Hi again have been
communicating with a chap in the UK, Greg, who has not only converted the same
model (and color) car but has 10000 miles on it from electric only drive, see
his quick run around on youtube http://youtu.be/7ekUZVTmINM
. This means he knows what he’s talking
about so when he recommended I put an engine/gearbox mount/support to cope with
the huge torque, that was my next step. Greg did mention his motor has broken the
support already and required repairs. So here we go and without metal
rollers to roll the 6 x 40mm flat I need something about 9 inches in diameter Ha! The fly wheel. Rip off the ring gear and make a small bracket from angle to hold
the flat bar.
I had to put 2 bolts through the centre of the fly wheel and hold it in the vice. The clamp just couldn't hold it to the table
Now off to tend my sheep...
And after much groaning and whinging we end up with 2 brackets
Have to weld feet to each bracket so I can drill and bolt 2 halves together
Just another look at the fly wheel with the 2
bolts in the middle. These protrude 40mm out the other side and give the vice
something to grip on. I must mention the flat bar wouldn't stay in a nice round
shape without some heat. For this I used my stick welder to weld 5 cent piece
size welds 50mm apart along the length of the arc. This produced enough heat to take
the tension out of the metal and left a true shape. Then I just ground the weld
tags off. Who's a clever boy?
You can see where I have ground the welds off
Ready to go around the motor
Looking up from the bottom
Looking down at the front. I'm using part of the original engine mount which I will weld to the support ring.
Also using the rear mount
to attach to the support ring
Cheers
Just update on front engine mount completed
rear engine mount
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