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Old 08-08-2010, 07:24 PM   #62 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by brucey View Post
Also, my motor is 6000 RPM redline, with the Electric motor being 7500 RPM. So it's going to have a 1:1.25 ratio, which puts the electric motor pulley at a little over 6 inches wide. Gonna be a honker, and I believe it's the one part I'm not going to be able to build myself.
Since the electric motor turns faster, shouldn't its pulley be smaller than the crankshaft pulley on the ICE, (assuming you want to them both to be at redline at the same time)? Or is the ICE pulley larger than 6"?
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