HiSPL
Fanking Champion 1993
- Joined
- Jan 8, 2015
- Location
- College Station, TX
Personally I don't see the benefit of all the whiz-bangery just to say its efficient. You are adding tens of thousands of dollars in the sake of "efficiency" to an old Volvo. The base car is heavy, and has no aero at all.
I could see doing it your way if you started with a 1st gen insight or a Porsche 944 or some other reasonably light and aero car. For a 240 I'm satisfied with brute force and ignorance. Replace your VFD's and fancy electronics with a junkyard transmission. Then you get low-end torque, and a multiplier so you don't have to spin the motor all the way to it's inefficient state.
I could see doing it your way if you started with a 1st gen insight or a Porsche 944 or some other reasonably light and aero car. For a 240 I'm satisfied with brute force and ignorance. Replace your VFD's and fancy electronics with a junkyard transmission. Then you get low-end torque, and a multiplier so you don't have to spin the motor all the way to it's inefficient state.