rusty360 Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Don't yell at me but anyone done this or is in the electric car field on here. I saw a mk1 Cortina that had been done last week and shit it was cool. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbeam Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Not an expert sorry, but I harbour secret thoughts of electrifying my Land Rover one day… I’m not into electric conversions for their own sake, but let’s face it, some cars aren’t about the engine so electricity can make them better. (Don’t hurt me please) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThePog Posted September 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 26, 2021 There shouldnt be any hate, that shit is cool. I have been pondering EV converting my townace ute for my next major project. Here is one i looked at a wee while ago, boy has done a super nice job. 17 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 A guy in NZ is doing a couple Land Rover repowers at the moment https://youtu.be/eQENOgw6AUQ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rusty360 Posted September 26, 2021 Author Share Posted September 26, 2021 Check this out its farking cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Neat car but I think for conversions like that to become popular, the price of ev parts will have to come down a lot. 100kw, granted it would have heaps more torque, but a stock 4age has the same power? And it cost 30k The fact it costs less to run isn't really that much of a plus unless you do heaps of kms, as the higher initial build cost would take forever to gain back in fuel savings on a weekend only sort of car 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bronze Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 I've been researching it for ages, but like Cletus said, until the costs come down it's a bit of a pipedream - because it is pretty much a besoke job for every car it's going to stay costly unless you can find some modularity sort of thing, then costs might come down. For example EV West in the states do a lot of VW/Porsche repowers and released a bolt in SBC engine conversion last year. But still at the spendy end, and every car is going to need a bespoke battery set up. Unless we just creative commons the designs... https://www.autoblog.com/2020/10/02/ev-west-tesla-motor-conversion-chevy-ls-sbc-mount/ 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubastreet Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 In a few years when all the first gen leafs have a 50km range they'll be worth nothing. Then all you'll need is a motor controller, bms and some big lithium cells from aliexpress and you'll have a cheap electric car. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 Buy 2 and put another motor in the back 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty360 Posted September 29, 2021 Author Share Posted September 29, 2021 Mustang e motor 210kw. That sounds like that will need a big battery! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajg193 Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 Looks like it would be perfectly at home in an rx7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmulally Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 I've helped complete an EV in Australia and looked into it seriously in NZ. Whilst there are a few turn key companies in NZ that will help you out, you're on a hiding to nothing trying to get anything remotely cost effective out of them for the DIYer. You can look at importing from AU or USA but then you'll get stung at the border for whatever they feel like charging you that day as well as no easy warranty option. I'm still looking at another EV conversion but doing it for a vintage tractor. I can keep the volts low and use older DC forklift technology. Plus having battery weight in a tractor is good for me. To do a car in NZ either you need to look at getting a written off leaf and get chopping, or for a bespoke option with decent power and range you'll be closer to 100k than 50k. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EpochNZ Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 Always been on the radar, especially since EV4U in Cali did a Kharmann Ghia. Their conversion packs for anything VW start at 18K USD (unsure if that includes the battery but I'm picking no.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 4 hours ago, rusty360 said: Mustang e motor 210kw. That sounds like that will need a big battery! That seems reasonably priced? Last time I looked at decent output electric motors they were really expensive for anything that made decent power 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubastreet Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 On 30/09/2021 at 11:18, EpochNZ said: Always been on the radar, especially since EV4U in Cali did a Kharmann Ghia. Their conversion packs for anything VW start at 18K USD (unsure if that includes the battery but I'm picking no.) Yellow car! Red punch buggy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Electronics Guru up the road did a 1-series BMW. My boss has a Tesla Model3 and when he asked how much the Tesla was, he said said he should have just bought one of those instead as his BMW owes him $50K. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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