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in reply to: KCW randomness #26106

Took Myrtle out to Joshua Tree this weekend. Reminded me a lot of our time in Valley of Fire just without a whole crew of VWs. The baywinder is getting emissions tested this week because California sets the cut off at 1976… It’s been running great but I have a feeling it won’t pass

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in reply to: JJ’s 58 Single Cab! #25930

We are trying to find a way to do an IRS with no hacking and welding only when absolutely necessary and still reversible. Do you think there is something out there like that or will we have to design our own?

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in reply to: JJ’s 58 Single Cab! #25915

RandomLurker wrote:

Might be worth checking again with EV to see what trans setup they used for this Tesla/911 conversion. http://www.speedhunters.com/2018/10/future-porsche-tesla-powered-classic-911/

Yeah that’s the RWB Porsche EV West has been working on for SEMA! They were working on it yesterday and it was on its way to Vegas today. That uses the larger 400 V Tesla motor and transmission with 930 axles. That frame you see in the back is what we are trying to design for a VW bus that would hold the Tesla motor and tranny with the existing mounting points

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in reply to: JJ’s 58 Single Cab! #25896

I sort of agree with you Franz but after looking into it the Tesla motor seems like the best option. It includes a bunch of the components that would need to be purchased separately using other motors and is by far one of the most efficient electric vehicle motors out there. With all things considered, it is the more cost effective route to take and if something does go wrong with the motor it would be a heck of a lot easier to find a mechanic in 10-15 years that could work on a Tesla motor rather than something else. Not to mention that even with the dual motor option EVWest does you’re only getting around 150 hp whereas the Tesla motor can do around 250.

The guys from VW said we should steer away from using the 2 speed transaxle or anything that wasn’t designed for the amount of torque that these are making and when I was working at EV West in 2016 it seemed like they tried designing that 2 speed because of the excessive wear and repairs that they were having to deal with.

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in reply to: JJ’s 58 Single Cab! #25868

I was just looking at their kits JB. Looks like they have they have two solutions now… I might reach out to Nate to see what he’d recommend

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Also Will told me today he got the original title from the previous owner and it’s a 57… I guess we have to change this thread’s title

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in reply to: JJ’s 58 Single Cab! #25865

That would be huge! We went up to EVWest today to try to dimension their 65 single cab engine bay with their Faro 3D scanning arm but they were busy getting ready for SEMA so we still need those measurements.

We’ve been in contact with Volksagen North America’s Electric Research Laboratory up in Silicon Valley about a potential partnership and they seemed interested in our project. We sent them a list of items today that we’re going to need and they are going to get back to us on how exactly they can help.

Using the Tesla motor will entail using the Tesla transmission because they are packaged as a unit. This means that we will have to use an IRS suspension to adapt the axles. Which kit would you guys recommend?

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in reply to: KCW randomness #25864

Cool comparison on the velocity stacks Franz.. really gives studying fluid dynamics and head loss coefficients some context

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in reply to: KCW randomness #25788

Pat K wrote:

Al Johnson stopped by on Friday. This time driving the Porsche factory sponsored, 2nd place finishing 911s from the 1970 Monte Carlo rally.  

That thing is so badass!

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in reply to: JJ’s 58 Single Cab! #25786

Does anyone have the dimensions on the engine bay for a bus like this? Going to start to modeling how we’re going to fit the motor…

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in reply to: JJ’s 58 Single Cab! #25272

Yeah they recently designed a motor mount for a Porsche 911 with the 400 V performance Tesla motor

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in reply to: JJ’s 58 Single Cab! #25200

I had heard of what Kevin Sharpe was working on but I hadn’t seen that yet. Thanks for the good resource!

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in reply to: JJ’s 58 Single Cab! #25149

Super excited that JJ and KCW are on board! We’re still working on the numbers… this being an “entrepreneur” project they make us write out and prove every decision that we are making numerically and it slows down the process significantly, but I guess that’s what makes us engineers 🤓. I really like the idea of a “fully reversible” conversion that requires as little modification to the bus as possible and includes distributing the weight evenly with the original load points so as to not overly stress the original suspension setup

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in reply to: JJ’s 58 Single Cab! #24686

I’ve seen that car Alykat! Pretty gnarly… I don’t think we’re going to build a ferrari beating scab plus he hinted that that build cost them $125,000 not including the cost of the car 😳

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in reply to: JJ’s 58 Single Cab! #24656

Looks like my last post was lost 🙃 but I think that the choice in using an electric motor is not so much about the technology but more because of the instant low end torque and dead reliablity. I went to EVWest last week and will go back this week to discuss options. Our current plans are to use a 240 v Tesla motor and design a motor mount to adapt future conversions to an IRS transmissions. What are your thoughts on IRS transmissions?

Another idea we had was that we could use the batteries from the truck to reduce  power usage from the grid for companies to avoid power surge charges

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