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If you were to simply replace the existing petrol engine with an electric motor, then yes, it would ruin the gearbox very quickly, as it won't be able to handle that amount of torque. However, even if the transmission would cope, that wouldn't be the best way of doing it - an electric motor has a very different torque curve to an internal combustion engine, ...


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Most conversions fall into three types. A direct replacement from a similar vehicle maybe a later year that came with discs. A system transplant from a factory equiped vehicle not necessarily the same brand. A complete custom sytem from an aftermarket source.The pros are the same obvious reasons new vehicles come with disc brakes.They self adjust, they stop ...


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Buy a Civic NG or similiar. It's the same thing as trying to add 4WD to a 2WD car. It's just easier to buy the right one to start with. Financially you would never recoup the cost over buying a purpose built CNG car. Many automakers build them for fleet sales and the US Govt has a lot in the GSA fleet. These vehicles get sold at auction and sometimes have ...


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In order to convert the vehicle you would need the following items: Fuel tank. They make a few different versions of these. They more money you spend the stronger, smaller, and, lighter it will be. You can get these built from a cheap all-metal heavy designs (steel/aluminum. To an expensive extremely light weight and much smaller designs (plastic fully ...


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They will almost certainly be a mirror image of each other. Looking at your diagram, it appears the left hand arm (i.e. that going to parts 5 and 6) is longer than the other, and has a slight curve to it. You might find you can use some of the parts from the LHD one to repair the motor of the RHD one, but probably not as they are usually sealed units these ...


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Later model 40 series does have front discs, but as far as I know you will need brackets welded for holding the calipers. You'll loose your parking brake, so you have to think about that too. I know that TSM have a kit for the front and 2 others for the rear that don't require welding, but I never read feedback for thoses kits. They claims that the 15" ...



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