My new electric ranger
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My new electric ranger
I am preparing to toss the old 3.0 engine and drop in a motor. That's right, a MOTOR, and a heap of batteries. Just a fun idea for the time being. just got the donor truck a '95 long bed ranger 5 speed, I've got a donor electric forklift and some forklift batteries. I was wondering if anybody on the forum has done this and wants to share their secrets. I am doing this project with my brother as a local delivery vehicle for his furniture company. Our goal is 70 miles on a charge with lead acid batteries. Should be fun, might be a fiasco. We need a catchy name for it.
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#6
Go for it! If it cost you almost nothing and you get something out of it then cool! If its a total failure then its still a cool project, kudos for trying. If I had the parts kicking around I'd try it for myself too, but using a forklift motor I would personally think you're not going to get much speed from it but you are also dealing with a vehicles that probably weighs half the amount of a forklift so it might be fine! I've always been a fan of electric and diesel/electric setups.
What's your plan? Use the forklift's tranny or try to mate it to the Ranger's tranny? LR
What's your plan? Use the forklift's tranny or try to mate it to the Ranger's tranny? LR
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here is a link to where they put a fork lift motor in a geo Electric car conversion on a beer budget - ForkenSwift.com
#9
Its been done before, these will help. You're gonna lose all your bed space though:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E56z483fJ3w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw-JRwuPd5Y
P.s. anyone having trouble embedding vids from youtube?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E56z483fJ3w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw-JRwuPd5Y
P.s. anyone having trouble embedding vids from youtube?
#11
Engine - Is a fuel powered
Motor - Is electric powered
Everyone calls a engine a motor, but there actually wrong
There is more detail to it then that.
#12
According to Wiki: "Motor is a device that creates motion, an engine; it usually refers to either an electrical motor or an internal combustion engine." Just to get technical , but I do personally agree with you on that fact, motor being electric and engine being fuel-based.
Have you started yet? LR
Have you started yet? LR
#13
According to Wiki: "Motor is a device that creates motion, an engine; it usually refers to either an electrical motor or an internal combustion engine." Just to get technical , but I do personally agree with you on that fact, motor being electric and engine being fuel-based.
Have you started yet? LR
Have you started yet? LR
Its like adding "GOT" to the dictionary. Its not a word, but everyone uses it.
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From the Merriam-Webster dictionary:
Main Entry: 1mo·tor
Pronunciation: \ˈmō-tər\
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin, from movēre to move
Date: 1586
1 : one that imparts motion; specifically : prime mover
2 : any of various power units that develop energy or impart motion: as a : a small compact engine b : internal combustion engine; especially : a gasoline engine c : a rotating machine that transforms electrical energy into mechanical energy
3 : motor vehicle; especially : automobile
Dictionary.com:
mo⋅tor
/ˈmoʊtər/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [moh-ter] Show IPA
–noun
1. a comparatively small and powerful engine, esp. an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
2. any self-powered vehicle.
3. a person or thing that imparts motion, esp. a contrivance, as a steam engine, that receives and modifies energy from some natural source in order to utilize it in driving machinery.
4. Also called electric motor. Electricity. a machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy, as an induction motor.
5. motors, stocks or bonds in automobile companies.
–adjective
6. pertaining to or operated by a motor.
7. of, for, by, or pertaining to motor vehicles: motor freight.
8. designed or for automobiles, their drivers, or their passengers: The hotel has a motor lobby in its parking garage for picking up and discharging passengers.
9. causing or producing motion.
10. Physiology. conveying an impulse that results or tends to result in motion, as a nerve.
11. Psychology, Physiology. Also, motoric. of, pertaining to, or involving muscular movement: a motor response; motor images.
–verb (used without object)
12. to ride or travel in an automobile; drive: They motored up the coast.
–verb (used with object)
13. Chiefly British. to drive or transport by car: He motored his son to school.
Use motor in a Sentence
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Search motor on the Web
Origin:
1580–90; < L mōtor mover, equiv. to mō- (var. s. of movēre to move ) + -tor -tor
I can keep going if you wish I've been drinking since 4:30 am and I'm in a good mood lol.
Don't mean it to start a fight, but I'm just saying that according to the dictionary they're the same thing (maybe getting too technical now huh?).
