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by lsh3rd
Sun Mar 17, 2024 4:35 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: RARE 1984 Volkswagen Rabbit - Electric - $500 (Davis)
Replies: 14
Views: 643

Re: RARE 1984 Volkswagen Rabbit - Electric - $500 (Davis)

...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, seco...
by lsh3rd
Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:46 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: RARE 1984 Volkswagen Rabbit - Electric - $500 (Davis)
Replies: 14
Views: 643

Re: RARE 1984 Volkswagen Rabbit - Electric - $500 (Davis)

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 ...
by lsh3rd
Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:28 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: 1984 Voltswagen Rabbit Prius Gen 3 ZOMBIE
Replies: 280
Views: 16893

Re: 1984 Voltswagen Rabbit Prius Gen 3

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 allowable t...
by lsh3rd
Fri Mar 15, 2024 2:40 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: 1984 Voltswagen Rabbit Prius Gen 3 ZOMBIE
Replies: 280
Views: 16893

Re: 1984 Voltswagen Rabbit Prius Gen 3

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 wid...
by lsh3rd
Wed Mar 13, 2024 2:36 am
Forum: Projects
Topic: 1984 Voltswagen Rabbit Prius Gen 3 ZOMBIE
Replies: 280
Views: 16893

Re: 1984 Voltswagen Rabbit Prius Gen 3

...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 c...
by lsh3rd
Sat Mar 09, 2024 1:25 am
Forum: Projects
Topic: 1984 Voltswagen Rabbit Prius Gen 3 ZOMBIE
Replies: 280
Views: 16893

Re: 1984 Voltswagen Rabbit Prius Gen 3

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 s...
by lsh3rd
Wed Mar 06, 2024 1:27 am
Forum: Projects
Topic: 1984 Voltswagen Rabbit Prius Gen 3 ZOMBIE
Replies: 280
Views: 16893

Re: 1984 Voltswagen Rabbit Prius Gen 3

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 exp...
by lsh3rd
Sun Jan 14, 2024 1:20 am
Forum: Nissan
Topic: Newb Asks: Can We Find Nissan Leafs at Pick-n-Pull ?
Replies: 13
Views: 1536

Re: Newb Asks: Can We Find Nissan Leafs at Pick-n-Pull ?

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?
by lsh3rd
Sat Jan 13, 2024 7:07 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: 1984 Voltswagen Rabbit Prius Gen 3 ZOMBIE
Replies: 280
Views: 16893

Re: 1984 Voltswagen Rabbit

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 do ...
by lsh3rd
Sat Jan 13, 2024 4:06 am
Forum: Projects
Topic: 1984 Voltswagen Rabbit Prius Gen 3 ZOMBIE
Replies: 280
Views: 16893

Re: 1984 Voltswagen Rabbit

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...
by lsh3rd
Fri Jan 12, 2024 3:21 am
Forum: Projects
Topic: 1984 Voltswagen Rabbit Prius Gen 3 ZOMBIE
Replies: 280
Views: 16893

Re: 1984 Voltswagen Rabbit

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 driven...
by lsh3rd
Wed Jan 10, 2024 2:49 am
Forum: Projects
Topic: 1984 Voltswagen Rabbit Prius Gen 3 ZOMBIE
Replies: 280
Views: 16893

Re: 1984 Voltswagen Rabbit

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.
by lsh3rd
Sun Jan 07, 2024 3:26 am
Forum: Projects
Topic: 1984 Voltswagen Rabbit Prius Gen 3 ZOMBIE
Replies: 280
Views: 16893

Re: 1984 Voltswagen Rabbit

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...
by lsh3rd
Sun Jan 07, 2024 3:16 am
Forum: Nissan
Topic: Newb Asks: Can We Find Nissan Leafs at Pick-n-Pull ?
Replies: 13
Views: 1536

Re: Newb Asks: Can We Find Nissan Leafs at Pick-n-Pull ?

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 th...
by lsh3rd
Thu Aug 10, 2023 10:14 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: 1971 GMCe Lexus GS450H BMW 530e Tesla Model S Electruck [FINISHED]
Replies: 1270
Views: 370820

Re: 1971 GMCe Lexus GS450H BMW 530e Tesla Model S powered Electruck [FINISHED]

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 knucklebu...
by lsh3rd
Tue Aug 08, 2023 1:23 am
Forum: Nissan
Topic: whats the max kW on the em57 with the open inverter board?
Replies: 18
Views: 5927

Re: whats the max kW on the em57 with the open inverter board?

