Thread: Goingbush's Electric Vehicle project

Well Done, I am thinking of building a hot rod project and going down the EV route, been researching different motors etc even been looking at wheel motors for the AWD aspect, want it fast/Quick, have not told guys at work what I am going with for drive options as they are the V8 crowd and saying fit a blower on top.


Years ago I had a series 2 soft top and ended up running synthetic oil in gearbox and diffs (was free from work) this made a huge difference in the noise from gears.

Well thanks Stevo, I'm running synthetic 70w75 GL4 in the Gearbox , TC and both diffs . Gearbox sure leaks a lot more out the selector seals (if you can call them seals) . The diffs are practically silent but the gearbox is still noisy. Im thinking of putting some dynamat under the floor.

If your building a Hotrod I think wheel motors are a long way off , for pure kick ass torque DC Motors are to biggest bang for the buck,

I guess you've seen Zombie 222



And Chev e-copo


As with anything EV the batteries are still the most expensive part . But if need be you can justify the expense by setting up the battery pack in such a way that you could use the car as a power wall for your house.

Electric Land Rover Parking Only

(and SWB only too ! )

Originally Posted by goingbush

Well thanks Stevo, I'm running synthetic 70w75 GL4 in the Gearbox , TC and both diffs . Gearbox sure leaks a lot more out the selector seals (if you can call them seals) . The diffs are practically silent but the gearbox is still noisy. Im thinking of putting some dynamat under the floor.

If your building a Hotrod I think wheel motors are a long way off , for pure kick ass torque DC Motors are to biggest bang for the buck,

I guess you've seen Zombie 222



And Chev e-copo


As with anything EV the batteries are still the most expensive part . But if need be you can justify the expense by setting up the battery pack in such a way that you could use the car as a power wall for your house.

That is a good idea because once I move back to brissy was looking into mounting more panels to power a battery and if labour gets in will take on any rebates they might put up

Todays video

Originally Posted by goingbush

Todays video

Just watched the video, was going to post the link!

Doesnt sound much quieter does it?
Besides who can not love the sound of the ol 2 1/4 petrol engine!

I actually am a fan of your project and do ponder if I had the skill to convert my ol 63 2a.

Yes indeed there is not much to dislike about the old 2-1/4 by far the most dependable LandRover engine ever.

And yep, at road speed theres hardly any auditory difference ,.... if you mistook the Electric motor whine as diff noise . slow speed is another matter entirely.

If you can manage to keep ye olde Series alive I don't think doing a DIY EV Conversion is too far outside your skill set.