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CFECO · 04-27-2014, 06:55 PM

For a light car I'd look at golf cart motors. You could use two, one geared low for acceleration from a stop, and one geared higher for higher speed, or use a CVT belt drive from a snowmobile.

04-27-2014, 06:55 PM	#39 (permalink)
CFECO CFECO Join Date: May 2008 Location: Vail, AZ. Posts: 552 X-Car - '11 Homemade 2+2 Velbly1 - '17 Toyota Camery XSE 90 day: 29 mpg (US) Velbly2 - '13 Toyota Tundra 90 day: 18.03 mpg (US) Thanks: 174 Thanked 60 Times in 56 Posts	For a light car I'd look at golf cart motors. You could use two, one geared low for acceleration from a stop, and one geared higher for higher speed, or use a CVT belt drive from a snowmobile.