Gav's EV Conversion 16 - The First Trial Run

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Woohoo!
The Tredia is alive and KICKING!

After successfully test-spinning the wheels with the car off the ground, we lowered it down late on Friday night and took it for it's first test drive up and down our empty street!
I make no apologies for my excited girly giggling - you would too!

I would rather have test proven the car on a race-track or abandoned airport runway but there are none of those things near here so I had no choice but to use the empty road.
In case the Police are reading this, Sorry! I had to for testing purposes! It won't happen again! :)

So, not only was the test drive REALLY good fun, it was very useful for finding faults. I've tracked down three teething issues I need to work on before taking the car to Auckland to be certified!

If you're thinking of starting your own conversion or if you've been putting it off, START IT TODAY!

Ok, still heaps to do before I can drive it about so it's back into the garage to build the recharging system!

Category:

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• Gav's
• Electric
• Car
• Vehicle
• Conversion
• Gas
• New
• Plymouth
• Zealand
• Buying
• Motor
• Mitsubishi
• Tredia
• Trial
• Run
• Test
• Drive

[kdkinen]

haa, wtf? :P it was 4:20 on your clock!!!!

anyway,

GOOD JOB!!!

i was excited just watching you guys

[cant7think7clearly]

Oh yeah, just noticed that! The clock was waaaaaay out.

[AbosRacing]

do you think that when that thing hits 88 mph it can travle through time?

i do.

[cant7think7clearly]

LOL

Only after I install a Flux Capacitor!

[macgyver11021991]

thanks for the turotial (very useful and cool) now i feel like trying convert that old volkswagen beetle in my neighbor's yard (trying, i don't think all those batteries will fit where the engine is, and the trunk up in the front is too small which for me is very dissapointing i liked volkswagens since i was little and would be very proud to have one without paying for gas)

[cant7think7clearly]

Hey you're very welcome mate. Heaps of people have converted VW's before so you can now buy simple EV kits that bolt straight in. You could convert your car in 5 days no worries!

[Oldsellerros]

what is that noise?

[terrorist420x]

Pulse Width Modulation is where you take a steady input power from the batteries, and it is 'chopped up' into pieces with a time delay placed between each piece. This is used to vary the voltage and current going to the motor, so that your accelerator doesn't act like an "on/off switch", but instead like an accelerator. PWMs are also used in DC-DC converters and other applications in power electronics.

[daswada9]

@cant7think7clearly How do you go to reverse ?

[anakinseviltwin]

So, does it actually make that high-pitched whine every time you accelerate from a stop?

[TheNomad765]

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[DianaCMcC]

@cant7think7clearly Just found your video on top of mine. Hey thanks for the ride. It was very cool. God bless you all. Keep up the good work.

[monza1399]

i hope i can try this project on my country... but i don't have enough resource here and not sure about the law in here... how much is your total cost for this project anyway?

[kdkinen]

incredible work man

[OuKrokodil]

What about aircon? Could one have aircon and what difference wouldit have on range?

[Purifiedinfire]

@OutThereOutLook I second these questions! Also what was the cost of the build?

[ccoasterdesigner]

One word: JEALOUS! Awesome job and love the series! Very good! However, what about the vacuum pumps?

[zi6film]

personalty i would of put the motor in a kart !!