Electric Car Conversion 101 part 005

Dodge Neon Electric car conversion: building the adapter plate, laying out motor bolt holes

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• electric
• car
• dodge
• neon
• DIY
• conversion
• EV

[usaamerica1]

sorry if i missed it, but where did you acquire this parts from, im looking but i dont get actual prices to get an idea of how much it cost, i like your videos, this will take us awya from all this oil based cars, i know that its not totally because we still need power plants but hey if we demand our goverment to drill our own oil we wont have to depend on foreing oil, thanks for the video and info.

[BenjaminNelson]

@usaamerica1

Most of the parts for this project were salvaged. The electric motor and AC drive for it, and batteries all came from recycling. The individual battery chargers were ordered off E-bay.

Entire cost of this project, including buying the car was in the neighborhood of $3000. Do a web search for "electric vehicle parts" to find costs for "off-the-shelf" parts.

[andreagrech89]

hi! i have a small question... in these videos you are installing the electric motor to a gearbox, however you didnt use the old gearbox of the car. Is there any particualar reason for this? I'm thinking to doing a similar project by salvaging an old forklifter motor and controller to fit them in an old fiat panda. It would basically save on getting another gearbox. thanks a lot and great job with the explaining and vids!!they're top notch :D

[BenjaminNelson]

@andreagrech89 This motor DID go back on the transmission.

(I think it may have been a slightly different version of the same transmission. The guy Tom got the car from is a big Neon buff - I think he swapped the ACR tranny for a standard one.)

Anyways, basically the electric motor went back on a more or less stock transmission - not some fancy one at additional cost.

[ElectricAvenuesIRE]

"Roll Of Ho's" LOL

[ElectricAvenuesIRE]

What 1 person disliked this? This man is sitting here handing out free information. Shame on you. These are great videos.

[SENTINELREPORT]

Thank you very very much for sharing your project with all of us. Amazing !! We can convert our existing cars like this yet we are faced with ridiculously expensive new electric cars. What a fantastic thing to do. convert existing cars and make continued use of perfectly sound chasis, transmissions, interiors.. I hope one day I can raise the cash to carry out a successful conversion...

[rsoneill21]

@billydudeiskewl Wouldn't the high speed and pressure hold it in place? I think it allows for it to go wrong instead of breaking your whole motor, you just replace some plastic?

[billydudeiskewl]

how did you attach the coupler to the motor shaft? it isn't splined so wouldn't it just slip at high speeds?

[terryfreeman84]

the LOVE JOY couplings that ive ever used were a pain in my butt they kept striping out i mean after allignment an degreeing i no how hard it was changing tose out i can imagine how hard it would be changing one out in your set up a days work i would say,,i finally done away with the love joy an ordered 2 gears that fit my shafts an it is driven by a double row chain it dosnt never strip or give any trouble by chaining it together ,,

[str8out]

Centering that cooper pipe didn't seem like a very scientific accurate way. Overall, great vid, thanks for it.