[skooler]

Originally Posted by Spyder.ev

On the ptm I have taken cover off but all the fixings are the type that shear when done up so there are no fixings I can undo did you keep the engine harness

Does it look like a rounded bolt?

On mine I had to grind it off, I assumed it had been rounded when mine had an engine change before I purchased it. You will have plenty of regular bolts left over that you can replace them with. its just 2 bolts directly on the plate.

There's a thick metal plate between the electronics and the bolt so you'll struggle to do any damage to it.

I have removed the engine loom completely and will only put back what is needed. e.g. pickups from the gearbox etc. I will then create some kind of circuit to generate the necessary signals to fool the ECU to thinking the engines still there.

Some pics of how you get on would be good

Cheers,

Mike

[Spyder.ev]

Originally Posted by skooler

Does it look like a rounded bolt?

On mine I had to grind it off, I assumed it had been rounded when mine had an engine change before I purchased it. You will have plenty of regular bolts left over that you can replace them with. its just 2 bolts directly on the plate.

There's a thick metal plate between the electronics and the bolt so you'll struggle to do any damage to it.

I have removed the engine loom completely and will only put back what is needed. e.g. pickups from the gearbox etc. I will then create some kind of circuit to generate the necessary signals to fool the ECU to thinking the engines still there.

Some pics of how you get on would be good

Cheers,

Mike

Hi Mike,
here is a picture all the bolts are the same not sure how to remove without damage
Plus a couple of other photos of work in progress
Would be really interested in pictures of your adaptor plate when you get it.
cheers

[skooler]

Originally Posted by Spyder.ev

Hi Mike,
here is a picture all the bolts are the same not sure how to remove without damage
Plus a couple of other photos of work in progress
Would be really interested in pictures of your adaptor plate when you get it.
cheers

Spyder,

It looks slightly different to mine! was yours the 192ps or 230ps model? mine was the 192. Mine had already had an engine rebuild so it might have already been hacked about a bit!

I will take a picture of mine when I'm next near the car. Possibly later today.

Looks like i'm not getting the adaptor plate until next week now. i will post pictures when its complete.

Cheers,

Mike

[skooler]

Originally Posted by skooler

Spyder,

It looks slightly different to mine! was yours the 192ps or 230ps model? mine was the 192. Mine had already had an engine rebuild so it might have already been hacked about a bit!

I will take a picture of mine when I'm next near the car. Possibly later today.

Looks like i'm not getting the adaptor plate until next week now. I will post pictures when its complete.

Cheers,

Mike

I've got the pictures from mine

Looks as though mine had already been cut up - probably from the engine rebuild its had.

The two green arrows show the bolts that are holding it on. the rest of the holes look as though they have been drilled out although there does not appear to be any thread in the plastics (see second pic).

I would suggest drilling the heads from the bolts marked by the green arrows and see if it comes free.

I had to grind off the one on the right hand side as it was rounded off (see 'damage' on second pic).





Hope this helps,

Mike

[Spyder.ev]

Hi guys, update time....
Ok engine is out measurements taken, and I'm nearly ready to order motor, controller and basically everything else (apart from batteries) will take front bumper off tomorrow to remove oil radiators then that is everything out that needs to be
Am now thinking of buying 10kw open source charger as it seems just too good for price thx for all info from other threads. Has anyone bought one ? Also is there a add on for J1772 Comms ?
I'm hoping on fitting 44 batteries in boot and 26 in front looks tight in engine bay can easily get 22 it's just the other 4 mmmm will have to rethink a bit.

Skooler, when do you expect your first batteries ? Also how's your project going have you had first drive yet ?
Cheers guys.

[Spyder.ev]

Also anyone know good heater with upto 240vdc ?

[skooler]

Apologies if the formatting isn't up to scratch, I'm on my blackberry with only GPRS.

Hi spyder,
Sweet work any pics?

I'm expecting my first big batch of cells in march, I need to double check stock, a local photo-voltaic company are having quite a few but haven't confirmed how many.

I will be ordering more once the funds clear.

Is it the 200AH that you want?

My project is going well. I had a test drive on xmas eve. Motor was in with jump leads through the window, passenger then controls power with the crocodile clips!

Have a look at the below link:

http://www.youtube.com/user/MHC21148?feature=watch

I haven't posted an update yet because I wanted to finnish off my mounts first.

When the video was taken, the motor was sitting on a bracket for the steering rack. I will post up pics of the finished mounts in the nexyt few days.

Cheers,

Mike

[jackbauer]

I designed an add on for the 10kw charger to use J1772 (actually iec61851 in europe) and its working well. Details over on the charger thread. Nice project by the way

[kakheath]

Hi guys. This is my first post on the forum. I'm planning an RX8 conversion as well. I just bought the car on Friday (Jan13). I've been thinking of using Headway batteries with 2 WarP 9's. I'm gonna start off with a basic setup and then in a year expand to the final design. First phase will use only 1 WarP 9 with the trans and 70% of the batteries. Later probably next summer I'll remove the trans and go direct drive and add the second motor and additional batteries. Thanks for sharing your builds. I love reading about your progress. Good luck to you both.

[skooler]

Originally Posted by kakheath

Hi guys. This is my first post on the forum. I'm planning an RX8 conversion as well. I just bought the car on Friday (Jan13). I've been thinking of using Headway batteries with 2 WarP 9's. I'm gonna start off with a basic setup and then in a year expand to the final design. First phase will use only 1 WarP 9 with the trans and 70% of the batteries. Later probably next summer I'll remove the trans and go direct drive and add the second motor and additional batteries. Thanks for sharing your builds. I love reading about your progress. Good luck to you both.

Hi Kakheath,

Great to hear of another RX8 conversion, I look forward to sharing ideas

What are your range/ power expectations?

Spyder and I both seem to be making long range conversions, looks like yours will be a bit of a power beast

Why two warp 9s and not a warp11 (or 2 )? (or kostov?)

Space between the gearbox and the crossmember is tight (~18" from memory) bare this in mind when selecting a motor and adapter.

Why headway cells? There is a surprising amount of room for batteries when you get everything out.

Perhaps you should create a build thread so we avoid hijacking Spyder's thread?

Mods, how about a subforum for RX8 conversions?

Cheers,

Mike