I'm starting my first EV project...so be gentle.
Here is what I have so far:
1987 Porsche 944
Tesla Large Drive Unit (Thanks @WK057! and HSRmotors.com)
2x Chevy Volt Battery (second on the way)
Tesla 2nd Gen Charger
Fitting the drive unit to this car should be pretty straight-forward. It has a semi-trailing arm rear suspension and had room for a transaxle. Once I remove the transaxle, fuel tank, and exhaust, it looks like there is plenty of room. (see pics) For half shafts, I plan to weld a flange to the inner cups from the Tesla shafts to allow the use of the stock 944 CV's.(similar to @jackbauer's Panzer project)
The plan for the battery is to widen the transmission tunnel on the car and sacrifice the back seat for the first battery. Then build a box for the engine bay for the second.
I will definitely use a BMS system for the batteries. I'm hoping @bigmouse can help me with that. It looks like he has that figured out for the Volt BMS.
I'm still debating on controlling the charger. It looks like my choices are the custom board by @jackbauer and the upcoming controller from @WK057.
I haven't bought a DC converter yet...looking for suggestions there.
Please feel free to tell me when I'm screwing something up. I'm going to try to keep this up to benefit from everyone's advice!
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