Part 002 | AC Electric Car Conversion 101 - Coupler and Adapter Plate
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- Опубліковано 5 лис 2008
- Converting a Dodge Neon to electric so you can too!
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This car was a project built by our friend Tom, converting a Dodge Neon to electric with an AC motor and industrial variable frequency drive. This step is working on the motor coupler.
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You're a clear speaker. This is a well done video series. Thanks
Thank you for sharing your experience !!!
Looking beautiful.
@mike081283 Truckers say "You only need a clutch to stop. lol Shifting without a clutch takes a bit of practice but is rather easy. On electric cars, you preselect what gear you want for the trip. Going to the corner store? Put it in 2nd or 3rd and leave it. You're not going over 35 anyway. Coming to a stop you are not going to press the clutch peddle, the motor just stops with you until the light turns green. You'll do way less shifting than with an ICE.
Bravo! This purifies the air around the world, the less CO 2 the stabilization of global warming.
Ya but batteries emitt more polution then gas powered vehicles now days
Very well explained.
My God we've come a long way!
Yes indeed. It's been an amazing decade for the advance of electric vehicles.
very nice instructive videos. Thanks.
Question: is the transmission automatic? can you give more information on the transmission?
Very Good!!!
Nice video.
Couldn't you have used the gasket for the transmission (if available) to get your holes?
You could also just use a sheet of plotter paper to trace the holes on the transmission, then use center punches to mark the steel. Or, if your transmission has a gasket, you can just use it as a stencil.
Hi. Im trying to make my first electric car and I love what your doing. finally some one is makeing a step by step vidio on all this .Do you have vidioes on all the electrical parts and hook up. And Thanks Again .
Another way to punch a blind hole is to point a bolt that threads into the hole, cut it off and screw the bolt in, point facing out until just the point sticks out. Line the other holes up and tap the metal above the pointed bolt to transfer a mark to the metal. Once done remove the bolt from the hole.
@danoldsbb
I've never had a dB meter in Tom's car, but it's quiet. The coupler itself doesn't make any noise. If you could hear the coupler at all, it would mean you have some sort of problem.
Another consideration is that this particular electric motor does not have a wide RPM operating range. Because of that, you really do still need to use various gears to match road speed and motor speed.
@mike081283
No, a clutch isn't needed. You can control the speed of the motor to match whatever is needed for shifting.
@danoldsbb
A "Lovejoy" coupler can be picked up through any industrial supplier. They are usually also available at any place that deals in electric motors, or some store with a good mechanical isle, such as a farm store.
what do you use to match the speed?
@yj1992jeep
For power brakes, you can add a small electric vacuum pump, to run the vacuum assist. For steering, you could add a pulley to the power steering pump or replace with a manual steering rack. Tom replaced his original steering rack with manual. You do not NEED a clutch for an electric motor. Some guys keep them, so guys leave them out. This project is clutchless.
do you use a altern current motor ?
@newpage123
The car has a manual transmission, with no cooling lines. The is no need to keep the radiator, so it was removed and sold.
@CapitanoGUC:
A land rover is not too heavy but it's not ideal. Actually, there is no such thing as a vehicle that is too heavy. Many earthmovers are electric vehicles and they can weigh fifty tons, easy. The problem becomes distance traveled per charge. See Bob Brant's book, 'Build your own electric vehicle' for a table on voltage vs. weight vs. motor power. That should get you on the right track.
You could also buy a transmission gasket to use as a template.
i have a 1992 jeep wrangler what do you do about the power breaks vacum and power steering and cluch
I have an ford 1992 taurus can this be done to my car or is it to heavy?
that's a huge electric motor
Is it the bigger the motor the more batteries you need ...cus I'm trying to go atleatse 50 mph
This is a common question. For the quick and easy answer - you still need some way to connect the motor to the wheels. On a front-wheel-drive car, the transmission does exactly that. Since the transmission is already there, why not just use it?
The only other option would be to remove the tranny and build something from scratch to take it's place - that's a lot of time and money.
This particular project was built for about $4000.
