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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
Oh, I think it definitely would. You need amps to accelerate, and need to be able to open up the pot to get the amps.
The fastest way for me to accelerate from a stop to 30 mph is to put it in 3rd gear and floor it, then switch to 4th when it starts to run out of steam around 25 mph. More or less. Pulls very battery-unfriendly amps when I do that though (200-300).
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Well I didn't get my amp gauge from China yet, so it's all conjecture for me
, but my guess is I am attempting to overcome lack of amps by upshifting to draw more amps. Accessing more throttle would then make it so I would need to shift much less. Makes sense
Also, when I get to 4th is when the voltage drops the most (down to about 58 volts) which I'm guessing equates to more amps drawn? I really should know more about this stuff before I converted the car