Good to know! Thanks for the hint.

As I myself do not have a sense of how hot the inverter can get: do you think a small and simple cooling loop, e.g. with a small watercooler from a motorbike would be required or sufficient. Or would even a bigger one with a cooler fan be necessary?

Can the tesla SDU be mounted backward?


Electric motors themselves don't usually care about mounting orientation or direction of rotation. The problems arise when lubrication and cooling systems are in effect. Case in point: the Nissan Leaf motor and housing uses the gears to "fling ...

Hi there,

I've started to make my old T4, whose motor broke a while ago, ready to run for another 25+ years electrically. I am currently fitting the motor (a Tesla front SDU from an 2015-S100D) into the vehicle. The best position would be upright.

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I understand however that in ...