motors, including regen > braking and less maintenance requirements -- though, again, DC motors are > so superior in terms of maintenance to gasoline engines that the minimal > maintenance of DC motors may well be negligible for you. > > Cheers, > > b& > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: signature.asc > Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 801 bytes > Desc: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail > URL: < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20141023/0337601b/attachment.pgp > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20141023/d7135fcf/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
