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Originally Posted by zeropointbug
Okay, I will try and make this simple and short. I have done 10+ years of electric car research, and am currently converting my first vehicle to electric, so might want to listen to my two-bits... ;)
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-What do you want to use this thing for? (off-roading?, just cruising?), there is no way you will ever, ever, ever get near 200km range in something like that, unless you want to spend $12,000 on the battery alone...
To give you a realistic setup for awesome power and a range you can afford (practical costs considered), I personally use a brushed DC system of course (by leaps and bounds the best bang per buck, only option really) with about ~60hp peak, pushed by a ~100volt battery pack (I'll have to look into what brand/size of lead acid cells to go with). Just trying to guess on range, on a flat road (obviously not your intentions...), at 80kph (50mph) you should be consuming (and this is a very rough estimate) approximately 110Wh/mile... so, judging my the major limitations you have with this type of vehicle, you can fit 200 pounds of lead acid batteries on there, which should store 2700Wh (can only use 80% of it), so you are looking at 20 miles range... and this number only goes down when you are off-roading.
But i need to know alot more about what you want, specifically:
-1st, budget
-hp/acceleration times/top speed
-what kind of terrain are you running it on?
-how would you drive it? smooth runner? or a lead foot?
-would you want to step it up to lithium?
Seth |
I'd have to agree. I never saw where you wanted a 200km range. Thats just not gonna happen, and a 20 mile range isn't even worth it to me. I'd say a nice Sno Pro 440 with a few modifications to it making around 120hp is by far the best way to go. If not that, perhaps a water cooled 400cc out of the Pilot (probably really hard to find but should be pretty simple to install). Thats just me, but I don't really think a electric conversion is something that is remotely realistic with something like a Odyssey. Simply not enough range. I'd want something that would last all day, but I don't think thats possible.