EV Capri ep2 - Kearon's electric car conversion

It's a convertible. It was cheap.
It has four seats, and a musty smell.

And he's past the point of no return.

Join a totally non-mechanically-minded newbie on his quest to build an electric car that doesn't look like it fell out of a cornflakes box.

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[makinnoizemedia]

DC series wound. AC is

1/ Too expensive

2/ Too complicated.

3/ Apparently not as much torque for current as DC.

Sure, you can do regenerative braking on an AC system (about a 10% energy saving), but I'm a newbie here...

[makinnoizemedia]

Aha!! You have in fact spotted a symptom of the extreme speed used to throw together these videos - yes, it was meant to be FYI. I'm not laboring too much of these vids - (about 5 hrs per edit, graphics and mix) coz I'm meant to be spending my time BUILDING THE CAR!!! Having said that, ep 3 is on the way....thanks for taking an interest in the project.

[testacorsa150]

The perfect friday night enertainment, when you´re tired, and nothing is on the oldschool tube :)

This puts a smile on my face, and hats off to you, for having a go at this.

I really like the approach you have. It gives hope to a John Doe like me, who dreams of taking something like this on.

"what are these bricks for?"

"these are my insuranse bricks" - LOL

[DrSteveHolt]

tip: sucking out petrol !! no !! get the tube, shove it in.then try n pack round it with a cloth to get a semi seal....then blow a full lungfull of air up the pipe !! yes blow !!! it pressurises the tank enough to squirt the petrol out the tube n start the flow going !! all my own idea !!!! i so rock

[goku1940]

Let's hope my buckets big enough, A!

[Atombomb7335]

you're not supposed to actually inhale when you siphon a car! you just use your mouth, keep the air in your mouth

[tvr390se]

Free advice for your next ev if you make one... if the donor car is EFI, disconnect the fuel line from the fuel rail and pump your tank empty. ;)

[williameatloxton]

haha.. your a legend dude! this s wicked! more more more.. lol

[williameatloxton]

i just wanted to say that this is the best darn intro disciption i ever herd!

It's a convertible. It was cheap.

It has four seats, and a musty smell.

And he's past the point of no return.

Join a totally non-mechanically-minded newbie on his quest to build an electric car that doesn't look like it fell out of a cornflakes box.

[ImYourLastResort]

Fair enough.

Well I look forward to seeing how it all goes. :)

[AlamoCityCello]

FYI Cut a fuel line, short circuit the fuel pump fuse and just let the tank drain.