An Electric Vehicle Conversion of a 1993 Honda Civic del Sol and a 1988 Honda Civic Wagon.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Flywheel and coupler
The flywheel and coupler arrived today back from the machinist. Tony Smith a local gunsmith and machinist did a great job! From the original Lovejoy L110 he machined a perpendicular surface, cut it to length and turned the end to fit snuggly in the flywheel. He also drilled and tapped the 6 holes. Since a tap for the original M12 x 100 bolts was impossible to find and expensive to buy we switched to 1/2 by 20.
Next he skimmed the outer flywheel surface to fit inside the flat adapter plate (1/2 inch aluminum).
The pilot bearing was bad so Tony knocked it out and I got a new one at a local auto parts store and lightly hammered it in. The old one was obviously bad and would have caused addition drag.
This is a conversion project of a 1993 Honda del Sol to a 144V electric vehicle. This EV is expected to have a maximum speed of 85 MPH and a sustainable speed of 55-65 MPH. Its range should be 60 miles. The onboard chargers can be plugged in to any 110 outlet and charge up the batteries overnight. Currently the total budget including the donor vehicle is $13,500.
'88 Honda Civic Wagon
My first conversion was an '88 Honda civic wagon converted to a 72v system, with a max speed of 45 mph, a range of 18 miles for about $4000
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