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Originally Posted by serialk11r
Now, I do have a big heavy lead acid that I am itching to replace with lithium ion so maybe that's not as bad as I think  |
I would love to get a LiFePO4 battery, one suitable for my car weighs about 5 lbs, my current battery is in the neighborhood of 35 lbs.
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Originally Posted by serialk11r
The delete removes 10lbs from the car which will boost acceleration by 0.4%, but the bigger benefit is that the steering feel and weight will improve a lot. There is way too much steering assist, which makes the car rather twitchy because it has a short wheelbase combined with a 13:1 rack.
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Weight reduction, bro!
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Originally Posted by serialk11r
Looking at your pulley diagram, the idlers are supposed to ride on the smooth side of the belt but now you're putting the toothed side on the first one coming off the crank (going clockwise)? Shouldn't you have gotten something a few inches shorter and skipped that idler pulley?
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Yes, the toothed side is now riding on the tensioners, but that was the only way I could do it. It does make an odd whirring/resonant noise now. Only one of the "tensioners" actually tensions, and that would be the left one. If I skipped the other one, it would not be able to tension the belt.
This is what the tensioner arm looks like. It goes to the right (clockwise) to tension.
