[booksix]

Hey everyone. I found a supplier of used lift motors in San Diego, says he has over 100 motors he thinks could be used for EV's and has several matching pairs for me to look at, mainly a set from Yale (i think) trucks. 36/48v, dual ended shaft, has a brake on one end, transmission on the other. Perfect for my dual motor setup, will probably even keep one of the brake units intact if I get them. My current car shifter will be replaced by push button shifting which could then contain park, forward and reverse (or maybe just auto brake activtion when the key is turned off??)

So anyway, I'm going to look tomorrow, I'll take lots of pics and post them up. Not sure if Jim will be on here anytime soon, but is there someone else that could assist in evaluating these things in his place if he's not around?

Anyway, great info here! I love this forum!!

[JRP3]

Jim has gone into hiding again but I'm sure the rest of us will try and help as best we can. Post up those pics.

[booksix]

Attempt one was a bust! How annoying. 1.5 hrs of driving to meet a guy who supposedly has "over 100 motors" and "several matched pairs" to see about 7 or 8 motors and two tiny matching motors. The units he showed me were about 7" in diameter and about 16" long. Each has a brake on one end and a gearbox on the other. Rated at 36 volts, two brushes each. He claimed they'd be perfect for an EV and that they were "200 hp motors". Right... Here's some pics:

[Georgia Tech]

Originally Posted by booksix

Attempt one was a bust! How annoying. 1.5 hrs of driving to meet a guy who supposedly has "over 100 motors" and "several matched pairs" to see about 7 or 8 motors and two tiny matching motors. The units he showed me were about 7" in diameter and about 16" long. Each has a brake on one end and a gearbox on the other. Rated at 36 volts, two brushes each. He claimed they'd be perfect for an EV and that they were "200 hp motors". Right... Here's some pics:

Book, I would leave these for a Gokart or a VERY VERY small car, would go over 96V MAX with these motors....They are not HiPo motors...

[booksix]

Yeah, that's why I was pissed! They guy made all sorts of claims on the phone so I drove there! I don't think I want to go any smaller than a pair of 9" motors

[Georgia Tech]

I have a 9 inch GE pump motor that I will let go for cheap....its a 36/48 volt motor weighs about 130 -145 lbs, has inverted spline shaft, not sure if it would be a HiPo motor though......
For what your wanting to do your going to need something more suited for that higher voltage. I wouldn't take these guys word for it on what these motors can do.
I would look at the 11 inch warp and ask question about it.

[booksix]

I need two matching motors so yours probably won't work for me.

As for the other motors, I don't mind tearing them down to advance the brushes for higher voltages...

[avewhtboy]

Hey everyone....got the forklift motor installed and running here are a couple short videos





Ended up purchasing a curtis 550 amp 48 volt controller to get it running never had any luck getting the GE EV1 controller to work.

Rick

[JRP3]

Congrats on getting it running. What's the performance like at only 48 volts?

[avewhtboy]

Originally Posted by JRP3

Congrats on getting it running. What's the performance like at only 48 volts?

Not sure exactly on performance yet...to date we have had the
truck up to about 50mph using GPS since the speedometer is not
working and the furtherst distance is about 9 miles ...probably
have put about 50 total miles on it.

Acceleration is not great but it's on par with what it was when it
had the four cylinder ICE with automatic transmission.

Rick