http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/xr3car/ R.Q. Riley XR3 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:37:57 GMT justdb http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/xr3car/message/6395 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/xr3car/message/6395 Not seeing any recent posts Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:34:03 GMT jerry freedomev http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/xr3car/message/6394 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/xr3car/message/6394 Hi Art and All, Most all EV motors are custom as few stock any motors anymore. You just order what you want and about 3 weeks later, it shows up on your door. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:45:57 GMT artificer_shop http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/xr3car/message/6393 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/xr3car/message/6393 ARRRGGG!!! I called ADC, and they sent me to Electrical Vehicles of America, one of their distributors. There are no retail 2.5" long shaft, 8" diameter Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:24:44 GMT Bob Scoville http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/xr3car/message/6392 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/xr3car/message/6392 Here is a response from R.Q.R. From: Robert Q. Riley Enterprises, LLC [mailto:rqriley@...] Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 1:04 PM To: Bob Scoville Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:25:36 GMT artificer_shop http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/xr3car/message/6391 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/xr3car/message/6391 Take a look at this site, and specifically the 22 8M 85 -6F pulley. 3 1/4" wide, and 22 tooth. Knock off the inner flange, machine it down to the correct Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:09:05 GMT artificer_shop http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/xr3car/message/6390 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/xr3car/message/6390 This must be state dependent. In Wisconsin, it doesn't matter if you make it or a production company does. You have to meet safety and emission standards in Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:07:54 GMT Bob Scoville http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/xr3car/message/6389 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/xr3car/message/6389 I feel I will have to modify the pulley and hub. Do you know of a source for the longer shaft? Bob This e-mail transmission may contain information that is Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:01:04 GMT artificer_shop http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/xr3car/message/6388 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/xr3car/message/6388 From the drawings: Attached to the face of the motor 1/4" Al plate 1/2" space between plate and pulley 1.757" pulley width Add it up to get close to 2.5" If Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:13:27 GMT Bob http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/xr3car/message/6387 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/xr3car/message/6387 Does anyone know or speculate why the motor is specifified as the 2 1/2" long extended shaft? At first inquiries the vendors are puzzled by this. The Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:45:01 GMT Jenny and Myron B http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/xr3car/message/6386 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/xr3car/message/6386 There are many ways to look at this. Yes the government can reclassify an automobile. And PRODUCTION vehicles with 3 or 4 wheels must meet the new safety Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:25:19 GMT just_brewit http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/xr3car/message/6385 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/xr3car/message/6385 Meant to add this link to my previous post. http://www.3wheelers.com/enter.html No edit function here I guess. The above link has info of about 350 3-wheelers Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:15:33 GMT just_brewit http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/xr3car/message/6384 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/xr3car/message/6384 Just glancing thru one of your links it appears that Aptera may be trying to restrict the competition. Will it also affect homebuilt XR3? The loophole might be Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:54:29 GMT Scott- Iron Design http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/xr3car/message/6383 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/xr3car/message/6383 Getting to basics, this would be trying to complicate a fairly simple thing. After all your after milage? and perhaps simplicity...both should happen when Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:17:48 GMT artificer_shop http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/xr3car/message/6382 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/xr3car/message/6382 More replying to myself... I forgot to add that with the governor, when you change the throttle position, the governor can go to wide open throttle (wot) until Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:36:18 GMT artificer_shop http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/xr3car/message/6381 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/xr3car/message/6381 More random thoughts too late at night: I've been thinking about the throttle on the XR3. Every diesel (and most gas) tractors I've seen has a throttle that