Baldor sells c-face adapters for their motors, but maybe this works easier?
hello can you tell me the characteristics of the engine ... HP, voltage, single phase or three phase, RPM, please many thanks.
how are you able to shift a gear of an ev car if there is no clutch assembly on it ?
Perhaps a foolish question...If one was able, would it be a more accurate connection, IF, one could measure "level" directly off the joining shafts? I ask because I am untrusting of motor housings as a reference location. What are your thoughts?
Pls how can I purchase an alternator engine from you directly please
@newpage123 If you used an automatic you could just put an aftermarket transmission cooler on it.Manual is better they are lighter and have less drag.
What inverter / power source do you use for motor power?
What do you use for charging?
How do change gears without clutch?
Old comment I know but don't know how to answer the first 2 questions, the 3rd's answer is just like a CVT transmission, "manual without the clutch" you just shift your the next gear or whatever gear you want which lets the engine run faster or slower
if used and the clutch will have less torque required = less power consumption
the bell housing does not use a gasket
Knowing what I do now, I think I could do a motorcycle in a weekend.
I would love to see someone do an "EV-Raising" where a bunch of people get together and crank out an EV in some short period of time!
Pls how can I purchase an alternator from you directly pls
Try using a paper or cardboard template to make your hole pattern
That looks easier than using a C Face motor
Although some cars make better conversions than others, ANY car can be converted to electric, even a '92 Taurus.
What about heat?
where the lube oil. when drilling.
transmission :|
I personally like the idea of using an electric controller like the zilla
the 4 people who dislike this video are:
1. Peter Voser (CEO of Shell)
2. Bob Dudley (CEO of BP)
3. George Bush
4. Dick Cheney
They are like "Shit! the people are starting to think for themselves! What are we gonna do!"
What I will do is a template with a cardboard and small hamer then transfer the card board into a steel plate and take the steel plate to a shop with water lasser cutting machine for perfection and work tha mounting coupler
This might be mean to say but he looks like a combination between the pawn shop guy and Ned Flanders.
how can it work without a clutch ?????
Short answer: because its electric
Long answer: because you can start and stop an electric motor a lot faster and more often than a gas engine. I'm not entirely sure how you would do shifting without a clutch, but a lot of guides say you can.
It would be easier to use a pump motor to wetend flange
those people are too busy working or playing to worry about your little video and can buy anybody out if they really wanted to suppress patents. how much of this do you think has already been made but suppressed??
Whats the lowest price ranges for this project
Why didn't you just use a piece of cardboard to make a template? You could have just pulled the two items away from each other placed square piece of cardboard that squarely touchs the table and the motor shaft and tap on the cardboard to get the shaft impression then cut out the impression enabling you to slide the cardboard to the motor face which would aid in getting the bolt pattern. These steps could then be carried to the transmission. Much less crap to go through this way.
@horse4ever100
Just click on my username link to go see all the videos I have. I have several on Tom's Dodge Neon Electric Car, quite a few on my Electro-Metro, and some on the electric motorcycle and other projects. For anyone really going for a first electric car build, they should check out the BUILD YOUR OWN ELECTRIC CAR DVD at 300MPGdotORG .
this comment for chevy and volvo and in some way for you i have a better idea if you want to know im here.
THATS WHAT SHE SAID x5000
you just put the bolts in and weld aframe around it, that's your jig
this is 100% wrong concept because the battery will drian its power quickly why?because charging a battery as its giving power to motors will be very hard or not efficient or will charge it about 20% in 60mile driving so it will need to be charged everyday which is not practical, what is the right concept of this?im making a car that will need charging once a week or 12 days or more i will make my prototype soon but right now i dont have the means to do it but i have the idea,
This is 12 year old video, is this electric car still running 🏃♂️?
Way no us copling
Things would be so much easier with a rear wheel drive car and not a piece of shit front wheel drive car . Guys come on use your head we have no worry about gas mileage with electrice so why use a area so small and haveing to cram everything in such a tight spot . use a old car hell use a 57 chevy more room ya heavier who cares were experimenting. way more roon under that hood and trunk for all the batteries and way cool than anything that is front wheel drive of today .
Baaah who needs room for axles you dont need those its all electric now.