Mastodawn

Was ist mit e-Classics los? Website tot. Noch ein Umrüster, der aufgegeben hat?

Weiss wer aus der Elektroauto-Bubble was?

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I must say, this evenings time in the garage was really nice. The shell of the car is kind of in a good place. It’s nice to be past the phase where I’m scraping 50 years of crud off of this car. It’s also nice to be adding rather than subtracting for a change.
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Christian 1d ago

Starting to put the front suspension back together. Just test fitting for now to make sure everything goes together as there are a fair few totally new parts going in. These upper and lower arms are brand new for example. Nothing torqued down yet (need to learn how to use my new torque wrenches).

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Nevada Electric Vehicle Assn May 12

TIL... Chevy is selling pre-packaged EV conversion kits? Now it's easier than ever to convert your old Chevy into an all-electric vehicle! PS: Ford is also selling Mach-E motors.
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Cera Apr 5

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Cera Apr 4

Summoning the 4th state of matter to cut 6mm steel with a press of a button feels like violating some laws of dark magic.

Plasma cutting parts to be welded for the upper motor mount.

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Cera Mar 31

Motor is IN!

Still missing the top mount, some suitable bolts and powder coating but...

IT'S THERE. IT FITS. IT'S ELECTRIC ⚡ ⚡

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Cera Mar 20

Something easier for a change. Measurements from the old worn out kickpanels, lasercut new ones. 😊

Need to find some suitable fabric for upholstery 🤔

Oh and of course saving and cleaning the old stickers...

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Cera Mar 11

Couple of youtube vids later, learning how to use Fusion simulation features. Added more strength to the motor mounts based on the feedback from earlier calculations + simulation environment.

Now stable for:
100kg * 9.81 downwards force (weight of the stack)
280Nm * 7.94 (reduction gearbox) = 2223Nm rotational force

with ~2.4 safety factor. I'd have liked SF >3 but ah well. I don't think this steel will ever see full 280Nm and I'd be more concerned it'll tear the original engine mount rubbers into pieces far before that.

Next up.. steel?

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Cera Mar 10

Quick update about motor mounts.

Lasercut templates from clear acrylic to check that everything fits and oh do they. It's so satisfying to draw things onto the 3D-scan, make templates and find out it's within 0.25mm!

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