#18 Dodge Daytona TEST DRIVE EV Conversion 1986 Electric Car Beat Gas Prices

[advthinker]

Gotta give him credit, for at least trying! and if he learns as he goes so what! you never know, after he get,s it going, he might just figure out that the problem with electric cars is the battery. and go to the barn and invent the soultion to that problem!

[nate862554]

True hick accent!

[LeSebShow]

man, your mom's got one of a kind sense of humor lol she's pretty funny. Hey cant wait to see your next vid dude. Take care

[Templarzealot89]

DUDE im am so impressed that you have finally managed to get her running, props man. I like your mom? directing this film she has a nice sense of humor.

[evric2008]

Moving at last !! Great work.

[ProAudioFanatic]

Good work!  I assume your just using that thin wire for testing....

Never the less id like to be overly redundant and suggest you get some oversize welding cable or something...

Ask the place you bought the motor and/or controller what AWG they recommend....

Keep it up... and have fun!

[kylehondarider]

I haven't bought cable yet; when the car is finished, I'll be using 2/0 welding cable. I originally had the 12 ga. wire on there just to spin the motor with it on the floor of the garage. Dad and Jim had put in the motor when I was at college. When I saw it, I was so excited that I forgot all about the wire. next time I test I'll probably have at least 4 12 ga. wires going across there.

Kyle

[ProAudioFanatic]

awg12 cable.... no wonder it was smoking... don't think i have speaker wires that thin even.... ;-p No big danger in jerryrigging stuff on low voltage.... but be very very very very very careful when you start hocking up the actual battery pack.... If your not 100% sure about what your doing and how to do it, ask around in the appropriate forums. Over confidence only gets you zapped dead....

[kylehondarider]

lol yea 12 ga. wire was a very bad idea. I never would've started this project without proper education and experience wiring. When I begin wiring, once the voltage is over 36 volts, I'll be wearing insulated gloves etc.

Kyle

[ProAudioFanatic]

Just don't be tempted to use coat hangers.... (they usually have a very high internal resistance... in other words they get really hot.... FAST... as in an instant...)

[kylehondarider]

Oh my gosh haha please don't tell me you found that out the hard way. No, I'd go buy some cable before I'd use coat hangers. lol I could totally see somebody doing that though.

Kyle

[ProAudioFanatic]

I had a helper back in the day, that used a coat hanger to bypass something for a 230v stage truss winch... think he still got groves in hes hand from the coat hanger... Some people just don't think... at all.... EVER!

[kylehondarider]

Wow, that's rediculous.

Kyle

[batteryphil]

A++++.. love the hard work your putting into it!

[rtsoccerplayer]

lol friday the 13th, your electric car started running...friday the 13th, my guitar stopped working...lucky day for you :P

[LeSebShow]

Way to go Kyle ! Can't wait to see further tests. How many volts will there be when it's ready?

I would be interested in converting my daytona too :)

Keep up the good work mate

[kylehondarider]

It'll be 120 volts when finished. I'm using the Advanced DC L91-4003 and a Kelly KDH12400A 400 Amp Controller. I'm hoping for it to do about 60 MPH.

Kyle

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[kylehondarider]

Yesterday was so exciting for me. Today I'm working on fixing the brake lines.. Thanks for the comments!

Kyle

[acanthus219]

Thats great man, must have been a rewarding first ride, no matter how slow haha. cant wait to see it run with the full battery rack. did you say you were doing 6 batteries? maybe that'll be enough to compress the front down a little bit.

[kylehondarider]

There will be 11 batteries total, 10 for the motor (120V) and one for the lights. I'm going to stuff as many batteries in the front as possible, probably between 6 to 8 under the hood.

Kyle

[edda520]

Congratulations! Big step forward!!

[BungaEBiker]

WOOOOHOOOOO (claping) way to go Kyle. Congradulations on the first test run. again WOOHOO

[lpgas1]

awesome kyle. its so close now mate! i bet you cant wait?