It has officially begun. Today I commandeered the wife's parking spot in the garage to officially begin ripping and tearing.
To clear things up, it is a 1992 Mazda MX-3 Precidia. Booger green. The plan is to build an ultra-low budget EV, using cheapness to my advantage. Much inspiration from the ForkenSwift and ElectroMetro:
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...nswift-33.html
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...hread-848.html
For the main bits so far, I have a 72V SePex motor (6.5"X18"), Alltrax 72V (450A) controller and 13 free lead acid battery cores from work, among other things of course.
My parts collecting thread is here:
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...gun-19957.html
My conversion blog is here:
Project: Electric Booger
Can you count the missing pieces so far?
With a baby due in a few weeks and my obsession with motorcycling (and the currently beautiful weather these days), it may be a slow go, but I will be sure to post here. I owe it to the EVers in this forum that provided so much inspiration.
EDIT
Here are links to highlights of this thread
Motor/Transmission adapter complete:
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...tml#post328077
Motor/Transmission installed, front battery racks:
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...tml#post331955
Rear battery racks:
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...tml#post332398
Heater:
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...tml#post332824
First commute in the Electric Booger:
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...tml#post334612
Commuting to work video:
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...tml#post337316
New Battery Pack:
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...tml#post342281
PWM field controller installed:
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...tml#post342660
Final charging solution:
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...tml#post350615
TO DO List after one year:
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...tml#post381386