I just had an aborted attempt to buy a BMW pack from the UK but the seller didn’t realise the complexity of international freight for lithium and eventually the best he could come up with was a port to port shipment for an additional £2000. Local sources of secondhand packs are at best sketchy and a...

Support appreciated😀. I came to the conclusion that my power source might not be able to supply the necessary amps. 6 sealed 12v batteries were ok but the 36v bench PSU may have suffered from over exertion! New supply with current limiting capability (plus an in-line fuse ‘cos I like belt and braces...

Ah, I got the impression from the video that it wouldn’t spin with the sine firmware if the resolver wiring wasn’t correct? I’m not sure that Damien makes it clear how to tell if you have the wrong combination without lots of trial and error with the things like Pinswap. I just uploaded 4.90 (couldn...

I’m Slightly ahead of FFman. I managed to get good plots using sine firmware then switched to FOC (currently trying 4.96 after failing to get spinning with 5.20) Yaris inverter with Prius board, 120v and parameters as per Damien’s video. With iD 1 and iD 3 Motor twitches in opposite directions but d...

BIG thank you to Bobby-come-lately for making mistakes before I have had chance to!🤣 I have had my outlander motor spinning in open loop and progressed to having the correct graphs for FOC without HV. Unfortunately I have only managed a slight kick and a bright bulb from a selection of FOC iteration...

I’m looking forward to seeing an EV ‘benchy’!

Thanks Tom, will the new version be subject to the same parts issue or does it use different components?

I’ve been browsing but can only find one place with simpBMS stock and I don’t like the exorbitant shipping fees from the USA. Is the parts shortage still a problem or should one wait for the 4.1 version? I don’t want to go Orion as my plan is to use a single BMW pack with my Yaris/Outlander/Superbug...

Yes thanks. Feel a bit of a prat though as I was aware that better brains than mine had confessed to having forgotten to reconnect the mg2 bolts and I was determined not to make the same mistake, so I made a similar one. A flying instructor once told me “learn from other peoples mistakes in case you...

Doh! It was the two capacitor/connections on the end opposite the ampseal! (Or rather the lack thereof). Feeling rather foolish but strangely happy as well. Thanks for the moral support now the real fun begins.

Didnt get much time today but Still no spin and still got the precharge error. 12v supply is reliable as is the earth to box connection. Still need to try the precharge to groundconnection. I’m guessing that battery v should equal udc? If so I’m way off. With an applied 36v udc was 2.18v and with 72...

Thanks for the tips guys, Error message is STOP - PRECHARGE Params are as per Gen 3 tuning manual with encmode AB and pinswap 8 when I tried foc firmware udscw changed to 30v, Got some more batteries on charge for another try tomorrow afternoon (downunder time) Tried all 6 phase wire combinations! W...

Back in April jeffb reported he was getting a PRECHARGE error when attempting a first motor spin. I have a Yaris inverter with a full size Prius V1c board from mid 2020 (I let the smoke out of the Yaris board) running, correction - hoping to run, an Outlander rear motor. I have tried 4.96 and 5.2 si...

Just when things looked to be going so well! If indeed the problem is down to a bearing failure I have possibly preempted such a problem. I plan on using the modified face plate from the gearbox instead of building a spacer. There will be a steel plate between it and my VW gearbox. If it proves to h...

Before i had my beetle gearbox rebuilt i was considering having half shafts built to join the beetle hubs to the Outlander diff. I approached a local engineer who specialises in preparing high powered race cars. He was not keen on an annular welding between a sleeve and a shaft due to the need for n...

I believe Tom is swapping his front Mitsubishi motor for a rear one to gain a little more power. He is still using the Toyota inverter but I am not sure that he is using the zombie vcu as he is is certainly using an arduino somewhere in his set up. I try to keep up with things but could have missed ...

Local dealership quoted nearly AU$ 1000 each but when they checked there was no stock even in Japan. Bought a pair from a wrecker that turned out to be from a different model and the inner splines were correct but nearly 10mm too long. Might have been possible to shorten and cut a new circlip groove...

Hi Pete, welcome to the madhouse. I am working on a 74 beetle with a Yaris inverter and an Outlander motor. Using the Y61 diff provided difficult due to lack of driveshafts. They didn’t come with the unit and were difficult to obtain either new or s/h. Its easy to detach the diff from the motor and ...

Scotts, Mouse and now bobby_come_lately (‘Upgrading the motor in my DIY EV: Part 3’ recently published on Youtube) have shared their systems for coupling and connecting their Y61 motors to various gearboxes now I’m adding mine: As I will not be using the native diff, due to difficulties acquiring su...

Due to recent (ongoing!) weather events on the East Coast of Aus there are likely to be quite a few flood damaged vehicles written off by insurance companies hitting the market in the near future. Interiors (mould) and auto electrics (corrosion) seem to fair quite poorly after submersion but there i...

My 72 superbug restoration is nearing completion so I’m soon going to have to make some similar decisions. I initially bought an MGR and a Yaris inverter but later upgraded to an Outlander rear motor. I dont think the Zombieverter is sufficiently advanced to be within my plug and play limitations so...

From memory the Outlander is 7.6.

Not a problem, ‘cos you couldn’t fit a full 24kWh pack in! Apparently we never had the 30kWh packs in Aus and I haven’t seen any 40kWh packs on the local market so I will eventually be looking for a more energy dense battery. At a rough (very) estimate I can potentially fit up to 86 x 70Ah prismatic...

Hi David, I found that the Outlander rear motor can indeed be made to fit neatly in the back of a 72 Super Beetle without any structural changes. A couple of days with some 50mm sq tube and a mig welder and using the original engine mounts. If you go this route make sure you get the Mitsubishi drive...

Thanks for the prompt reply. I will also consider looking for an OEM inverter/charger/converter package that seems to be a promising solution, even if it is not native. The only one I have seen wouldn’t ship to Aus. One of my holdups has been that the motor didn’t come with the drive shafts and the ...