quote:Originally posted by HockeyDude:
Motor is a kyosho unit, and it huge, with 50 amp fusing, so I except it to be pretty impressive with turning the wheels. It is the size of a large starter motor.
If you need to relocate the OEM control box, you will need to cut and lengthen 4 itsy bitsy wires. There's a very fragile connector on the control box for these wires, but after about 30 mins of gentle prying I admitted defeat and just cut them. Be careful, they're like 6 strand wires (I'm serious like 6 tiny brass strands under the sheathing), and only enough room to have 1 or 2 screw ups before your SOL.
Also, if you didnt get the connectors from the pick-a-part you're going to be soldering wire to some tiny little blades. I EBAY'd my motor, so no connectors. Best to just cut the plastic connector shroud (bodysaw) so you can cleanly solder. Pot the soldered connector in with electrical insulating silicone (DC 748 works well).
Not sure if you're going to be able to take enough off the housing to keep your knees comfy. That gear set is pretty large. I would have needed about an 1" off the radius to feel comfortable with it in the cabin.
Regarding the length, I cut all the splines off mine on both sides. Its still in the car so I can't give you an accurate measurement, but I shortened it about as much as I could.
I think the NSK is out of a little Fiat or Alfa or something. Guessing its not over here in the states.
Yup dirt cheap. I spent more on the three new steering U-joints then I did on everything else combined.
I liked the bigger motor better than the Nissan version. Should make the steering effortless I would think?
I have the sockets for both. Those are GM Delco seriveable at $50 each if need be but got the little one with a pigtail.
Still trying to figure out how to get the cover off of the brain without snapping off the tabs?
Those little connectors to the board may have industrial crazy glue on them.
Hard to tell how much room this unit will take? I'm sure something like all of the available space, which ain't much.
Bracing the eps unit may turn out to be somewhat of an issue with the torque of that motor.
All experimental at this point. The eps unit is the "fuseable link" and is going to get cut up before the car does.
If this one doesn't fit, there are other alternatives but this is worthy of further investigation, not the least of which is does the motor have too much torque and is going to snap any pin that is going to go through the shafts?
I appreciate your input. Thanks.
Found a better candidate. Fiat Seicento. Look at this thing.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/FIAT-S...&hash=item487226427b
There's your NSK motor! Yup that's it. There's one with an adjustable column also. Oh boy! Now I can't concentrate! Who needs porn? This is better?
Grande Punto.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuin...&hash=item35c9ba3e1c
I don't like that caged bearing so far up the shaft though? Gonna have to do surgery on this one. Shush! The Doctor is concentrating now.
I hate looking at this stuff. Now I think I can speak Italian? Yea right...that will get my face slapped for sure?
Fiat would be in keeping with the "tradition" of this car though? Lots of Fiat stuff on it already from Detomaso.
This one might be good too.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Univer...em4182791101&vxp=mtr
If you look closely at it you will notice that it looks a lot like a modified Fiat Sceicento.
These guys didn't know what a VSS is though. I had to explain it to them.