[jhuebner]

Wow, thats amazing. I'd never dare to take a car apart that much

I'm really stunned that it all fits UNDER the boot.

 

[nucleus]

Awesome! I hope you fill the tunnel with batteries!

An E31 with a 60/40 rearward weight bias would be the bomb!

 

[jackbauer]

Few more pictures from today. I'm still getting grinder dust out of my nose.

 

[jackbauer]

Working on new subframe to mount the Tesla drive unit : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6TSMvFThrc

 

[electro wrks]

May be I missed why, but why ditch the rubber sub-frame mounts? With the conversions and builds I'm working on, it's a constant struggle to limit the extraneous noises that come up with the ICE no longer in the picture. In your case, you might have a big increase in tire and road noise transferred to the unibody and cabin without these rubber mounts

 

[Kevin Sharpe]

Preparing an early Christmas present for Der Panzer...

Tesla Front Junction Box, DCDC, PTC Heater, Air Con Compressor, Battery Heater... and from Anne at New Electric, two Tesla battery modules

Let the open source mayhem continue

 

[Tomdb]

How does the PTC heater work?

Notice they have CAN connections.

The water heater seems to just be PWM control.

 

[jackbauer]

Massive thank you to Kevin and Anne and everyone who has supported me both on the Tesla stuff and on the Panzer build. Probably have more Tesla parts in this car than any other non Tesla car ..... that doesn't really make sense.....sorry 12 hour day of Panzer just ending

Random fact : got a message on youtube saying I should be burned at the stake. Guess that means I'm doing something right

 

[tylerwatts]

Looking smart. How low/high is the motor relative to the body underside? Can't see through the tray obviously. I'm wondering if you can fit an under tray/diffuser for aerodynamic and protective reasons. Had you thought of that?

Cheers

Tyler

 

[jackbauer]

Drum roll .......
....it fits

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KECMcUz2WQ

 

[tylerwatts]

Great milestone. Well done. Are you having custom drive shafts made?

Cheers

Tyler

 

[Coolohm]

Looks brilliant!

 

[jackbauer]

Thanks to an amazing donation from New Electric Amsterdam I am now the proud daddy of two Tesla battery modules. I threw together a quick circuit for the Arduino Due based on the great work by EVTV and Colin Kidder and was able to read out the cell voltages and temperature sensors. https://github.com/collin80/TeslaBMS

The plan is to use 10 or 11 of these in the car for around 50 - 55kwh of battery. Two down, another 8 to find

Also picked up custom made hubs to allow the BMW half shafts to bolt up to the Tesla drive unit. These are based on the Tesla cups and before everyone jumps on the bandwagon telling me how they will blow up my car, house and cat let me assure you this is not an amateur hour special. Yes, before I REALLY lean on it I will get a set made out of a single piece of steel. But here's the thing : I don't know if the car will even move 3 feet with the open source logic board so let's take a few baby steps before hitting the drag strip

 

[Kevin Sharpe]

Also picked up custom made hubs to allow the BMW half shafts to bolt up to the Tesla drive unit

They look amazing!

 

[jackbauer]

https://youtu.be/qBe6k5Bl72g

 

[jhuebner]

Hands up for E39 Rex

 

[Kevin Sharpe]

Putting the REx in a trailer would be cool, then you could tow it with any of your vehicles

 

[jackbauer]

So today we installed the GAZ coilover struts and mountings and the driveshaft hubs. I'm coughing up grinder dust right now so short update

And of course the video :
https://youtu.be/U6yQv7Zzud8

 

[jackbauer]

More progress today. Boot floor in, located the 10kw Tesla charger and HVJB. And, the drive shafts fit

https://youtu.be/yXvVUzJsz64

 

[tylerwatts]

Making good progress. Is there going to be too much weight in the rear? What distribution are you expecting?

Cheers

Tyler