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Originally Posted by avewhtboy
My dad has an old toyota truck with a bad motor, he wanted to make it into an electric vehicle so we bought an electric forklift and robbed the motor and switches. We bought a 72 volt controller and wired it all up.
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Cool. Isn't it kind eerie feeling a vehicle move with no sound preceeding the action? I did some work on a guy's EV, and got my first experience with them last month. The first time was just watching it move in and out of the garage - completely silent, very strange. Then, he took me for a driveway ride and pulled a few mild (800 motor amps) pulls from a dead stop. Sitting in the car and actually hearing my bones popping, and the fabric of my clothing rubbing on the upholstery, then suddenly being in motion - almost bizarre.
Made me realize the challenge I'm facing to make my project feel and sound how I want it to. It really drives home the point of how much sound plays in hot rodding. The sounds and sensations you experience just before a driver/vehicle do something spectacular are an important part of the experience, that can easily be taken for granted. I like challenges though.
