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70mph
Official top speed of a petrol trabi is 100kph, but Elektrotrabi does 70mph
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Uploaded on Jan 9, 2009
Free fuel
You don't get free 2 stroke while you shop at Cribbs Causeway, but you do get free electricity
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Uploaded on Jan 9, 2009
speed probe
To avoid anyt risk of blowing motor up if gearchange missed the controller has a speed limiter...
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Controller motor etc
Controller mounted above motor to keep cables short (and because it wouldn't fit anywhere else, look...
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Uploaded on Jan 9, 2009
Gearbox shielding
Having removed starter motor the hole needed plugging with this aluminium plate. The gap...
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motor in car
Motor newly fitted in car after restoration of engine compartment. Original Trabi battery being used to run brushes in.
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modified flywheel
Original flywheel with material outboard of clutch removed and centre bored out for taper lock bush
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Drive by wire throttle
Original Trabi throttle pedal replaced with throttle pot. No more replacing throttle cables.
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Driven to work as 2 stroke
It does snow in Bristol occasionally. The chimney in the background is a 30MW generator that now...
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Floorpan
Arriving on German plates
Dashboard
Health and safety sock
Sock on socket wrench reduces risk of expensive mistakes
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Side post connection
U shaped piece of 25x3mm lightning conductor makes short but fiddly connection
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Front Battery support
Front battery supports after welding and painting. Attached to leaf spring, rear bulkhead, lh wing, rh wing and front cross member
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Empty engine bay
The engine compartment after all the redundant 2 stroke stuff was removed (and weighed)....
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