<div>I'm with Chris as well in this discussion. He has loads of practical experience and has a very solid technical understanding of the issues involved as well. </div>
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<div>That being said, nothing is stopping you from using the motor in your Fox. It's just a lot of motor for a Fox.</div>
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<div>Erik<br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/19/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Nick Viera</b> <<a href="mailto:eaalists@driveev.com">eaalists@driveev.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hi John and all,<br><br>All personal feelings aside, Chris Robison's advice in this motor<br>discussion is both logical and sound... and if you dismiss it you<br>
probably will find yourself with a lot of time and/or money invested in<br>achieving dismal results.<br><br>With that said, I feel that Chris is being really humble about his<br>knowledge and experience with EVs... for example, he has been a primary<br>
player in quite a few EV conversions, and I know that without his help<br>and advice (and Mark Farver and Aaron Choate's, and many others), my<br>Jeep conversion probably would have failed or still be stuck somewhere<br>
in the process.<br><br>I think that what this all comes down to is that there are many design<br>considerations (such as motor selection) that arise during an EV<br>conversion which are more complex than they first appear. People have<br>
the tendency to want to oversimplify things and/or jump to the first<br>"solution" because it takes less time and effort (Yes, I'm also<br>impatient =])<br><br>But you should try to fully understand the issue at hand before making a<br>
decision, because the extra time spent learning about and understanding<br>the issue now will save you a lot of time, money, and heartache when it<br>comes time to DriveEV! I learned this the hard way! =]<br><br>Just My 0.333 kWh worth,<br>
--<br>-Nick<br>1988 Jeep Cherokee 4x4 EV<br><a href="http://www.DriveEV.com/">http://www.DriveEV.com/</a><br><a href="http://www.ACEAA.org/">http://www.ACEAA.org/</a><br>--------------------------<br><br>loopcat wrote:<br>
> Chris, no offence, but u were the guy that told me that my GE-11" was " inappropriate for<br>> EV use". Come to find out that 3 EXPERTS (Lee Hart, George Hamsta from Warp, and Otmar from Zilla) ALL told me that the motor was GREAT for EV use! And that an 8" motor (your suggestion) was a bad idea!<br>
> Chris, do u own/drive an EV? Last time I check, u ABANDONED your project!! So forgive me if I don't trust a damned thing u say!!<br>> John Stuart..<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>AusEV mailing list<br>
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