Research for a 1:1 electric car

[Metallover]

I've looked at a bunch of EV forums and the best one I found was diyelectriccar.com. I was thinking about converting something a little smaller like a quad and I want to convert a car when I'm older. I am now converting an electric bike with a BL outrunnner from hobbycity...

Check this forum out, you'll like it.

[JThiessen]

First - I'm really interested in seeing what you end up determining a "fair amount" of your RC's is!!!!

I would almost give the nod to the Lincoln chassis. The Sentra chassis MAY not be able to handle the weight of the batteries, and the suspension might also suffer - but thats hard to determine right now.

Second, it sounds like you are looking at RWD - which also points towards the Lincoln.

Narrowing a rear end is EASY...dont spend much time worrying about that. You may even be able to find one out of a drag car or even a stock car. Advantage to that they are often set up with quick change gears, which will make it easy for you to change gearing if need be.

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by azjc

I know you were saying you dont want it to be a hotrod but in this link there could be some valuable info. When I first read about the White Zombie I would think instead of trying to run all that voltage, try increasing the capacity. I would go with the Sentra

I went through his site and the "Blur Meanie" looks to be more of what you are trying to do

http://www.plasmaboyracing.com/bluemeanie.php

Will have to check this out, yay more reading!!!

Originally Posted by mistercrash

This is also an alternative to building it. Buy one that is not too expensive.
Zenn Car Motors

If you click "view" then "videos" and then "Rick Mercer Report" you can see a funny but informative interview with the CEO and a bit how they build it and also a test drive.

It's only got two doors but you can fit 20 cases of beer and a box of cereal in it.

20 cases of beer huh... Sounds like I need to move to a college town and start a delivery service!

Originally Posted by Metallover

I've looked at a bunch of EV forums and the best one I found was diyelectriccar.com. I was thinking about converting something a little smaller like a quad and I want to convert a car when I'm older. I am now converting an electric bike with a BL outrunnner from hobbycity...

Check this forum out, you'll like it.

Will do, thanks for the info!

Originally Posted by JThiessen

First - I'm really interested in seeing what you end up determining a "fair amount" of your RC's is!!!!

I would almost give the nod to the Lincoln chassis. The Sentra chassis MAY not be able to handle the weight of the batteries, and the suspension might also suffer - but thats hard to determine right now.

Second, it sounds like you are looking at RWD - which also points towards the Lincoln.

Narrowing a rear end is EASY...dont spend much time worrying about that. You may even be able to find one out of a drag car or even a stock car. Advantage to that they are often set up with quick change gears, which will make it easy for you to change gearing if need be.

After looking around a bit it seems like a may have to find another platform. Seems like the majority of conversions center around a manual tranny. Seems like direct drive is difficult to control, and having a clutch is a good idea. Plus the bulk on conversion kits seem to be made for manual trannies. I need to sign up to some of the ev forums and have a look at their builds. I read thru once guys online build of an s-10 last night. Seemed like alot of wiring and a dc to dc convertor was in there for some reason, he also had an alternator. Not sure why but I guess there is some reason for it. I need to do more reasearch on the electrical components, as theuy are obviously a bit more complicated than I thought.

I am also debating using a belt driven power steering pump to work the power steering and power brakes. I would go with manual steering and brakes, but that depends where I put the bulk of the battery weight. If it is in the back of the car I can probably go with out power steering. Seems like a fwd car would be best, most likely a honda as there seems to be quite a few conversion kits available for them. My motor on back axle may be a bit complex, as I had not take into account the need for forced air cooling for the motor. Plus I am not sure if I want to have 2 seperate battery sytems, one for the motor, and another lower voltage to run the rest of the lectrical system. I plan to keep this very simple, so I may not bother with anything other than running lights, no radio, ac or other stuff. Maybe the alternator is necessary for the headlights... not really sure right now.

I have alot of research to do...