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Hi Guys
We've been super slack with the project since the engine came out. We're trying to sort out the adapter plate and mountings at the moment, as well as still searching for batteries. We think if nothing else we can buy four new 12v batts and won't go over budget too much, but i'd really like to keep as much of the parts reused/recycled as possible. We were offered an old prius battery as a donation but it looked a bit too much trouble with the controller and charging, as well as keeping under budget. Tell me if I'm wrong...
@MetroMPG: Thanks for the tip on the EV club... We've started searching websites and phone numbers, I'm almost certain we'll be able to find some that way, if not just finding a supplier. Everyone we found so far has been interstate, and freighting is an issue with batteries apparently - the cost and finding someone to actually do it.
Also thanks for the tip on the site! I know you can put ads on blogspot as it's a google product, we are looking at linking the site to a specific domain name so it seems a bit more pro but if we can't then we'll definitely build a new site. Blogspot is just so easy! Won't get ahead of ourselves too much but making back a bit of the money would be nice!
@Ed:Yeah any help with batteries is appreciated! Were you affiliated with any clubs when you were in Melbourne? I can imagine the scene would be bigger in the UK where distances are so much shorter. How did you go registering your car and getting an engineering cert? Seems to us to be the most expensive thing we'll have to deal with!
Cheers again for the help and we'll get the next vid up soon...
Tom
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