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BadNewsBrendan
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APR 30, 11:33 AM
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Patrick
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APR 30, 02:37 PM
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With the electric motor located up front, I'd be curious what drive train was used to get the power to the rear wheels. I would've thought that putting the electric motor in the back might've been simpler. 
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Yorgle
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APR 30, 02:42 PM
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I'd rather have all those batteries behind me than in front. The thing must understeer something fierce, though.
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fieroguru
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APR 30, 04:32 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Patrick:
With the electric motor located up front, I'd be curious what drive train was used to get the power to the rear wheels. I would've thought that putting the electric motor in the back might've been simpler.
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I am pretty sure they installed a solid rear axle and just ran a driveshaft to the motor shaft. No precision adapter plate needed. So it might have been easier for them to do it this way vs. designing and machining an adapter plate.
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BadNewsBrendan
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APR 30, 05:10 PM
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Looks like they installed a belt driven vacuum pump for the brake booster and the other line off the Y fitting might go to cruise control or does ac/ heater coil need a vacuum source? Assuming the black line is the vacuum outlet side. [This message has been edited by BadNewsBrendan (edited 04-30-2019).]
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APR 30, 05:11 PM
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Patrick
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APR 30, 07:29 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by fieroguru:
I am pretty sure they installed a solid rear axle...
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I suppose handling wasn't a major concern.
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pmbrunelle
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APR 30, 11:33 PM
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I think that solid rear axles have an unfair stigma against them...
My daily driver has a solid rear axle and it's OK. My dad says his solid rear axle 1970 Camaro was pretty much the best-handling car he ever owned (possibly driven).
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Patrick
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MAY 01, 12:25 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by pmbrunelle:
My dad says his solid rear axle 1970 Camaro was pretty much the best-handling car he ever owned (possibly driven).
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But your dad's a dinosaur.  (Probably around my age.)
A solid rear axle no doubt works just fine while driving in a straight line on smooth pavement. I still have a '78 Z28 Camaro (which I haven't driven for years), but its handling was nothing to get excited about.
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MAY 01, 08:45 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by pmbrunelle:
I think that solid rear axles have an unfair stigma against them...
My daily driver has a solid rear axle and it's OK. My dad says his solid rear axle 1970 Camaro was pretty much the best-handling car he ever owned (possibly driven). |
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A lot is about the rest of what is hooked up and how 
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