Hi all, I am dabbling in the thought of converting my 30-year-old Lada Niva to electric, I live in the UK so the car is extremely rare (especially being an early body shell RHD MPH car), I have been drawn in by the outlander PHEV Meiden 60kw y61 motor for a few reasons;
-Its output shaft matches that of a mid-2000s ford fiesta engine.
-It is rated at 60kw and 195nm at 0-4200rpm and will turn up to 9300rpm (I have heard numbers between 2900 and 5900 for peak power)
-They are relatively cheap (£500 for a refurbished warrantied unit) for an OEM water-cooled motor with a known shaft
Based on my basic ratio math and tape measure work
A: the Lada engine sounds uncomfortable beyond 3200rpm and redline starts around 4,000rpm
It is quoted to make 118nm of torque but that seems like a push
I have briefly spoken to a person who is well regarded in the EV conversion world and he told me a slight reduction is necessary to make it more drivable and improve low-end torque compared to running the motor as a direct drive unit. I want to keep the vehicle 4wd that is undisputed in my mind, my plan would be to do away with the gearbox and have the motor go straight onto the transfer case which has these ratios\/
top gear ratio | 1.2 |
bottom gear ratio | 2.135 |
My main concern is the loss of 1st gear as it is insanely low and in conjunction with the low ratio it can idle up almost anything, a potential remedy is to have a lower gear set put in the TC for low range
1st | 3.67 |
2nd | 2.10 |
3rd | 1.36 |
4th | 1.00 |
5th | 0.82 |
Reverse | 3.53 |
B: the motor should fit comfortably within the gearbox tunnel and should be easily mountable on the gearbox cradle
NOW... here is my dilemma and my lack of knowledge will really show, Batteries-
So I need to get 400v from somewhere, I have looked into 3 main options
LG Chem Cells, Zero EV sell these as ex OEM test modules (Possibly Jaguar Land Rover as they use those cells in the I pace and their hybrids) these cells are 11v
2.6KHw 60AH and £520 each
Tesla - Daimler units, these occasionally pop up for sale they are 24v 3kwh and usually cost £600-800 each
Yuasa - Mitsubishi units, these are CHEAP and plentiful they are rated at 1.2kWh or 40Ah and 29.2v however all reputable shops say they are really only at 0.8kWh but these cost £200-250
Necessito ajuda per saber com configurar aquestes bateries en la configuració adequada per obtenir 400 V i un rang raonable (130-200 milles), això pot semblar alt, però el cotxe té MOLTA espai (tota la zona sota el capó estaria buida, el combustible L'espai del dipòsit i l'enorme àrea sota el terra del maleter, per exemple, a la zona del terra fals hi ha 1000x500x250mm, l'àrea del dipòsit de combustible 1100x450x250 i la zona sota el capó és prou gran perquè la gent hagi posat motors Chevy LS i Toyota v8. El pes també és " Una gran preocupació, ja que el cotxe està classificat per a una càrrega útil interna de mitja tona, he tingut prop de 800 kg al vehicle i s'ha mantingut bastant compost.
Així que gràcies per qualsevol ajuda i respostes, tornaré tan aviat com pugui
Kyle
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Hola Kyle, jo també estic mirant de convertir el Lada Niva a elèctrica i buscar opinions sobre el canvi. Vaig trobar aquesta possibilitat que t'adjunto. Ho coneixes? Quina opinió en tens?