No apology needed, but the link is a good idea.

Here is a link to the car running with the old motor. I just have not had time with the new motor as yet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYCu66M-tJM

Do a search on "Wayne Bickley " in your tube there is a walk around an a couple drive. Sorry no tire smoke but even with the 9" motor the car was fairly quick.

Stay tuned,

MO

Mo's Electric Corvette MOre updates
 

Hi Folks,
It has been a while since I have posted any updates...

After installing the new Netgain 11HV I had tested it, put time on it breaking in the brushes, as soon as I put the car on the ground and went to back out of the garage, the motor let out a large bang and that was all she wrote :(

I sent the motor back for repair it was covered under warranty :)

I received the motor and went back to re-installing, and decided to go "OCD" on the motor compartment, I still have to cleanup a little bit of wiring, but that is what a project car is : never finished !!! LOL

Again I re-installed the motor coupler, flywheel, clutch pressure plate, throw out bearing put everything back together, I put the hairball and the DC-DC converter into a electrical box and moved the zilla 2000A controller and the battery charger over the motor using 1.5" aluminum angle iron and lexan to give the car a bit of depth...

I have been slowly stepping up the motor as the brushes are being seated... I'm setting at 310V pack voltage, and pulling 700 amps from the batteries and running the motor at 192 volts and 1200 amps. Or roughly about 280 - 300 HP :)

The car is running quite healthy needless to say! I am now pretty much driving in 2nd and 3rd gear, as expected the car is exhibiting a ton of torque. I'm still dialing thinkgs in as I get better logs I will post some HP torque numbers... but based on my spread starting in 3rd gear I have as much torques as a stock LT1 in first gear.

I have not installed a clutch pedal yet ( was originally an automatic) so I have no clutch to "dump". However I have punched the car which will pin you to the back of the seat quite nicely even though I'm a bit cautious of how the drive train will handle the torque as rear wheels are still the 315/35-17 Goodyear Eagle Ones..

Some pictures to enjoy.... MO

Once I have some time I will post some videos to You tube

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What's your expected range with the new setup, fully broken in?

This is very cool, thanks for sharing! :thumbs:

Hey Jim,
I'm still at about 30 miles, I'm looking into lithiums, which will shed about 300 pounds and almost triple the range range.

Best regards,
MO

Way too cool! LOVE seeing the updates. Wish I could turn my truck into a MONSTER electric hauler (bagged C1500), but know it weights too much. Much less no budget for such a conversion. Keep it up Mo...still wish we could find you a sponsor for those lithium batteries!

Thanks for the support Shakedown :)

MO

Mo, This is a fantastic Corvette. I love it and wish you good fortune with further upgrades.

A few questions though, how much trouble would it be to put a pressure switch in the brakes and add a controller to the motor to turn it into a generator to do generate power while braking? How much power could be gained? Would this simple approach even work? If not could regenerative braking be done just for the rears and keep the fronts the same for safety? What am I missing? I am sure you have considered something, what are your ideas?

Thanks for all the updates as well.

Thanks for the update Mo.... :cheers:

You said before the Lithiums were quite spendy. Has the price come down any.....or are they just getting toooooo tempting? :D

I'm still dying to see it in person. Maybe this summer. :cheers:

Yes I've considered regenerative braking, for the cost involved and the return (of probably less than 5% ~guessing~) i felt it to be better to put the money elsewhere.

I live in a pretty flat area, however i could see it very viable in hilly areas where you could recoup more energy . Also very few DC series controllers support regenerative braking, the AC motors / controllers however do support regenerative braking so like anything it depends on where your priorities lie...

Regards,
MO

FRIZLEFRAK!!!
Happy new years!

Well they are dropping to about a buck an amp hour LOL so they are getting pretty close, maybe i can stand on a corner and beg with a sign " will work for lithium batteries" LOL

You have an open invitation to stop by anytime, just let me know and we can make it happen !

If the weather holds maybe i can get some videos up on you tube this weekend ;)

Regards,
MO

Still following this.... any up to date videos, inside and out of the car driving?

:rofl: :rofl:

If you'll build it, I'll help panhandle. :rock:

Can't wait to see some more video. I think about this project a lot and am astonished at how professional your install looks, no less performs. If the factory had built an electric Corvette, this is how it would look.

Still shooting for coming to SoCal sometime in spring or early summer to go on a Bomber Run with PLRX and the SoCal crew. I definitely want to see your car. :cheers:

Coming soon, I spent some time today cleaning up the wiring getting ready to shoot some new walk arounds.

So as before I plan more drive by videos as well as some in car and a walk around ;)

Regards,
MO

:thumbs: Keep up the good work and keep us posted.

how long dos the car drive for be for you have to recharge the car ?

Geez I can't believe I haven't looked at this thread yet!

I guess I must've thought it was just a thread on the guy with the 87 (which I had seen before). This is soooo dang cool! :cool:

I love Frizlefrak's name suggestion... Corvolt!!!!!!!! LOL!!! You should trademark that name! :)

Very Cool name! Yes this is one of 3 in North America that I know of... The 87 is in Minnesota, he beat me by about 6 months of being the first...

So the plan in going lithium's with should put me in the 75 miles or so category, I'm still at about 30 miles but a whole lot more oooomph :D

Regards,
MO

Wow ! What a project :thumbs: YOU are a fine engineer, Mo. :cheers:

Bows~ Thank you sir...