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Old 09-27-2008, 10:50 AM   #51 (permalink)
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THE CAR IS HERE!!!!!!

Sorry, can't talk, gotta go work on it!!!

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Old 09-27-2008, 11:13 AM   #52 (permalink)
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Old 09-27-2008, 11:25 AM   #53 (permalink)
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Old 09-27-2008, 01:18 PM   #54 (permalink)
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Turns out the PWM controller in this car is a Curtis 1221B.

That's a 48-80V 550 amp controller! That's bigger than the one in the EV-Metro!!!!


Come on, you KNOW I am going to OVERVOLT this thing!!!



Oooohhh - I sense a knickname forming!!!!
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Old 09-27-2008, 01:35 PM   #55 (permalink)
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Old 09-27-2008, 05:16 PM   #56 (permalink)
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Mwaa ha ha aha ha ha ah ha ha ha!

I don't have the key for the Citicar yet. My brother put it in the mail along with the title. (He still has THE LOST CORD book too!)

I ducked under the dashboard and hotwired (bypassed) the key.

I put in four of my budget gel-cells and was able to get power the the main and frd/rev contactor.

Next, I jacked up the back and tested it.

Wheels spin!!!!!!!

Under no load, the speedometer shot quickly up to 50 mph!!!! Too bad it doesn't do that in real riding!!!

Nothing else on the dashboard works yet. The lights, taillights, wiper, etc, - none of that is working - BUT THE WHEELS SPIN!!!!

Of course I had to go out for a ride......


I got it up to about 30 mph. My batteries wore down REAL FAST. I went about 2 miles, and must have been doing 10 mph at full pedal pulling into my driveway.

I checked the four batteries with my multimeter. One of them read 8.1v!
Looks like I got a bad one. But at $12 each, the batteries were still a steal!

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Old 09-27-2008, 05:26 PM   #57 (permalink)
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Old 09-27-2008, 05:34 PM   #58 (permalink)
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EVery thing on this car is rediculously simple!

Instead of a rigid plastic container for windshield washer fluid, it has a BAG! (Think camping shower bag material)

Instead of an electric pump to run the windshield washer fluid, you pump it with your foot!

There is no radio in this car. There never was.

The back of the car isn't a hatch - just a window.
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Old 09-27-2008, 06:27 PM   #59 (permalink)
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The jaguar's mirror has a pretty cone shape.

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Old 09-27-2008, 06:56 PM   #60 (permalink)
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No music?!?!?! Gawd, I'd go insane!

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