Hey all I am new to this forum and have done some light crawling here in CO in a cj5 long ago but I am looking to get back into crawling and some higher speed desert trails. I am planning on building sas toyota pickup but I had a couple questions about the limits of the toyota axles with longfields, eventually I am looking to swap a ~300hp ev motor from a wrecked mache, tesla, or maybe go big$ and buy a eluminator or amracing/cascadian(EVD250-90P1) motor. 300hp is my goal for a good balance of power and weight but I am worried that 250-300ft/lbs from an electric motor would be too much for the running gear on a 85. Theoretically the weight of the truck with battery would be about 2500(chassis) + 1500(ev stuff + some cushion)= 4000lbs. I would plan on swapping out the longfield axles and auburn select a lock diffs before the motor upgrade. Eventually I would also go with the larger tires, small lift/cut fenders, and 3 PH or 4 link up front.
Would the toyota be able to handle that kind of weight and power at higher speeds?
Would it be prudent to just plan on going dana60 when increasing the power?
<1985 toyota pickup 5mt
~300hp ev motor
longfield axles 30spline
auburn select a lock 30spline f/r diff
35-40" tires
4000lbs
https://evdrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/EVD250-90P1_single-1.pdf
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Would the toyota be able to handle that kind of weight and power at higher speeds?
Would it be prudent to just plan on going dana60 when increasing the power?
<1985 toyota pickup 5mt
~300hp ev motor
longfield axles 30spline
auburn select a lock 30spline f/r diff
35-40" tires
4000lbs
https://evdrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/EVD250-90P1_single-1.pdf
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