Day 5 Electric motor goes into the car
Geoff brilliantly finished two major parts. First the adapter plate. This is a thick aluminum circle with which the gearbox is mounted to the electric motor. Precise measurement is crucial for an efficient running car. If you mount it one or two millimeter the wrong way it will likely impact the speed and battery usage somewhat negative. Second achievement is the clutch plate between the adapter plate and the gearbox. Also this takes fine measurement.
And at the end of the day it all come together and the electric motor is lifted into the car. The 2nd and 3rd mount is custom made while the first motor mount is a trimmed version of the original. It all fits perfect.
Technical Background:
The reason to use the clutch is that according calculation the car will benefit from using a couple of gears. This in contrast with other cars that can use just one gear e.g. 3rd gear or they are gear-less such as a Tesla. If the motor would be 2 or 3 times as strong and much faster one gear should have been fine. Because this Tribute's motor with maximum 5,000 rpm it wouldn't go 94 km/h maximum. By using a 4th and 5th gear it should be able to keep up with traffic on the rare occasion it will drive on the highway e.g. going to a EAVA club meeting.
