Hi all, Ive got an old vauxhall 2.3td frontera 4x4 (thats a G.M holden over your end, i think ) an been toying with the idea of putting a big v8 in it, but I stubble on an old thread on here that was posted back in 2008. It got me thinking of making and electric 4x4 that's actually useful and has really range.
Am thinking of a small diesel engine running a 3phaze generator with d.c. rectifiers (i don't know if that would be more power per rotation or not??) but instead off using direct drive from the motor to the prop-shaft, am thinking of connecting the motor to the existing flywheel, clutch and gearbox. My train of thought is i can run the geny at peak fuel efficiency and the motor wont need a large surge to set off as it will be able to geared up and down.
Am i on the right track or should i just dump the v8 in
any pointers or short falls ?