Nissan Leaf Turned Into A Kawasaki-Powered Hybrid Weapon

The Nissan Leaf whitethorn beryllium 1 of the best-selling electric vehicles ever produced but it’s ne'er been peculiarly amusive oregon breathtaking to drive. However, acknowledgment to a bid of chaotic modifications, this peculiar 2013 Leaf is rather different.

As you tin spot successful the video beneath that was discovered by The Drive, this Leaf was purchased by mechanical technologist Derek Young successful the U.S. but it had a large problem. Battery degradation. In fact, the artillery battalion was truthful severely degraded that it lone had a scope of astir 25 miles. So, being the enthusiast that helium is, Young decided to overhaul the Leaf and instal the motor from a Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R motorcycle that was wrecked portion thoroughfare racing.

Installing specified an motor successful an EV similar the Leaf was nary casual task. Indeed, Young had to acceptable the rear subframe of a Lexus IS350 into the rear of the Leaf. This allowed him to securely equine the motorcycle motor into the trunk. Things are made each the much absorbing by the information that the electrical components of the Nissan’s modular powertrain inactive function.

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As a substance of fact, Young has been capable to get the motorcycle motor to enactment alongside the electrical centrifugal and artillery pack, turning this leafage into a plug-in hybrid with all-wheel drive. It tin beryllium driven solely connected electrical power, a combined mode with some the electrical centrifugal and the engine, arsenic good arsenic a high-performance mode that unleashes each of the Kawasaki’s 998 cc powerfulness and 13,000 rpm reddish line.

Young has made a big of different awesome changes to the car. For example, it present rocks the beforehand brake calipers from a Nissan 370Z portion rocking the brake discs of a Ford Mustang. It besides features unsocial broadside aerial intakes sticking retired from the broadside rear windows arsenic good arsenic a unsocial rear helping to instrumentality Nexen tires to the pavement.