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Old 01-16-2010, 10:31 PM   #55 (permalink)
TheSGC
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I finally got my rear suspension system installed today and it looks much better! Tomorrow I will test it out with a few drives.

I also got a Kats 1500 water heater and a 12 volt RV water pump for my heating system. I did a test run in my basement of the pump, which I will make a video of it tomorrow, and then I will test the heater itself.

I have also been breaking in my batteries and gathering data through my Zillla via ZillaConfig app. After the past few runs I have found that my test driving route, my EV has been using 312 Watt Hours/Mile from the batteries. Now that I have my new suspension installed I am going to work on getting that number lowered, like around 300 or maybe even 275 WH/Mi. My old rear suspension sat so low that my wheels were bowed in and probably adding a good amount of drag to the EV. Now I am back up to stock height and tomorrow I should be able to get more data to see if that number has lowered.
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