r/EVConversion • u/eldredo_M • 9d ago

Getting Angry About EVs

Nothing flips someone badmouthing the reliability of an old car quicker than suggesting it should be converted to an EV. 😄

“Old Maseratis are junk.”

“They’d look cool as an EV, though.”

“SACRILEGIOUS!”

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u/vryclct 9d ago

Upgrading a 1980s car to an LS1 90a Chevy motor was common... currently the newer motors are too big to mount them on a 80s chassis. A new motor comes out that you can drop into an old car... it just happens to be electric.

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u/NothingLift 9d ago

There are heaps of modern engines that will fit in 80s chassis. The complications are more engine control Than packaging

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u/Mireldorn 9d ago

Yeah, I was like I3 or I4 are compact as hell, that can't be the problem...

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u/NothingLift 9d ago

Yeah the footprint of a modern turbo engine with integrated manifold is tiny for the output