Finished soldering up test cables for the motor and throttle last night. Probably not necessary for testing, but using some of the shielded twisted pair I bought to use in the car where there will be lots of EMF noise. Replicating some of the stuff from the blog for posterity here. ## I'm planning t...

Bit of a motor update. I couldn't find any diagrams of the mounting points for the PHEV front motor. At least, not ones with measurements. So I set about making a simple CAD model of the motor face in order to map out the bolt pattern. Without a 3D scanner (a hole in my toolkit I would very much lik...

Whenever you are working to open any glued lids on automotive devices you need to go in between with a wide and thin screwdriver (I grinded one for this task) and twist handle a bit to lift one side and hold for the glue to release on that side. Repeat on each side and only then you can lever the l...

Most of the BMW hybrid packs seem to have 26Ah modules. I just picked up a 330E pack, which has five modules, rather than the six in the pack Damien acquired. I unloaded it from the van and dismantled it this morning. Really nicely put together! I weighed a module at 12.7Kg, which equates to someth...

Bit more on that motor re: orientation and cooling. It wasn't immediately obvious to me which way the motor should be oriented, so back to the service manual I went. The diagram (below) was very helpful (forgive my atrocious drawing skills over the top of it). Once you realise which way the motor go...

That's really useful - thank you. I'm planning to keep the 5-speed box and just bolt the motor to the front of that so plenty of gearing. Weakening shouldn't be a problem at motorway speeds in high gear with little torque needed? This reinforces my plan: get up and running in this configuration as a...

8-Pin Connector Here's where things get a little more complicated - at least for me, as this was new territory. The 8-pin connector is for the resolver. Pin 1: R1 (sticking with the naming from the manual again) - the first connection for the exciter coil Pin 2: S1 - the first connector for output c...

The Outlander motor has two multi-pin connectors on it, one with eight pins and one with six. Fortunately, Second Life Batteries also supplied me with the plugs for these connectors, and they still had some cut off wires from where they were installed. Four wires coming from the 6-pin connector and ...

I'm from Cornwall (St Austell), there was one near me for around the same price before lockdown, but I don't think it's the same one. There are a lot of slightly crusty ones around at ~£1000. My hope is that I can get a few quid back selling the engine etc but it's the worst one - the 8v 1.9 from t...

Let's start with the motor... Here are the specs from the original ad: 70 kW EV Motor AC Motor Input voltage 400V Type 3 Phase synchronous perm magnet brushless Resolver: SIN COS resolver RPM 14000rpm max The motor comes from a Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (plug-in hybrid electric vehicle). Based on a ...

Great project :D Documenting everything I do and have learned over here - so far mostly about the Outlander front motor: https://projects.tomcheesewright.com/ev-project.html Can you please post some pictures/information here not just via a third party website? We don't want to break the thread when...

Pelynt - near Duloe? Can't say I know the area!

After a few(!) glasses of wine yesterday, I took the plunge and actually bought the car we're going to convert. Which means I guess the dabbling phase is over and I ought to post something here. The 'we' is my increasingly car-obsessed 10yo daughter and me. She's both the inspiration and the motivat...

Just to let people know I've been out of action thanks to an old back injury the past few days. Slowly on the mend so replies / shipments / updates might be a bit slow. [sarcasm] I know this is entirely unacceptable and will ask Elon to download me into an android body asap to avoid any further dis...

How did you determine the profile of the splines? I've got a Outlander rear motor here with a splined output and can't find anything that might fit the splined shaft. Sorry to jump on to an old thread but did you find a solution to this? I think I have Meiden motor with the same 3/4in shaft as your...

got all motors spinning with OEM inverters https://www.instagram.com/p/B_fj1MMHWkd/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link There are so many quirks to controlling these, it will take quite some work getting a usable control software written. Hope to get a rear motor fitted to a test vehicle soon. Are these th...