Electric Racecar
Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2021 4:09 pm
Hello everyone !
A little backstory to by project.
I'm competing in rally cross open class in a buggy that me and my dad built. It has a 1600 vti engine in it and it works great! I'm keeping up with 4wd cars with much bigger engines. But my little Honda engine is not enough to win races consistently. So instead of building a 4wd ICE buggy we wanted to go electric.
I've been looking on the forums here at all the projects and talking with friends and I'm leaning towards getting motors from a Prius but I have a few questions.
1. Ideally I want two motors on each wheel at the back and 1 motor for each wheel at the front. How difficult is it to control 3 motors in unison.
2. Is making custom battery packs something people do ? As ideally I'd just want the battery to last for about 10-15 mins and just 5 mins under high loads so a battery pack from a OEM vehicle would be too big.
3. are there any documentation of the size of the Prius motor to use as a CAD reference ?
4. Is the Prius motor a stupid idea and is there a motor that is better suited for a project like this ?
Thank you in advance. I'm sorry if these questions sound really stupid but I just have no idea where to start in all of this.
I've also posted a picture of my current race buggy
A little backstory to by project.
I'm competing in rally cross open class in a buggy that me and my dad built. It has a 1600 vti engine in it and it works great! I'm keeping up with 4wd cars with much bigger engines. But my little Honda engine is not enough to win races consistently. So instead of building a 4wd ICE buggy we wanted to go electric.
I've been looking on the forums here at all the projects and talking with friends and I'm leaning towards getting motors from a Prius but I have a few questions.
1. Ideally I want two motors on each wheel at the back and 1 motor for each wheel at the front. How difficult is it to control 3 motors in unison.
2. Is making custom battery packs something people do ? As ideally I'd just want the battery to last for about 10-15 mins and just 5 mins under high loads so a battery pack from a OEM vehicle would be too big.
3. are there any documentation of the size of the Prius motor to use as a CAD reference ?
4. Is the Prius motor a stupid idea and is there a motor that is better suited for a project like this ?
Thank you in advance. I'm sorry if these questions sound really stupid but I just have no idea where to start in all of this.
I've also posted a picture of my current race buggy