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Old 01-23-2011, 05:03 PM   #5 (permalink)
Ryland
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Being able to do this is going to require that you be able to adapt the rear end of a rear wheel drive vehicle to your vehicle and this is going to depend on your skills in this area, picking a vehicle that has a 4 wheel drive version is going to be the ideal way to go, VW has never built a 4 wheel drive version of the rabbit as far as I know other then the high end VW passat and as far as I know and the passat rear end might be the way to go but I doubt that it will easily bolt on so it will require a great deal of fabrication on your part.
Using a 12v system is not going to be the way to go, a speed controller for 12v that can handle 100's of amp is going to be very hard to find and most likely expensive, same with a motor powerful enough to drive a car, a 12v motor is going to draw alot of amps and require very heavy windings.
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