Hello everyone! I have been into RC cars for the last 20 years of my life, and always loved the simplicity of electric over nitro cars. For all that time I had dreamed of a full scale EV to drive around town. In 2008 my parents bought a Zenn (no photos somehow) and my old man had the dealer upgrade the controller and motor, for Montana we can run them at 35mph and it was really quick, but clearly a tin (fiberglass and plastic) can.
Last year we built a 1000w drift trike.
It was awesome, 12s 10Ah 25mph, with lipo it was so light you could lift it without a problem. Local police told me I couldn't ride it so we are going to have to put pedals on there and it will be a "bicycle".
I got called to jury duty across the state in June, didn't get picked so I had a whole day to kill in the big city. Decided to look for a Nissan dealer and test drove a Leaf. What an awesome little car, but out of my budget. Get home the next day and out of curiosity get on craigslist to see what the closest EV is. Surprisingly there was an s10 pickup only 300 miles away, and it was posted 2 days before I searched!
Long story short. I own that pickup now.
Bought sight unseen
Front pack. After this photo I cleaned all the connectors and power washed, looks much cleaner.
Batteries in the rear, I would like to move these under the bed for a clean look and lower center of gravity.
Battery tag
This is the dash, hate it. Already pulled out that stupid fan. First switch I assume is a breaker? I will pull it apart and trace it, seller didn't know what the other 2 switches are used for. I need to trace those as well. The amp and volt meter both work, the light is out on the amp meter though. Stereo does not work, will be ordering one tonight. Need to check the DC-DC to see if there is room for a small subwoofer.
Back side of the switch panel
Random switch #3
Random switch #4. This one is in a pretty strange spot. It's not like the red panel was out of room.
Some of the dash wiring, wonder is this white connector is factory.
Last year we built a 1000w drift trike.
It was awesome, 12s 10Ah 25mph, with lipo it was so light you could lift it without a problem. Local police told me I couldn't ride it so we are going to have to put pedals on there and it will be a "bicycle".
I got called to jury duty across the state in June, didn't get picked so I had a whole day to kill in the big city. Decided to look for a Nissan dealer and test drove a Leaf. What an awesome little car, but out of my budget. Get home the next day and out of curiosity get on craigslist to see what the closest EV is. Surprisingly there was an s10 pickup only 300 miles away, and it was posted 2 days before I searched!
Long story short. I own that pickup now.
Bought sight unseen
Front pack. After this photo I cleaned all the connectors and power washed, looks much cleaner.
Batteries in the rear, I would like to move these under the bed for a clean look and lower center of gravity.
Battery tag
This is the dash, hate it. Already pulled out that stupid fan. First switch I assume is a breaker? I will pull it apart and trace it, seller didn't know what the other 2 switches are used for. I need to trace those as well. The amp and volt meter both work, the light is out on the amp meter though. Stereo does not work, will be ordering one tonight. Need to check the DC-DC to see if there is room for a small subwoofer.
Back side of the switch panel
Random switch #3
Random switch #4. This one is in a pretty strange spot. It's not like the red panel was out of room.
Some of the dash wiring, wonder is this white connector is factory.