Quote Originally Posted by cjc_td5 View Post
You've said previously Don that you had your electric motor on direct 1:1 drive stalling at crawl speeds?

Mated to a diesel engine at 1:1, the power bands are arse about? With a TDi for instance you really want the electric motor providing the kick from zero rpm, then the diesel taking over as the turbo spools up? So the electric motor would have to be geared lower than 1:1?
Yes indeed but thats in my programming, and going uphill , on the flat its got no probs taking off . I think i missed your point. I can alter the throttle map but makes is unfriendly in traffic. If I park with foot on brake and apply throttle the torque actually overcomes clutch and motor will spin at 20 rpm but it senses its not going anywhere so wont allow more power to feed in and will enter cutback & stall. Makes it hard to do a burnout but not impossible and can be altered with oem programmer.


A local bloke is building a Prado with twin motors, each motor has a 2.6:1 planetary reduction gearset in from a hilux transferase in a DIY housing bolted to the back of them. then direct into diff , one for front . one for rear . 2.5:1 is about right . I still prefer dual range , like a Bollinger will have.