"Walker, Lesley R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Steve Clunn wrote:
>> The 5 stages of ev madness >> 1 reading everything about them and while driving gas car >> turning off engine >> to get that EV feel . > That's about where I'm at. Haven't turned the engine off yet though, I need my brakes and steering. Ditto >> 2 buying a lot of cheep parts and getting something on the road >> 3 buying the good stuff cus your having so much fun but know >> you'll have a >> lot more with the good stuff > I'm hoping to skip 2 and go straight to 3 - I have no sources of cheap parts. One place to try is the "Rod's Garage" section of evparts.com. They have smaller kostov motors and rebuilt controllers for sale. There is also surplusev.com, but I know absolutely nothing about them. I am also stuck at stage 1 at this time (unless a couple of electric lawnmowers count - I really despise small gas engines). My wussy Canadian dollars don't go far, and I don't have any spare dollars lying around at this time anyway. I have a donor car which was donated for a tax receipt, so the price was right! It belonged to a fellow teacher who blew the turbocharger on it. The car is a 1994 Hyundai Scoupe with an excellent body and frame (rare for southern Ontario, where the main solution to snow is throw salt on it). The only other problem with the car is a cracked windshield! The current plan is an asteur conversion using parts from "Rod's Garage": a 72V 9" kostov motor a 72V 500A rebuilt controller a 96V "big red button" a surplus? kilovac contactor other stuff from the homemade parts bin: adaptor plate variac based bad boy type charger, unless I can get a surplus 72V charger The full price stuff: 12 T-145 batteries or their equivalent The vehicle would have a 90 km/h (55 mph) cruising speed and a 120 km/h (72 mph) top end. I need a 65 km (40 mi) usable range unless I can somehow get opportunity charging at the school. T-145's would be 864 lbs of lead in a 2950 lb car. [snip] >> You are not just converting a car to electric you are >> going to be showing people (hundreds of them) that we don't >> have to be a slave to oil and could live on this rock without >> smelling it up. > That's why I want an EV. Also, eventually I want to make my EV renewable energy powered! -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ V. Rev. Stephen M. Arenburg + Former Science Head, SDHS + www.easternorthodoxcatholic.org + www.avonmaitland.on.ca +
