Any progress on your build? My Spyder is waiting in lock-up for the event drivetrain sitting in my garage. Just another project I haven't enough time to crack on with.
Same here. Just last weekend my MR2 saw the light of day. Something it hasn't seen for probably 3-4 years. Everything is still in good shape. Spiders had taken over inside the car. It was a bit creepy to even sit inside it. I also noticed that the soft top is dry rotting around the top corners of the rear window glass. Sucks because I just had the top replaced before I stored it 6 or so years ago. That's a bit surprising as I stored it cleaned and treated and it's been under cover, in my shop, since then. Other than that, no further progress.
I also haven't secured any auctions for donor EV's. I've been watching Copart for months and months, but nothing won. The salvage cars are going for very high rates. I suspect shill bidding from the organizations selling them or some kind of "back end" reserves. I'm not in a big enough town to have anything local. My best bet in Houston or, less likely, New Orleans.
I envisaged a cassette case slotting in from underneath the car into the storage space like Riperton's bike battery or the Renault Fluence EV.
My desire/hope is to create a "standard" sized box that contains the batteries and can be lifted in and out from above with a forklift or engine crane. I could change battery technology fairly easy that way. I could also swap between two boxes easily. Have one as a charging spare to reduce potential charging delay. I haven't disassembled the car yet to determine the feasibility.
Fortunately the entire drivetrain with controller, charger, cooling pump etc is all mounted on a subframe that I can bolt into the engine bay.
I was going to put all "management" components in the front trunk. More as a "showcase" measure than a convenience factor. In fact, to do that will require a great inconvenience to me for installation.
I don't want to hijack your thread though. Apologies.
No, quite the opposite. I really value your comments and input. Please continue to share at your convenience.
Then you must split the pack.
I have no unreasonable aspirations for range in this car. Strictly for "fun runs" around town and maybe an occasional show. I have a Model S for more serious trips.
I believe you could fit 8 Tesla modules in that space which would be too much for your controller
By module, do you mean the 22.8v module? If I had 8 of those, I'd wire 6 of them up and look for 4 more for a second pack for the front trunk.

Another factor driving Tesla modules is that I already have a Tesla HPWC installed in my garage. I also have a second one installed in my shop. It'd be nice to utilize my home charging infrastructure for both cars.
stacking Leaf modules vertically and side by side would give similar results with a simpler implementation method and more flexibility to achieve your required voltage.
Yes, the 7.4v modules would be much easier to place and would get me much closer to 144v output. I'd probably series 19 of them in my "battery module" box.
I look forward to both our progress.
I hope to learn from your experiences. I expect you will finish before I will.
What have you done for the more common accessories? A/C? Vacuum? Power steering? Dash gauges (Speedo, Gas - wired from SoC, RPM)?