ZookEV

Tipover · May 19, 2015

Check out my suzuki samurai on the rubicon trail. I'm have been in the off road community and always wanted to build a electric rock crawler. So I have been building this for a while. It is a mild off-roader as my goal is to keep it street legal. I notice that there isn't very many 4wd electric cars on this site. Check out my YouTube videos and let me know what you guys think.

https://youtu.be/5MCLsFbKb3M

https://youtu.be/dRoxI0c7ki4

Thanks

dedlast · May 19, 2015

Nice. It's kinda weird not hearing any noise from your rig, though.

Tipover · May 19, 2015

Yea it is weird to hear all the things we usually don't hear.

Yabert · May 22, 2015

Really nice! Thanks to share and if you can, please share some details with pictures about the build (motor, battery, etc.)

Tipover · May 23, 2015

Here is a walk thru of the vehicle.

https://youtu.be/4K08556KtAg

Tipover · May 23, 2015

As for the four wheel drive train, it has lockers in both axles, a 4 to 1 transfercase, differential guards, nerf bars for rocker panel protection, spring over axle swap to lift it 5 or 6 inches. I also have a abs belly pan for the engine compartment.

Tipover · May 23, 2015

This is how it started.

Tipover · May 23, 2015

This is the motor and Canev adapter with lightened flywheel and clutch. I fabbed up a motor mount to use stock rubber mounts. I also have a neck to add a fan if needed.

Tipover · May 23, 2015

Mounted the controller on the firewall on a aluminum plate.

Tipover · May 23, 2015

I made the cables with this crimper made in China but worked great. I think I got if for 60 bucks on eBay.

Tipover · May 23, 2015

Made my temporary racks for my test batteries out of steel.

Tipover · May 23, 2015

Batteries in place in engine compartment. They are U.S. battery 12vxc. 155ah.

Tipover · May 23, 2015

Batteries in the rear of car.

Tipover · May 23, 2015

Regen pedal.

Tipover · May 23, 2015

Being that I have such low gearing when off road, the regen pedal was way to responsive and would either lock up all four wheels or put me through the windshield. So I used A switch to disconnect the regen pedal and activate the a 0-5k pot that is activated by activation at the throttle up. So now I can adjust amount of engine braking based on the gear I am in and how steep it is.

Tipover · May 23, 2015

Here is the pic of the brake controller.

Tipover · May 23, 2015

Plug in...

Tipover · May 23, 2015

Completed engine compartment with Audi vacuum pump, elcon charger...

Tipover · May 23, 2015

I had to change frames due to paper work problems.

Tipover · May 23, 2015

Painted in sections

Tipover · May 23, 2015

Second section

Tipover · May 23, 2015

Done painting. A little rough but first time with gravity feed guy. I hated it!

Tipover · May 23, 2015

Changed the title to electric!

Tipover · May 23, 2015

Now I'm testing the thing off and on the road. I want to make sure I like its performance before I spring for lithium. Pretty happy so far and would like to lose some of the 700lbs of batteries!

Dustin_mud · May 25, 2015

Very cool, I been working on my plans to build a full tube buggy ev crawler. How long are you getting on a charge off-road?

Tipover · May 25, 2015

I average about 10-20amps while rockcrawling. On 93ah/c1 rated batteries. About 5-6 hours. With a big lithium pack should last all day!

Tipover · May 25, 2015

I keep track of my battery with a Clean Power SOC meter.

Dustin_mud · May 26, 2015

That is great to hear, good job.

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