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.
by lsh3rd
Thu Aug 03, 2023 12:13 am
Forum: Toyota/Lexus
Topic: L210 gearbox
Replies: 243
Views: 503332

Re: L210 gearbox

These Aftermarket types are available, and I am hoping one of them fits... Thanks A lot. This video might be useful to you... IIRC, Artur (@arturk) made his own coupler and spaced the holes for the urethane bushings per each end. I believe that the bushings he specifically used aren't available, bu...
by lsh3rd
Fri Jul 28, 2023 2:15 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: 1971 GMCe Lexus GS450H BMW 530e Tesla Model S Electruck [FINISHED]
Replies: 1270
Views: 370820

Re: 1971 GMCe Lexus GS450H BMW 530e Tesla Model S powered Electruck [FINISHED]

Gregski wrote: Fri Jul 28, 2023 1:38 pm mounted the grill, are there any four eye car fans out there?
Not an EV, but I like the look of my '86 Mustang before they adopted the aero nose.
by lsh3rd
Sat Jul 22, 2023 2:31 am
Forum: News
Topic: Electrify Your Ride - new conversion guide book
Replies: 35
Views: 8438

Re: Electrify Your Ride - new conversion guide book

I was also able to successfully order via the openinverter shop. Thanks!
by lsh3rd
Mon Jul 03, 2023 1:51 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: 1971 GMCe Lexus GS450H BMW 530e Tesla Model S Electruck [FINISHED]
Replies: 1270
Views: 370820

Re: 1971 GMCe Lexus GS450H BMW 530e Tesla Model S powered Electruck [FINISHED]

Have you looked here to see if anything in stock with McMaster-Carr would work? This has the potential of being a very inexpensive solution and avoiding overseas shipping/lead times: https://www.mcmaster.com/products/spacers/material~brass/zinc-plated-brass-unthreaded-spacers/?s=brass+spacers I thin...
by lsh3rd
Thu Jun 29, 2023 10:06 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Electrify Your Ride - new conversion guide book
Replies: 35
Views: 8438

Re: Electrify Your Ride - new conversion guide book

I see a German copy of the book in the video, but since I see the info page is in English, is it correct to assume an English language version of the book will be available? (Update) Never mind... I see that there is a link to preorder an English copy here: https://www.amazon.de/Deep-Dive-EV-Convers...
by lsh3rd
Sun Jun 18, 2023 7:20 pm
Forum: Events and Meetups
Topic: Calling all United States Members - Potential Meet Up?
Replies: 33
Views: 22956

Re: Calling all United States Members - Potential Meet Up?

Proton wrote: Sat Jun 17, 2023 8:30 pmAtlanta GA.
Since we are in the same metro area, I'll narrow things down and mention that I live in Duluth near Gwinnett Place and work in Alpharetta close to North Point.
by lsh3rd
Thu May 25, 2023 9:50 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: [DRIVING] Project RX8 , Prius gen2, Lexus transaxle to rwd
Replies: 298
Views: 41223

Re: Project RX8 , Prius gen2, Lexus transaxle to rwd

I did a bit of searching and see this link: https://tinyurl.com/2fzxdynn (Sorry to those in the future when this goes away) It looks like there is a second motor that bolts to the "bellhousing". I see a second set of 3 phase cables as well, so they must have ditched MG1 in favor of somethi...
by lsh3rd
Sun May 21, 2023 12:53 am
Forum: Getting Started
Topic: Rear Wheel Transaxle Options (Tesla SDU, Leaf, Prius, etc)
Replies: 28
Views: 8856

Re: Rear Wheel Transaxle Options (Tesla SDU, Leaf, Prius, etc)

justinlinh wrote: Sun May 21, 2023 12:00 am Which logic board to push 130 kW for the leaf Gen2? Please provide me a link, i don't see Leaf logic board on the shop section.
Give this a look:
https://openinverter.org/shop/index.php ... duct_id=57