First reported by Ford Authority and Motor Trend, after which confirmed to us by a Ford PR consultant, the Eluminator electric crate motor has offered out. The consultant informed us the identical factor conveyed to Motor Development: “Demand has exceeded expectations. We’re presently out of inventory and prospects can signal as much as be notified when they’re accessible once more to order.” The consultant did not say precisely the place to enroll, however we’d begin with the Ford Performance contact web page.
It looks like the well-received electric Ford F-100 custom pickup truck proven at SEMA accelerated demand, since the motor was announced and even had a full product page months ago. It retails at $3,900 and is principally the rear motor from a Ford Mustang Mach-E GT. Output is 281 horsepower and 317 pound-feet of torque.
When you’re hoping to pay money for one among these Eluminators when it restocks, there are some things to remember. Ford does not provide any battery packs, battery administration or energy inverters, although it has mentioned it is going to provide extra sooner or later. So you may want to provide your personal from different corporations. You will additionally most likely have to have some strong fabricating expertise, or the flexibility to rent somebody with them, because the motor’s present configuration is for transverse functions such as you would discover in a front-drive automobile. So you’ll be able to’t simply make some motor mounts and bolt it to your outdated transmission or driveshaft. This will likely clarify why the F-100 Ford constructed rides on a very customized chassis. After all, the transverse structure can also be what enabled Ford to pack two motors, one entrance and one rear, into the F-100, since there would not be a driveshaft and rear differential in the way in which.
Assuming you’ll be able to deal with all that, we’d say go on your classic EV swap. We even have a bunch of ideas of what would make for cool classic electric Fords for inspiration.
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