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23-01-2005, 17:09

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Re: 3 motor drive train

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Originally Posted by phrontist

You'd need a whole mess o' differentials and torque converters and all sorts of nasty stuff to make an odd number of motors work...

Says who? all you have to do is match their speeds. Plenty of teams have done it. 45, 494, 188, etc.

And there's definitely an advantage. If you figure out how to keep the FP's cool, and not draw a ton of current with them, you've got a 5th and 6th CIM in your transmission, for all practial purposes

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