{"id":130378,"date":"2025-04-14T06:00:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T11:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=130378"},"modified":"2025-04-13T22:20:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T03:20:18","slug":"1987-sunny-truck-with-a-nissan-electric-motor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=130378","title":{"rendered":"1987 Sunny Truck with a Nissan Electric Motor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tommy Pike Customs<\/a> (TPC) built this 1987 Nissan Sunny Truck at their company in Greenville, South Carolina. Tommy Pike and his team swapped the factory inline-four for a Nissan EM57 electric motor<\/a> and 40 kWh battery pack from a Nissan LEAF<\/a>. The electric motor offers 147 hp (109 kW) and 236 lb-ft (319 Nm) of torque. Behind that is a custom transmission adapter, factory 56A four-speed manual transmission, custom driveshaft, and factory rear end. TPC upgraded handling with a Nissan 240SX (S13) front suspension and disc brakes. The rear suspension received heavy-duty leaf springs. On the outside they installed a “Hakosuka” Skyline widebody kit and custom Brock Racing Enterprises (BRE) “46” livery. Under the arches are Rotiform 17-inch wheels with Toyo Extensa 205\/45 tires. View more photos of the truck in the build album<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Source: Nissan media<\/a> and Tommy Pikes Customs<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tommy Pike Customs (TPC) built this 1987 Nissan Sunny Truck at their company in Greenville, South Carolina. Tommy Pike and his team swapped the factory inline-four for a Nissan EM57 electric motor and 40 kWh battery pack from a Nissan LEAF. 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