Using 'got' for me is like using 'irregardless'. Its not technically a word either (it is in the colloquial usage of English, in the dictionary it's the improper use of regardless), but I like using it just to **** off my friends with English majors. I love arguing this stuff. LR
Main Entry: 1mo·tor
Pronunciation: \ˈmō-tər\
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin, from movēre to move
Date: 1586
1 : one that imparts motion; specifically : prime mover
2 : any of various power units that develop energy or impart motion: as a : a small compact engine b : internal combustion engine; especially : a gasoline engine c : a rotating machine that transforms electrical energy into mechanical energy
3 : motor vehicle; especially : automobile
Dictionary.com:
mo⋅tor
/ˈmoʊtər/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [moh-ter] Show IPA
–noun
1. a comparatively small and powerful engine, esp. an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
2. any self-powered vehicle.
3. a person or thing that imparts motion, esp. a contrivance, as a steam engine, that receives and modifies energy from some natural source in order to utilize it in driving machinery.
4. Also called electric motor. Electricity. a machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy, as an induction motor.
5. motors, stocks or bonds in automobile companies.
–adjective
6. pertaining to or operated by a motor.
7. of, for, by, or pertaining to motor vehicles: motor freight.
8. designed or for automobiles, their drivers, or their passengers: The hotel has a motor lobby in its parking garage for picking up and discharging passengers.
9. causing or producing motion.
10. Physiology. conveying an impulse that results or tends to result in motion, as a nerve.
11. Psychology, Physiology. Also, motoric. of, pertaining to, or involving muscular movement: a motor response; motor images.
–verb (used without object)
12. to ride or travel in an automobile; drive: They motored up the coast.
–verb (used with object)
13. Chiefly British. to drive or transport by car: He motored his son to school.
Use motor in a Sentence
See images of motor
Search motor on the Web
Origin:
1580–90; < L mōtor mover, equiv. to mō- (var. s. of movēre to move ) + -tor -tor
I can keep going if you wish I've been drinking since 4:30 am and I'm in a good mood lol.
Don't mean it to start a fight, but I'm just saying that according to the dictionary they're the same thing (maybe getting too technical now huh?).
Using 'got' for me is like using 'irregardless'. Its not technically a word either (it is in the colloquial usage of English, in the dictionary it's the improper use of regardless), but I like using it just to **** off my friends with English majors. I love arguing this stuff. LR
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in the end this is the difference.
"A motor is converting electric energy into mechanical energy. A engine is converting chemical energy into mechanical energy. "
"* A motor converts electricity or other forms of kinetic energy into a mechanical motion *
* An engine is a mechanical device that uses a fuel source to create an output *"
"A motor is converting electric energy into mechanical energy. A engine is converting chemical energy into mechanical energy. "
"* A motor converts electricity or other forms of kinetic energy into a mechanical motion *
* An engine is a mechanical device that uses a fuel source to create an output *"
#17
Yup, I completely agree with you 100% dude, thats the way I see it too. I was merely just pointing out what the dictionary had to say about it. Meh, I'm drunk and bored and trying to decide whether or not to sober up for work, thats all. Shtty couple of days to deal with and need somewhere to vent.
And to think, I believe I actually started this to back up the little Weezl after the fact that the last time I was in this mood I'm pretty sure he ended up getting the brunt of my attitude. I don't recall a lot of it though. Typing drunk requires far too much concentration and re-typing btw.. LR
And to think, I believe I actually started this to back up the little Weezl after the fact that the last time I was in this mood I'm pretty sure he ended up getting the brunt of my attitude. I don't recall a lot of it though. Typing drunk requires far too much concentration and re-typing btw.. LR
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#22
According to Wiki: "Motor is a device that creates motion, an engine; it usually refers to either an electrical motor or an internal combustion engine." Just to get technical , but I do personally agree with you on that fact, motor being electric and engine being fuel-based.
Have you started yet? LR
Have you started yet? LR
#25
From the research I done, I will use electro-mechanical thrust device, motor, and fab an adapter plate to the 5 speed in the ranger. I guess they typically only use a few gears (like 1 and 3) because the motor has like 10 times the torque of a combustion engine. The batteries I plan to try are for electric pallet jacks. 2 or 3 of them, they are roughly 24" tall, 30" wide, 8" thick. set them behind the cab, maybe cut out the floor of the bed and set them on the frame rails with some good brackets to try to keep the weight low and centered. I may end up going over the max GVW, I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
I will toss the old engine related parts, get a small electric hydrolic pump for the power steering or just go with armstrong steering, and another vacume pump for the power brakes. I'll make it go before I worry about control and stopping.
I will toss the old engine related parts, get a small electric hydrolic pump for the power steering or just go with armstrong steering, and another vacume pump for the power brakes. I'll make it go before I worry about control and stopping.