Thursday, 29 May 2008

How to lower rolling resistance? Suggestions welcome

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After reading Tuarn's post in the AEVA forum I got thinking more about lowering the rolling Resistance. I had considered these ideas ...

Update - Batteries - Tester - Diff - Steering - VFD - Tray

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It has been a few weeks since my last post so an update is in order. photos to follow. 1. I received the Greensaver batteries (20ah and 27ah...
Monday, 12 May 2008

Tray off and ICE ready for removal

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I have removed all things petrol from the vehicle and am ready to lift the engine out as soon as I get the hoist from my neighbour. The brak...
Friday, 2 May 2008

Band I just found - Abney Park

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I just found this Steampunk band called Abney Bark. here is their album to play while you read :)
Monday, 28 April 2008

Greensaver batteries on order

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I have ordered some sample Greensaver batteries. A 20AH, a 27Ah and a 12 volt charger. I have also ordered 4 x 1 ohm 200w resistors for buil...
Wednesday, 23 April 2008

Speedo

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I have been browsing the workshop manual for a 93 Hilux / Tacoma and checked the vehicle and it has an electronic speedo. This is brilliant ...
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Monday, 21 April 2008

Vehicle Purchased!

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I have finally purchased a vehicle for the conversion. It is a '92 Extra Cab Toyota Hilux ute (Tacoma Pickup for our American viewers)....
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Saturday, 5 April 2008

Battery Balancer

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I have been thinking about how best to balance my chain of batteries, all 50 of them. As there are 50 units the price could be quite signifi...
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Thursday, 3 April 2008

Greensaver Silicon batteries

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I have just been reading about these batteries. http://www.greensaver.cn/ They seem to cope better than Lead Acid on high discharge. Here ar...
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Thursday, 13 March 2008

Updated - The gearbox will stay / Go.

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I now have a better VFD and have a 5.125 ratio diff so I will no longer need the gearbox! [I made a design decision that the gearbox will st...
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