I had a chain drive on my electric drive hybrid, and found the noise intolerable.
On a motorcycle converted to electric with chain drives, they are very noisy, find some youtube videos you can hear what I mean.
With gas motors, you just don't hear the chain buzz so much.
I fabricated a shaft drive using the differential output of a FWD transmission for a 3.xx:1 gear. No noise.
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Originally Posted by CFECO
"Silent Enough"...I know it will not be completely silent, but compared to a Ice powered machine, it should be a lot "quieter". Probably about golf cart sound with some added chain noise, though those can always be changed to Timing belt drive. Not sure how well the belts will deal with the Electric motor Torque curve, though I don't plan on going full throttle from a stop very often...
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