Posted: 10-17-2009 - 09:53 PM by
lou-ace
Have removed exhaust. Fuel system, found centricity for shaft, and done general maintenance of rig. Next will buy motor, and mount.... getting excited.
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Posted: 09-29-2009 - 07:58 PM by
rmacey
I got the tranny disconnected and started to lift but the engine is stuck. There's not enough room. Not sure what to do next.
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Posted: 09-28-2009 - 09:21 PM by
rmacey
I thought the engine/tranny was connected to the frame with three engine mounts, two bolts on the side and one connection in front. After removing these three connections I started to lift. Something didn't feel right. I looked under the car (again) and noticed that the tranny seems connected to the underside.
Thanks to a post on a VWvortex forum, I now know that I need to remove 2 bolt connecting the tranny to the floor plan. Maybe tommorow.
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Posted: 09-27-2009 - 07:45 PM by
rmacey
We (Stu and I) disconnected the axle from the outer CV joint (basically disconnected the axle from the wheel). The only thing left connecting the engine to the car were the engine bolts . We connected the lift, removed the engine bolts (holding the engine from the frame) and started to lift. The passenger side started coming up higher than the driver which didn't seem right. Also the intake manifold hit the frame. We ran out of time. But at least we're doing something interesting.
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Posted: 09-18-2009 - 01:58 AM by
bodkin77
Hi there. I am interested in using a forklift motor to convert to an EV. An owner of a forklift wreckers told me that a 24V electric palletjack motor would be good for a small car. He said that he would sell me a motor that can lift about 3.5 tonne, and a variable SCR, gearbox and accelerator, all from a pallet jack for $600-$1000 (AUS$). He said I shouldn't overvolt this motor. I'm not sure whether it will be good because I never heard of an EV with decent acceleration and range being under about 96V. but then I thought that maybe I could use lithium batteries to get decent range??? they are between 2-3V each. Or could AGM gel batteries be put in parallel effectively? Would this make for very poor acceleration? When I asked him that he said something about the gearing making it fast and he says it will fly up to about 100kph. Should I instead be getting a 36V or 48V forklift motor, because they can be overvolted and hence can put more batteries, and the cheaper AGM. Can they be overvolted to say 96V? Can you recommend any motors that are under say $1000 and will fit under the bonnet/boot? The forklift guy said that the 48V motors are too big and heavy. I have no idea what they cost.
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