I like the picture of Phantom Sol in one of the slides. That thing does like 140 miles per charge and 0-60 mph in 9 seconds and is very aerodynamic with a huge amount of battery weight. This VW you converted, what is the top speed, range per charge, what motor, batteries, controller, and perhaps curb weight and 0-60 acceleration?
The conversion was done for an around town car. I have had the car up to 70mph and on one charge I went something like ~68 miles. The system is 96V using 16 6V pB acid batts. The controller is a curtis with about 400A throughput. I will have to look up the curb weight and accel.
Were the batteries Trojan T145s? That's a large amount of range for lead acid. What speed was that range achieved at? I'd take a guess that the curb weight is about 3,200 lbs and 0-60 mph of 35 seconds if T145s were used, and if so, that 68 miles range could be obtained at 60 mph speeds estimated. If Trojan T105s, then 3,000 lbs curb weight, 0-60 mph of 30 seconds, and 68 miles range at 40 mph.
The batteries were comparable to Trojans. They were Exide and if memory serves they were ~210 Amp Hours each. The car was a blast to drive, especially with the top down. I did it when I was in High School and used it as my everyday car, to HS, friends places, around town, etc.
I like the picture of Phantom Sol in one of the slides. That thing does like 140 miles per charge and 0-60 mph in 9 seconds and is very aerodynamic with a huge amount of battery weight. This VW you converted, what is the top speed, range per charge, what motor, batteries, controller, and perhaps curb weight and 0-60 acceleration?
terrorist420x 4 years ago
The conversion was done for an around town car. I have had the car up to 70mph and on one charge I went something like ~68 miles. The system is 96V using 16 6V pB acid batts. The controller is a curtis with about 400A throughput. I will have to look up the curb weight and accel.
s1axter
PS. Yeah the Phanton Sol is sick.
s1axter 4 years ago
Were the batteries Trojan T145s? That's a large amount of range for lead acid. What speed was that range achieved at? I'd take a guess that the curb weight is about 3,200 lbs and 0-60 mph of 35 seconds if T145s were used, and if so, that 68 miles range could be obtained at 60 mph speeds estimated. If Trojan T105s, then 3,000 lbs curb weight, 0-60 mph of 30 seconds, and 68 miles range at 40 mph.
terrorist420x 4 years ago
The batteries were comparable to Trojans. They were Exide and if memory serves they were ~210 Amp Hours each. The car was a blast to drive, especially with the top down. I did it when I was in High School and used it as my everyday car, to HS, friends places, around town, etc.
s1axter 4 years ago