I think I could cut the time required for this conversion by about 2/3 if I did it again, simply because my head scratching time would (hopefully) be reusable. I'm taking notes, I don't expect to actually remember.
The adapter took more fussing and thinking than I expected, but we made a template, cut the outside with a sawzall, pinned it for alignment , marked and drilled holes and sanded the edges. It's a good thing my good and sharing buddy Russ has lots of the right tools!
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| Sadie helping Jared install motor mounts |
Jared, his friend Zach and I mounted the motor to the adapter, hoisted the 130 lb assembly in and bolted it together. Well, actually they did the hoisting and I did the guiding. We elected to do it "by hand" instead of taking the time to rent a hoist again. With some straps and a 2x6 this went ok, but if we did it over, I think I'd put a couple hooks in the ceiling and use a come-along.
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| Motor IN! |
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| Trunk Rack IN! |
We received the batteries last Thursday. Thanks to Mikey at EV Source for tracking down the truck for us and to our friend Brad for loaning the dock at his office which significantly reduced the shipping cost. Each battery is about the size of a thick hardcover book and 12.5 lbs. 3.2V x 30 in series = 96V nominal (108 fully charged, 75 fully discharged). All together 17.3 kwh rated.
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| Batteries |
The adapter took more fussing and thinking than I expected, but we made a template, cut the outside with a sawzall, pinned it for alignment , marked and drilled holes and sanded the edges. It's a good thing my good and sharing buddy Russ has lots of the right tools!
Love the picture of Sadie down under! The motor install looks really clean. Hope you are keeping up with your diet to offset all those batteries!
ReplyDeleteI think the whole thing will be about 200 lbs heavier than stock, so I'm not worrying about my diet. But I can only take svelt passengers. I think you're safe there.
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