Roland, Cor, and Bruce, Thank you for the information. Very helpful. I'm waiting to hear from John (not sure if he is still on the list so I sent him an email).
As an aside it took me a year and a half of planning, reading, etc before doing my first conversion. So it will take a while for me to research and digest this new information :-) @Bruce Basically the truck is my spare utility vehicle. Plowing and short distance hauling and light towing. As you mentioned 4WD is a must. Range not so much (don't know the last time I took the truck for more than 20 miles round trip). Speed also not so much (can't remember the last time I took it over 50 mph). Mainly a low speed, around the town vehicle with occasional plowing and salting in the winter. Maybe 30-50 trips/uses a year. The current LiFePO4 pack I have is ~30kWH. On my current vehicle (current curb weight ~3500 lbs) I have easily gone 70miles on occasion with reserve Ah's to spare. So ~doubling the weight and a proportional halving the range would be well within the use limits for this vehicle. Hope that helps. Thanks in advance, Barry On Oct 8, 2013, at 6:46 PM, Bruce EVangel Parmenter <[email protected]> wrote: > John's site was posted, and Roland and Cor gave their experiences. > > But what I did not read in your inquiring post was exactly what > capabilities do you want the converted truck to have: > -what range at what speed on the road > -what top speed will you need on the road > -what range when plowing snow at slow speeds > > By knowing what your EV needs are, you could determine if the pack > voltage, motor and controller type you have would give you what you > want. > > http://www.edmunds.com/ford/f-150/1998/ > 1998 F150 > > http://www.weather.com/weather/monthly/18940?month=1 > Monthly Weather Planner for Newtown, PA (cold,snow) > > From what the members have posted and with no exact EV-needs stated, > then I say yes, if you drop your EV components in the truck it will > move. But my questions of will it satisfy your unstated EV needs will go > unanswered, and you may have an e-truck that does not do what you want > it to do. > > If I were in your position, and I were to assume that you would not want > to spend too much on this EV-component reuse project, I would suggest > you price an appropriate used manual transmission, and compare that to > the cost of modifying and buying what is needed to use your existing > automatic transmission. If replacing your automatic transmission was the > less costly of the two choices, you would gain a little more range by > going with a manual transmission. > > Since you said you would be using the e-truck for plowing/pushing snow, > I will assume you would want to keep the 4x4 option, and the losses of > lugging around the added weight when driving in 2x4 mode would be OK > with you. > > If you could elaborate more on answers to my (above) questions, others > with more experience than I could weigh in with advice/comments. > > > {brucedp.150m.com} > > > - > On Tue, Oct 8, 2013, at 09:40 AM, Barry wrote: >> Short version >> Is an F150 with 4 x4 and automatic transmission possible? >> >> Long version >> My current EV is a Saturn Vue, which I converted myself and have been >> using as my daily car for almost five years. Given the appearance of OEM >> EV's I am planning on getting an OEM EV in the next two years. This >> means I will no longer have a need for my Vue. >> >> I could try to sell the Vue but the resale value of DIY EV's does not >> appear to be high. Another option is I could try to sell off the parts >> and use the Lithium batteries for my backup solar. But again the market >> for used EV parts is limited. >> >> What I would like to do is re-task all of the EV components to my 1998 >> F150. I put less that 2000 mile a year on this vehicle and primarily use >> it for winter plowing and hauling stuff. >> >> Really long version >> So I've looked over the EVDL archives, diyelectriccar.com, and evalbum >> for similar conversions. Trucks have been done. Automatics less so. >> Don't see any similar four wheel drives. >> >> Question: >> 1. Will my 9" net gain and 1K Zilla be sufficient? >> 2. Is it easier to swap the automatic with a manual or keep the >> automatic and run a separate electric motor for any transmission pumps >> needed? >> 3. My understanding is that the hubs are unlocked (2WD) when vacuum is >> applied and locked (4WD) when the vacuum is interrupted. Is keeping this >> feature as simple as just having a vacuum pump for the 4WD? >> 4. Other than this truck I've never had an automatic transmission >> vehicle. Anything else I might be missing (transmission cooler pumps, >> differential associated stuff, etc). >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Barry Oppenheim >> Wrightstown, PA > - > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - One of many happy users: > http://www.fastmail.fm/help/overview_quotes.html > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
