[Duncan]

Hi
I'm a "mini guy" from way back I even owned a Moke kit car called a Cub back in the 90's

The mini gearbox is NOT one of it's good points - I would recommend heaving it over the nearest hedge and try and get a complete Nissan Leaf power unit and shoehorn it into the space

I did "shoehorn" a Lancia Twin cam into my mini in the 80's

 

[Forestway]

Thanks Duncan and those are some cool looking cars in the Photo's
I did consider a Leaf unit, and maybe i will do some more reading on this subject, but my thinking was that using a 'new' motor/controller and chargers etc would be simpler for a 1st build, obviously it going to be quite a bit more expensive, and probably we will not learn as much, but I was hoping to avoid CANBus shenanigans on the our first project.

While I am on line does anyone have a CAD Drawing (.Dwg or .Dxf) of Tesla S and X Batteries.

Cheers,
Steve

 

[Duncan]

I believe you can get a Leaf unit and throw the "brain" part away and then substitute an aftermarket replacement
Which (I believe) does away with all the scary CAN stuff

Alternative suggestion

Use a diff from something with independent suspension
I'm using a Subaru diff with a short prop to an 11 inch Hitachi motor

So use a Subaru diff with either a 9 inch DC motor on top with chain drive or even sticking out the front like a torpedo

I suggest a DC motor
It's a lot cheaper (I paid $150 for my current motor) and a LOT gruntier than the Hyper 9

Which means you don't need to change gears

 

[Emyr]

I was hoping to avoid CANBus shenanigans on the our first project.

Someone else is already solving this problem for you over at openinverter.org

Johannes has a Leaf motor in his own VW Touran:
https://openinverter.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=32

He took it to be inspected by a TÜV engineer (more like an IVA tester than an MOT tester) a few weeks ago after they confirmed that since he was using OEM EV components he wouldn't need an EMC certificate.

 

[pickmeup]

great to hear of another mini conversion in the pipeline, lots of threads on here about what people are doing. The most popular is the nissan leaf conversion, check out ESDI in germany as they have developed conversion parts which they have used in a mini.
London electric cars have used the setup in there classic mini.


Im looking at using an outlander rear diff in my mini marcos but havent had the time in the last few weeks to look at it.