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Originally Posted by bennelson
PS - On small front-wheel drive cars, your motor limiting factor is the diameter of the motor (distance from center of transmission to half shaft on the motor side) and the length of the back of the motor to the wheel/tire.
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Can confirm: we had planned to use the monster drive motor from the forklift for the ForkenSwift's motor, but its diameter was too large. Did not clear the half shaft.
Fortunately for us, (1) the smaller hydraulic pump motor was ideal for "plan B", and, (2) we found someone who wanted to buy the monster for a RWD project vehicle.
EDIT: puddleglum, have you picked a host vehicle yet?