There are two clubs in BC that are a 4-6 hour drive away and in theory they do allow EVs, but when I contacted them to verify I'd be allowed to run, they said they need to discuss and get back to me. I haven't heard from them since.


Personally, I'd register for an event with them and show up ...

One strategy I would consider would be to try and do a part search for something easily identifiable in car-part.com's inventory to identify if a nearby yard has a vehicle potentially containing the part, then call them and ask about the specific part you need. I think you can do the same with ebay ...

The 52 MPH limit will not be a limitation with the logic board swap since we do not have any Toyota firmware limitations with the open source firmware. It is possible there could be a work-around for the Toyota limits, but to my knowledge this limitation has not been unlocked.

Gregski wrote: ↑Sat Nov 23, 2024 5:33 am What? it's non conductive and fully adjustable

Some may say, "it's not a real solution - it's just a crutch".

I saw it here:
https://schedule2025.com/hot-rod-drag-w ... xperience/

It appears to be your event. AMS is actually an oval track, so I wonder if they added a drag strip to it. (After a Google search, yes, they have)

Awesome stuff, I too am blown away by the commitment and continuous improvement of this vehicle. It's great to see the car break into the 11s.

I see the schedule for next year has been released. I will do my best to see you on 8-18-2025 at Atlanta Motor Speedway!

What year Camry is this inverter from? I have a G9200-33010 from a 2007 Camry that I haven't spun yet with Zombie, but plan to do so soon (I'm very slow). There is a video out there where Artur spun a GS450h with a 2007 inverter via the GS450h VCU:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXQdswAstVs

Maybe ...

Alibro wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 3:49 pm I think it is pretty common for the two drive shafts to be different lengths in FWD cars.

Correct... the car the transaxle came out of is this way... except it's much longer on the passenger side.

...and finally some citation from the Clemson wiki on the history of this car. "May: Clemson mechanical engineering students win a $1,500 prize in the Clean Air Vehicle Association (CAVA) Grand Prix Conference and Exposition in Atlanta when their electric car places first for design paper, second ...

More!

Oooh! Shoutout to my Clemson Engineering brethren! I graduated in 1992, and never saw the car, so I'm guessing the date range of '91-'93 would be closer to '93 as he originally stated. I was also in the sports car club at the time, so it is likely that this thing could have run the stadium/commuter ...

why? diffs are diffs, they are all about the same size being they are all driving similar sized vehicles.

also there is many different length vw axles available.


One question I would have is how much in/out movement would VW shafts typically allow? I believe the cup type has quite a bit ...

Of course, this assumes that the width between the flanges ends up being close to the width of the stock VW transaxle. It seems against all odds that this would be within the same range. I suppose if it ended up being narrower, you could make spacers and use longer bolts, but if it ends up being ...

...and while we are giving accolades, I'll say what I love most about Greg's channel is that I look at it and think, "I could probably do that as well". The level of fabrication is a step above what I've done in the past, but I believe thoroughly within reach of my skillset. Watching the channel is ...

You wrap the installed spring by moist rags and identify the spot where you must weaken the spring to get the chassis lower by an inch or so. Then you apply torch to heatup this spot to yellow and keep the rest of the spring wrapped and cooled. When you heat the spot on the spring enough you will ...

Right, exactly... there's literally nothing to lose here. If the springs turn out too stiff, I think an alternative might be to look and see if the gas Rabbit has weaker springs than the diesel and grab a set of them (and probably cut them also). Otherwise you are looking at a significantly more ...

Maybe they'd sell the whole stack for $400 this time around... that for sure would be worth grabbing. In the past, it's always made me wonder what various yards consider a "motor" to be from a LEAF... can we sneak out with everything up to and including the power converter box?

If I had a truck I'd bring one of my testing batteries down when I had to drive to GA next week. But alas, it's going to be another few months until I have a truck, by which point Greg will probably have finished his entire build. ;)


I'd want to hold off on this offer anyway until I am ready to ...

I attempted to find a source to back up the 25 KW claim and could not do so. So, as Bigpie has said, it maybe worth driving it from Zombie first. I should say that I thought this claim came from one of RaglansElectricBaboon YouTube channel where someone had found that any Toyota inverter could drive ...

I think he means use the Prius inverter to spin a Camry transaxle, as the transaxle is more powerful than the Prius one and we're limited by motor power not inverter power.


This would be my suggestion as well, but the Prius inverter should be driven with the OI dual motor board as the Zombie ...

If we are going to consider the Prius transaxle, I'd have to also take a look at the larger Camry/Highlander gearbox. That might be a nice performance upgrade over the Prius box - If I'm not mistaken the architecture is similar to a Gen 2 Prius box.

Putting the LEAF stack into a VW Golf seems very tempting if you look at Bratitude's cabrio conversion. It seems with his stub axles, you might be able to use the factory VW axles. This combination might make for one of the easiest FWD conversions given that you need to do zero precision fabrication ...

Interesting!... in the southeast, we more commonly seem to have Pull-A-Part - conveniently, one of the 3 Atlanta area yards is a few miles from my house. About 6 months back, the ATL South yard did have a LEAF, but oddly it disappeared quickly and I never got to pick over it. The South yard is on ...

I think a huge part of the difference on maintenance and repairs is the pressure to complete the job in a timely fashion. I somewhat lucked out that the head gasket on my daughter's gen 3 Prius started leaking about 2 weeks prior to her going out of the country for 2 weeks, so it made that ...

That 302hp number makes me think you are referring to Arlin Sansome's CRX - he did use an EM61, not an EM57. I think the EM61 has a bit more power potential.