Classic EV conversion tip!

[@MiyamotoMusashi9]

Leaking oil ,antifreeze, bad water pump , belt squeeling ,intake seeping, manifolds cracked ,converter clogged... at this point id love to open my hood and see this .

[@wolfrig2000]

Do it! Buy the pieces and build this!

[@user-qf7ud5de9h]

Catalytic converter

[@virtueofsunlight1342]

I love me an internal combustion engine, but boy oh boy when age starts to roll up the bill on those it's the most tiring thing. Fix 1 thing in it, find another 2 issues. And possibly ruin something else too! Ev conversion makes a heck of a lot of sense nearing the end of a car's/engine life.

[@MiyamotoMusashi9]

@@virtueofsunlight1342 this Is exactly what I'm saying

[@jakehammon8631]

@@wolfrig2000are you aware of the costs?

[@89five3five]

Love it. You have now made this truck future proofed and reliable daily driver.

[@christianmoore7932]

Suspension and brakes still need to be maintained

[@MrEvilTag]

Probably took enough money to buy a whole new truck with

[@wolfrig2000]

​@@christianmoore7932Future Proof doesn't mean it doesn't need maintaining? Also you don't use the brakes as much with an EV and the suspension wasn't changed.

[@PricklyPineapplesProductions]

Future proofed? EV is not the future. Terrible investment.

[@st.clairbloom7546]

Nope. All electric is not reliable

[@thorodinson3597]

Commenting for the future reminder. Also, I'd love to out a high-voltage ICE range extender under that hood. Supposedly all it takes is a little 25Hp engine to run a usefully sized generator-charger

[@ericapelz260]

Nice work breathing new life into a classic truck.

[@theobserver9131]

After 45 years of messing around with ICE motors trying to keep the stinky, oily, leaky nasty things running, that electric motor looks beautiful!

[@RoadWarrior427]

I'm really considering an electric conversion for my 74 prostreet Chevy truck. I have been riding a 1000w ebike with pedal assist for over a year and I am hooked on EVs now!

[@h2oespi541]

It will be a fun ride, guaranteed

[@thefaster69]

Superb....

[@ryanpetree6475]

I would rather pull a rearend subframe from a Tesla to get rid of all that unnecessary weight and drivetrain loss. But I see how easy it is to make that combo work. Not much too it and it has plenty of room to get to it.

[@convertingev]

I agree, there are pros and cons to both approaches. Have you seen my video kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKLbnn93g96kqqssi=kG4v0sgmDazFlHB2 with the similar Chevy truck? Check out what Casey did on his.

[@romiller7291]

Yep...

[@davidwright1752]

What sort of money for the conversion?

[@357umJC]

Thanks

[@user-bb2vn8vz5x]

Who did the entire conversion for you? Do uou have an A/C and heater in your truck? Thanks

[@littlerayofsunshine69]

$18-25k USD. Fuck that. They don't even have this shit in stock, not even the motors. It's all special order. That's how much confidence the company has in this fad.

[@user-cm8jr3ct3q]

Where did you get this price?

[@mushinjikangungu]

How about cooling and the range?

[@convertingev]

The hyper 9 is air cooled since it's an IPMSynRM it runs with less heat. The controller and batteries are liquid cooled with small radiator. I think this one has 7 Tesla model S battery modules and gets probably about 120 miles range.

[@ags5080]

Is there oil in the transmission

[@convertingev]

Yes, although how often do you have to change that? 30k-60k miles? I go longer on some manual cars.

[@ags5080]

@@convertingev can you shift while moving?

[@richardvanwyhe41]

You should maintain the proper weight on the front axle.

[@damieniraldo297]

So what about power steering?

[@convertingev]

I'll have videos out on that soon. Everyone's favorite is a Toyota Prius electric power steering column or something similar. There are also electric hydraulic pumps made by Volvo and others. I use the Prius.

[@anything.with.motors]

Electric steering is actually better anyways. My mom has a 2013 car (its gas still) With electric steering. Its better. Powersteering pumps absorb hp from the engine using extra gas. Where as electric steering only uses energy when you turn(ramping the alternator up abit witch is already also absorbing power from the engine) Thus its better less hp lost to pumps and belt pullys

[@wolfrig2000]

I had electric steering in my Silverado, I never had a problem with it, but there was a recall where people lost steering at highway speeds.

[@DrewLSsix]

Better is relative, in a truck it may not matter but electric steering tends to have poor feedback. If it were going with a sporty build id stick with manual or hydraulic/electric. ​@anything.with.motors

[@supercoffeemug1921]

You ruined a 1958 Chevy Apache

[@ericapelz260]

That hyper 9 motor has as much horsepower as a stock 350 and all the torque from 1 rpm up. The future of muscle is electric. If you wouldn't object to a modern gas engine, you shouldn't object to electric.

[@supercoffeemug1921]

@@ericapelz260 It could be a warp core for all I care still that would ruin it.

[@JoeWhoJoeMama2024]

To be fair, I’m not sure on the background on the project, but it could have been a junker vehicle with a bad engine that they decided to bring new life, and instead of a gas powerhouse it’s electric. As much as I like seeing original engines in their own vintage cars, actually having the car driving around instead of rotting it better.

[@supercoffeemug1921]

@@JoeWhoJoeMama2024 you can find a crate engine. I have a 1958 with a 1972 350 LT-1 engine with 370 hp with Muncy M-21 transmission and 410 dif burns rubber from 1st to 3rd

[@willn8664]

@@supercoffeemug1921 lol yeah but it wouldn't last as long as an EV plus the extra maintenance to burn more money and time. Have to think long term.