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in reply to: Glenn's Weekend Blue 1963 Ragtop #36833

Hey Andy!

Definitely I have a file I could share with you. With the EV scene at the moment there are two directions: convert with new industrial motors or convert with used EV motors.

I chose the latter because it integrates several items that I know reduce the reliability and offers better ‘bang’ for buck.

I have a function diagram that illustrates it pretty well I’ll post up later

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in reply to: Willbur's 65 SO42 #36832

No roadtrips this summer yet and we’re both itching for one… Maybe some back roads up in Big Bear? Mostly just been used for cruising to the breweries on the 101 and getting babes to take pictures of Kula hanging out the window.

 

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in reply to: Glenn's Weekend Blue 1963 Ragtop #35708

Finished up my senior design. We ended up realizing that there wasn’t going to be enough time outside of regular class to design, fabricate, and test the rear suspension this semester, so we focused our efforts on getting a running drivetrain. We tested and mapped the pins for each battery which tell us important things such as charge states, current outputs, and temperature. We were able to test the charge and discharge the batteries and run the Small Drive Tesla motor on a bench. Here’s a picture of the battery box we built and some artwork I put together.

Here is a photo of our testing setup during our presentation.

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in reply to: JJ's projects #34408

That’s a badass bus! One high, one low seems like the perfect setup

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in reply to: Glenn's Weekend Blue 1963 Ragtop #34066

Sucks that this happened in my own driveway after we got it looking good, but Will has the know-how to fix it and now the money to fix it with his new job.

The project is going ahead without the bug at the moment, getting all of our batteries and motor components working together on a bench

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in reply to: Glenn's Weekend Blue 1963 Ragtop #33545

The cooling system will not need to be as large as an internal combustion engine of this power however, needs something to dissipate the heat from the motor and the electronics.

Another build I have been following are using two of these http://csfrace.com/the-king-cooler/ but they also are cooling their batteries and their charger off of that.

Especially with this current build (not using too many batteries) the placement is pretty flexible. There will be plenty of space where the gas tank used to sit as well as in the back where the transaxle usually fits just on the other side of the wheel wells.

When you put the them in the wheel wells how do you get enough airflow?

 

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in reply to: Glenn's Weekend Blue 1963 Ragtop #33459

Starting to fabricate our battery mounting boxes this week. Had some issues with the board we received (everything tested and working except communications) and they’re sending out a new one soon.

 

Andy, the Tesla motor uses a radiator and I was wondering where your favorite placement would be.

 

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in reply to: Willbur's 65 SO42 #33458

From what I heard they were talking about tasking him with their automotive marketing… sounds like he’d be able to create content while on vacation 😎🍹 I think Will is most excited about not getting crap for not having a job

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in reply to: Glenn's Weekend Blue 1963 Ragtop #32642

SDU will be better fitment for classic VWs. Also with peak power of 220 kW (~294 hp) it should be more than enough power. We will be tuning ours down for testing purposes. Would love to build a Baja someday with a LDU hanging out the back though!

 

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in reply to: Glenn's Weekend Blue 1963 Ragtop #32602

This is what I have been talking with VW about. Similar to what Franz was talking about in my sc thread:

The modular design allows for the composite upper body to be detached from the MEB chassis, which VW argues will open up a “world of possibilities for third-party manufacturers, as the original Meyers Manx kit did for the first buggies.” https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/04/vws-futuristic-all-electric-dune-buggy-embraces-its-1960s-roots/

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in reply to: JJ’s 58 Single Cab! #32601

Not for sale 😎

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in reply to: Glenn's Weekend Blue 1963 Ragtop #32286

Some progress the past couple weeks. We received our Tesla motor and installed an updated inverter drive board. We tested the board to verify all the functions are working correctly and will be attempting to run the motor on a stand this week with the help of EVWest. What we need next are the batteries to power our prototype. EVWest says they just got a shipment of new batteries so we are going up tomorrow to see if we can work out a deal. There are many hurdles we have yet to overcome but we are optimistic about our future. We have been trying to establish a strategic partnership between our company and Volkswagen so that, in the future, we could develop conversions based on their upcoming EV platform.

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in reply to: Mikes Dual Cab #32109

Nice work! Those dimples look prime Pat!

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in reply to: Road trip pics!!! #29615

Gretchen Jones wrote:

The Electic stuff was really interesting!!!! another great day! Took our time up the coast and landed at a perfect campsite between Malibu & Oxnard…. right on the beach

I love that campsite! Can usually find a spot without a reservation too. Glad you guys are taking some time to explore and bummed I couldn’t have been there with the fam. If you guys are still heading North the mountains above Santa Barbara are an awesome place to spend a night

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in reply to: Glenn's Weekend Blue 1963 Ragtop #29614

Yeah definitely, one interesting thing I noticed was that their design for their upcoming EV is very similar to ours in both the batteries and the chassis

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