Thanks Marty. I haven't ruled out a 108S, I have the space and one more BMS slave isn't an issue. I have ruled out a 3P config though because it weighs too much, almost tripling the weight of the cells, and the AE86 was a light car (970kg). Also, I don't need the additional range, which was a consid...

I was going to use a 3P96S configuration but I'm going to drop it to 2P and probably 104S. There's a company up the road that does a BMS (https://www.prohelion.com/product-category/bms/) that has monitors configured for 8 cells so that would fit neatly. Tell me if I'm wrong but I figure that a 104S ...

A little bit of catch up is overdue! I've been slowly chipping away at this. The Motor to Gearbox adaptor plates are just about finished, just a bit of clean up, and locating to ensure alignment of the two shafts before welding it all up and having it machined flat. My engineer provided some advice ...

I've had a bit of a slow down due to work getting busy, but yes, I'm cutting the adaptor plates using a jigsaw. It's a little slow but quite workable and significantly cheaper. I've used 20mm 6061 plate for the most part. I'm hoping to finish welding up a welding table/ workbench this weekend and th...

I haven't given an actual update in a while now and a few things have happened. 1. The Leaf was taken away. 20230406_130251.jpg 2. The AE86 was delivered and rolled into the carport (whoops, I forgot to take pics!) I've since removed most of the sound deadening using dry ice but need a few more kilo...

Those celica gearboxes put up with a lot of abuse from heavily worked 3SGTEs, so (in general) it should be up to the task.

I'll be following with interest, very keen to see how all the components come together, particularly batteries, bms, and charging. This is the first I've heard of anyone using a gen 3 leaf motor, I look forward to hearing how you get on. @Jacobsmess I'm using a Gen 3 leaf here (160kw version) - http...

Once again, thank you very much for your advice and offer of help (though I'm in Australia, so it's unlikely I'll be taking a trip to London anytime soon). Your description of your experience and advice of starting from first principles really helped clarify my thinking and spurred me to consider fu...

what do you mean? its a fully function project many people, including my self are using this method. push the gen2 inveter to 130-140ish kw with it. I mean with regards to the Gen3 160kw inverter (I was looking at threads like this: https://openinverter.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2324 and https://op...

Cheers Janosch. It's useful to have the complexities laid out because in most threads there's little explanation of why a person chose to use 'x' controller/adaptor board. I have been trying to get a better understanding of Damian's ZombieVerter as well as other options. Part of the challenge seems ...

I have none of the requisite skills to help build or design this, but I do have a full set of Gen3 160kw components so I'd be happy to test when it gets to that stage.

Yes, GTeV, what exactly do you mean by straight transplant? What I mean is taking almost everything from the Leaf and putting it into the AE86. The core part is the motor stack, charging ports, and battery (+BMS), and associated wiring/fuses/controls (VCM etc), but in addition I'd like to also keep...

So, I got lucky! I bought this leaf at a salvage auction and it was the only one salvage leaf I could find in Australia at the time. I took a bit of a gamble as the compliance plate listed the car as an 'e+', but the auction listing had it as a base model and the rear of the car had no additional ba...

I have had a look at your adaptor plates (I actually have your shop page bookmarked). However, shipping a couple of plates of aluminium from Canada to Australia makes much less sense for me than getting them cut locally. In saying that, I appreciate the effort you've put in to design and manufacture...

have you seen the hydrogen powered and the ev ea86 toyota did recently? https://www.carexpert.com.au/car-news/toyota-converts-classic-ae86-coupes-to-ev-and-hydrogen i have adapter plates for the em61 motor and the tl70 (same pattern as any Subaru)subi_em61.jpg Yeah, I had a good look at the media a...

The Leaf (my little girl named it George) has been disassembled and I will be getting rid of the shell this week to make space for the AE86. 20221110_091325.jpg 20230211_141053.jpg The engine removal was relatively straight forward after I'd managed to get the locked hub nut off the axle - that took...

Hi All, I've been sitting on an AE86 for the better part of 20 years. It was my daily driver for a while and then sat for years. It's now time to revive it and electrify it. The plan is to use all the running gear from a Nissan Leaf, I have a 2019 (ZE1), and move it all over. I had hoped for a 62KWh...