Porsche Porsche 996 converted to Electric after engine failure ...
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Porsche Porsche 996 converted to Electric after engine failure ...
With all the story about engine failure, I was wondering if someone decided to go against the IMS problem in a radical way, and spent the $15-20k budget usually devoted to buy a replacement engine from Porsche, and instead put it into a fully electric setup ?
I have seen some car conversion but never on 996, was it ever done...
just wondering
I have seen some car conversion but never on 996, was it ever done...
just wondering
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Good question
How does the fan work? Is it supposed to run after the car shuts off? For how long? I noticed mine shuts off with the car, I thought it should run for a while after car is off to cool the engine. In my last car I installed a seperate fan to run off of a switch for track days or when it was hot out, worked great. Sorry to jack your thread with another question but I thought it was related.
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How does the fan work? Is it supposed to run after the car shuts off? For how long? I noticed mine shuts off with the car, I thought it should run for a while after car is off to cool the engine. In my last car I installed a seperate fan to run off of a switch for track days or when it was hot out, worked great. Sorry to jack your thread with another question but I thought it was related.
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My neighbor took an old Mazda pickup truck and made it fully electric.
Yeah it's not a Porsche but it's been a successful project. Couldn't see why not, but it would kill the spirit of the car and turn it into a commuter vehicle. After all how many laps can you do on a single charge on the track?
Yeah it's not a Porsche but it's been a successful project. Couldn't see why not, but it would kill the spirit of the car and turn it into a commuter vehicle. After all how many laps can you do on a single charge on the track?
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ouah, I am impressed, look at that, a 997 !
Website says between 15k to 25k that is pretty much what a new porsche engine would cost you. With the price of battery pack and electric motors going down each year, I would not be surprised to see a lot of porsche converstion. Especially that most Porsche owner don't use them for commuting so that 60 mile range is just fine for a lot of people.
ouah, I am impressed, look at that, a 997 !
Website says between 15k to 25k that is pretty much what a new porsche engine would cost you. With the price of battery pack and electric motors going down each year, I would not be surprised to see a lot of porsche converstion. Especially that most Porsche owner don't use them for commuting so that 60 mile range is just fine for a lot of people.
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With all the story about engine failure, I was wondering if someone decided to go against the IMS problem in a radical way, and spent the $15-20k budget usually devoted to buy a replacement engine from Porsche, and instead put it into a fully electric setup ?
I have seen some car conversion but never on 996, was it ever done...
just wondering
I have seen some car conversion but never on 996, was it ever done...
just wondering
There's a great build timeline for a guy who converted a simple 73 911t i read once. took him 5 years & 20K. the batteries expired in 6. sold the then undriveable car to ze germans for 10K euro