good ole B.S. thread
Fleet Mechanic
Joined: Nov 2010
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From: Kville, ohio
This what you had? 1980 Jet Electrica 007
I converted mine in our shop in-between railing jobs over the last few years. And I thought the E4OD upgrade was in over my head
Its lighter than a Nissan Leaf at 3000lbs, and has a larger capacity battery (30.7kwh). I did 100 miles with it but only once. I want to repeat that drive, but haven't got around to it yet.
Yes, I realize its a saturn, but it was cheap, light, reasonably streamlined, had manual steering, and not [very] rusty.
Hope nobody minds the topic....
I converted mine in our shop in-between railing jobs over the last few years. And I thought the E4OD upgrade was in over my head
Its lighter than a Nissan Leaf at 3000lbs, and has a larger capacity battery (30.7kwh). I did 100 miles with it but only once. I want to repeat that drive, but haven't got around to it yet.
Yes, I realize its a saturn, but it was cheap, light, reasonably streamlined, had manual steering, and not [very] rusty.
Hope nobody minds the topic....
thats pretty cool,
Tuned
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 464
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From: Redmond, WA USA
+1 !
I think the Saturn is a great choice for a conversion and it looks good! As an EE I can fully appreciate the amount of work it takes to do a proper conversion. I've seen a lot of hack job conversions too and those usually don't stay on the road much.
Yes, the car in the link you posted is exactly what I had. It was not the best EV by any means, around 2 tons, on the stock brakes, with no regenerative braking - a real lead sled! I ended up selling it back to the guy I bought it from, and he parted it out (sadly, the car only had 12K miles on it) for the motor.
I think the Saturn is a great choice for a conversion and it looks good! As an EE I can fully appreciate the amount of work it takes to do a proper conversion. I've seen a lot of hack job conversions too and those usually don't stay on the road much.
Yes, the car in the link you posted is exactly what I had. It was not the best EV by any means, around 2 tons, on the stock brakes, with no regenerative braking - a real lead sled! I ended up selling it back to the guy I bought it from, and he parted it out (sadly, the car only had 12K miles on it) for the motor.
Lead Driver
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 6,900
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From: Campbell River, B.C.
+1 !
I think the Saturn is a great choice for a conversion and it looks good! As an EE I can fully appreciate the amount of work it takes to do a proper conversion. I've seen a lot of hack job conversions too and those usually don't stay on the road much.
Yes, the car in the link you posted is exactly what I had. It was not the best EV by any means, around 2 tons, on the stock brakes, with no regenerative braking - a real lead sled! I ended up selling it back to the guy I bought it from, and he parted it out (sadly, the car only had 12K miles on it) for the motor.
I think the Saturn is a great choice for a conversion and it looks good! As an EE I can fully appreciate the amount of work it takes to do a proper conversion. I've seen a lot of hack job conversions too and those usually don't stay on the road much.
Yes, the car in the link you posted is exactly what I had. It was not the best EV by any means, around 2 tons, on the stock brakes, with no regenerative braking - a real lead sled! I ended up selling it back to the guy I bought it from, and he parted it out (sadly, the car only had 12K miles on it) for the motor.
Yes, 4000lbs is heavy, but not unusual for a lead sled. I didn't even have to change the springs in my setup because of the lithium batteries I used.
I don't have regen since I'm running a series wound brushed motor. Its not powerful enough to catch my truck, but it has enough for freeway onramps and will sustain 70 MPH (top speed is about 80 at the moment).
Looks like the 007 was a pretty clean conversion. I like the below floor battery box in the rear of the car. I did the same with mine to keep weight as low to the ground as possible while retaining the full trunk space.
Tuned
Joined: Apr 2011
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From: Redmond, WA USA
Thanks, I'm not an EE yet, but depending on how much fun I have next year, I might try for that.
Yes, 4000lbs is heavy, but not unusual for a lead sled. I didn't even have to change the springs in my setup because of the lithium batteries I used.
I don't have regen since I'm running a series wound brushed motor. Its not powerful enough to catch my truck, but it has enough for freeway onramps and will sustain 70 MPH (top speed is about 80 at the moment).
Looks like the 007 was a pretty clean conversion. I like the below floor battery box in the rear of the car. I did the same with mine to keep weight as low to the ground as possible while retaining the full trunk space.
Yes, 4000lbs is heavy, but not unusual for a lead sled. I didn't even have to change the springs in my setup because of the lithium batteries I used.
I don't have regen since I'm running a series wound brushed motor. Its not powerful enough to catch my truck, but it has enough for freeway onramps and will sustain 70 MPH (top speed is about 80 at the moment).
Looks like the 007 was a pretty clean conversion. I like the below floor battery box in the rear of the car. I did the same with mine to keep weight as low to the ground as possible while retaining the full trunk space.
Lead Driver
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 6,900
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From: Campbell River, B.C.
Yeah, I did a litte more checking on the car and saw that the rear battery box is mounted on the floor, not under. I wonder what that SCR controller must have sounded like.
Haha! thats funny that it gets 20 MPH just for heating. My F250 gets 20 @ 70 MPH. I went with an electric heater just because its so much simpler.
Haha! thats funny that it gets 20 MPH just for heating. My F250 gets 20 @ 70 MPH. I went with an electric heater just because its so much simpler.
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