I decided to test my Electric Motor to see if it would spin the wheels of the car once I had it all together. I made a bus bar out of copper tubing and then drilled holes in it and bolted it on. Next I attached my jumper battery to the correct terminals on the engine and put the car in 2nd gear. To my surprise.....the wheels went in the right direction!!! Yeah!!!
Chevy S10 Electric motor running on 12V
Advanced DC 9" motor in Chevy S10, running test on one 12V battery. Insurance company says they'll insure the truck as any other car would be! The final price of the trucks conversion required a line of credit on the house mortgage, went with $9000 worth of lithium batteries. Way better than the lead acid ones at a third of the weight, and last alot longer, four years so far (as of Apr 2013)
Electric Motor connected to clutch
Electric Motor connected to the clutch of a Ford Probe that I'm converting to Electric EV. I took the crank shaft and cut off the hub end that connects to the flywheel, and welded it to the splined hub of the electric motor. I also measured and came up with 2.5" adapter plate needed for proper spacing.
Behind the scenes of building an electric car - The journey
Follow us on a journey of the successes and dissapointments that were tse_10.
Team Swinburne Electric 2010, AKA tse_10, was the first year a group of Swinburne engineering students endevoured to develop and build an Electric Vehicle for the Formula SAE competition. The team hit trouble when they blew up their motor controller, just over a week before the competition. The team then borrowed another motor controller which also ended up blowing. The team then borrowed ANOTHER motor controller, to which they had some success, until the night before the competition, when it also blew up. In total the team blew up 3x $4,000 controllers, 6 times (after repairs). It is thought that the motor is faulty and is causing the issues.
Team Leaders:
Stefan Smolenaers
Matthew Femino
Final Year Members:
Joel Moses
Jason Whittle
Non Final Year Members:
Wayne Murphy
Jacob Vu Tran
Adrian Cowen
External Support
James Kirk
Ken ?
Kevin Woodhouse
ATA and MEVIG
Warning: Although edited, this is behind the scenes footage and may contain some course language and/or offensive behaviour.
Small Budget Honda Accord Electric Conversion
http://www.useafuel.com - This video shows the DIY simple conversion of a 1990 Honda Accord from gas to electric. It's pretty simple. Remove the gas motor, install new electric forklift motor, batteries, and motor controller. After that, charge from any outlet and enjoy.
Kaylor Kit Electric Motor Demo
This is a video of our demo flick for our Kaylor Electric Conversion Kit for the older VW platform. This is an older style Starter/Generator Military Shunt DC motor with a custom made adaptor plate and flywheel from Kaylor Energy Systems. These are no longer being made but can still be found. We are testing a modern PWM electronic controller specifically designed to run these special motor. They are able to do regen too. This motor can push a stock steel bodied VW Ghia to 62 mph with 12 6 volt batteries. It is a 72 volt system. It works perfect. Perfect for a nice fun all electric buggy. Or Bug or Ghia.
Electric Car Conversion Motor Installation
Interested in building your own electric car or how about converting your gas-guzzler into a 100-mile per gallon equivalent (referred to as MPGE) electric? Watch as John and Xander install an electric motor in a dune buggy. John also explains about adapter plates and motor couplings. For more information please visit: ElectricCarConversions.biz
Electric Car Conversion Methods For Under $500
http://www.electricity4cars.com Click here to learn how to convert your car to electricity for under $1000. Here you will find reviews on the top guiedes available on the web.
Electric Engine and Trans in the CAR!!!!
I finally got the chance to put the coupled Electric Engine and Trans back into the car!!! Axle shafts also put back together.
introducing my electric car! .. truck! runs totally on batteries
the wind and bumpy road causes some rumbling that drowns out the mic a little, but you can still hear if you turn up the volume in those parts
For more information on this, check out http://evalbum.com/2451
my website is http://joelclemens.colinr.ca/
