# I went overkill on my Ford Think. It was worth it

**URL:** <https://community.electricforum.com/t/i-went-overkill-on-my-ford-think-it-was-worth-it/21115>\
**Category:** Ford NEVs\
**Created:** [April 1, 2021, 6:22am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/i-went-overkill-on-my-ford-think-it-was-worth-it/21115 "2021-04-01T06:22:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![David\_Illingworth](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/david_illingworth/32/2671_2.png) [@David\_Illingworth](https://community.electricforum.com/u/David_Illingworth)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 12:38am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/i-went-overkill-on-my-ford-think-it-was-worth-it/21115/21 "2021-04-23T00:38:26Z")

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With a 6:1 diff and a 10kw pmac it would be a race car.

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**Author:** ![TheTurboDad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/theturbodad/32/7131_2.png) [@TheTurboDad](https://community.electricforum.com/u/TheTurboDad)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 1:10am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/i-went-overkill-on-my-ford-think-it-was-worth-it/21115/22 "2021-04-23T01:10:41Z")

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Currently its about a 7.6 : 1 ratio

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**Author:** ![Inwo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/inwo/32/1067_2.png) [@Inwo](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Inwo)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 1:40am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/i-went-overkill-on-my-ford-think-it-was-worth-it/21115/23 "2021-04-23T01:40:34Z")

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You can borrow it for testing. Easy enough to swap it out for another.  
The only reason I had it built is for testing with the big PMAC motor.  
It’s a fresh build from Rodney.

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**Author:** ![Inwo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/inwo/32/1067_2.png) [@Inwo](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Inwo)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 11:42am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/i-went-overkill-on-my-ford-think-it-was-worth-it/21115/24 "2021-04-23T11:42:23Z")

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> [@David\_Illingworth](#):
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> With a 6:1 diff and a 10kw pmac it would be a race car.

PMAC only like to run about 4500 rpm. Huge torque motors.

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**Author:** ![MikeKC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MikeKC](https://community.electricforum.com/u/MikeKC)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/i-went-overkill-on-my-ford-think-it-was-worth-it/21115/25 "2021-04-23T14:59:06Z")

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![Screen Shot 2021-04-23 at 9.58.55 AM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/electricforum/original/2X/e/eb32580baaf72610a1d608c8d62f104e6e8243ff.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![JohnnyB70](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/johnnyb70/32/9182_2.png) [@JohnnyB70](https://community.electricforum.com/u/JohnnyB70)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 10:59pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/i-went-overkill-on-my-ford-think-it-was-worth-it/21115/26 "2021-07-21T22:59:50Z")

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Did you every post the videos of the Think on YouTube?

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**Author:** ![TheTurboDad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/theturbodad/32/7131_2.png) [@TheTurboDad](https://community.electricforum.com/u/TheTurboDad)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 11:16pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/i-went-overkill-on-my-ford-think-it-was-worth-it/21115/27 "2021-07-21T23:16:33Z")

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No I havent. I takes a lot of time to put a complete video together and I just havent had time with work and everything.

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**Author:** ![AssyRequired](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/assyrequired/32/7621_2.png) [@AssyRequired](https://community.electricforum.com/u/AssyRequired)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/i-went-overkill-on-my-ford-think-it-was-worth-it/21115/28 "2021-07-23T16:25:51Z")

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How’s that thing holding up? Any chew dust off the new belt drive?

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**Author:** ![edsrange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5a626/32.png) [@edsrange](https://community.electricforum.com/u/edsrange)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/i-went-overkill-on-my-ford-think-it-was-worth-it/21115/29 "2022-01-10T12:24:12Z")

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Wow, Awesome job fixing up my old Ford Think… Glad it has such a Great home…

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