Hi everyone,
After signing up it seemed like a good idea to introduce ourselfs. We (several people will be using this acc if that's allright) are a group of 7 dutch Automotive Engineering students. Our latest project is an EV conversion of a Saab 99. We just got started this week, and the coming 8 weeks will all be going into research. We happend to come accros your forum. Love the great pieces of real world information you guys have out here.
Now about the conversion. The car is a 1984 saab 99. We didn't get to pick it, the customer has owned the car since 1984, has driven 960.000kms (!) with it, and is now looking to do an EV conversion. We were asked to figure out the best solution for the conversion. His wishlist would pretty much be as follows: 120kmh/75mph top speed. 0-60 in 20 seconds is considerd acceptable. All this with as much range as the €30k budget would allow. So far we haven'tgot a clue how we are going to achieve this, but we'll have to start somewhere
The following weeks we'll be doing research, and once we get to the actual build part, we'll open up a project thread.
Quick edit: After looking though the project threads it seems like most guys here prefer to keep the standard gearbox and clutch assembly (am I right?). With the Saab this is where we would hit a snag. The car is an FF layout, with the engine sitting legthwise above the gearbox.
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The owner has been doing some research himself and figured out it would be very difficult to just fit an electric motor in the place of the current combustion engine. Is it a whole lot harder to ditch the entire gearbox/clutch assembly, and make it a "direct drive"?
After signing up it seemed like a good idea to introduce ourselfs. We (several people will be using this acc if that's allright) are a group of 7 dutch Automotive Engineering students. Our latest project is an EV conversion of a Saab 99. We just got started this week, and the coming 8 weeks will all be going into research. We happend to come accros your forum. Love the great pieces of real world information you guys have out here.
Now about the conversion. The car is a 1984 saab 99. We didn't get to pick it, the customer has owned the car since 1984, has driven 960.000kms (!) with it, and is now looking to do an EV conversion. We were asked to figure out the best solution for the conversion. His wishlist would pretty much be as follows: 120kmh/75mph top speed. 0-60 in 20 seconds is considerd acceptable. All this with as much range as the €30k budget would allow. So far we haven'tgot a clue how we are going to achieve this, but we'll have to start somewhere
The following weeks we'll be doing research, and once we get to the actual build part, we'll open up a project thread.
Quick edit: After looking though the project threads it seems like most guys here prefer to keep the standard gearbox and clutch assembly (am I right?). With the Saab this is where we would hit a snag. The car is an FF layout, with the engine sitting legthwise above the gearbox.
The owner has been doing some research himself and figured out it would be very difficult to just fit an electric motor in the place of the current combustion engine. Is it a whole lot harder to ditch the entire gearbox/clutch assembly, and make it a "direct drive"?
