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Old 04-25-2009, 11:52 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Electric Frenzy View Post
I'm really looking for some good discussion on this
Well, I tried.

Here is a rare good answer in yahoo answers
How do I do an electric vehicle conversion without using the transmission? - Yahoo! Answers

They also mention the killacycle approach of using two motors switched into series for torque and parallel for speed, but otherwise that is direct drive. Ac system is nice too, think that might be the next controller project
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