any way of hooking up regenerative braking Spud to put some juice back in the batteries?
 
The local Prius' will be shaking in their boots.. 

No Regen for this one.
God I hope it goes better than a prius😥
If not I’ll bolt another warp 9 in front of the existing one🙃

I'm curious why you're not going direct drive Spud (added weight and losses through the gearbox and all).

I brought all of the gear for basically nothing - the gearbox had already been coupled to the motor
So the path of least resistance with this one. After I reg it I may refine - see how it goes

I'm keeping a watch on this thread, interesting way to keep the car on the road . Plug n play lol
Unlike my plans of going the other way.. Rolling coal turbo diesel in a Escort van !!

On the rotisserie to clean things up a bit

Great stuff!
 
Been watching EV West who couple Tesla motors to OEM transmissions
 
https://www.youtube.com/user/evwestdotcom

cleaned up underneath - as much as i could be bothered. Put it back on its feet, paint the engine bay and then fit off the motor (again), the controller, inverter etc. 
Then ill buy the batteries (15k odd worth) - yeese! (its disappointing that the most realistic choice in batteries boils down to either one Chinese brand or another)

That roll over jig gets a work out!
Looking good.