Now that summer is well over, its time to work on the electric Datsun again. 3 main features missing from the truck: Brake time. The original truck had engine, which produced vacuum. That vacuum was used for powering things like the brake booster. Being there’s no longer an engine, and thus no vacuum, we need…
I came across a clean Datsun 720 pickup for sale, with a blown motor! No rust, and 5spd manual transmission, it’s the perfect candidate for an EV conversion! The only problem is that it’s located in a remote part of Vancouver island, and the shop is full. so what should I do? Convert it on…
Putting a Nissan leaf motor into a VW cabriolet it fits so good! Hardware Using the leaf gearbox, and our leaf drive shaft stubs, the stock VW axles bolt right up! Just so happens that the full leaf stack! (gearbox, motor, inverter, PDM (power distribution module)) fits under the hood! The leaf battery tray, and…
in part one we covered the mechanical connection of a motor shaft to a gearbox’s inputs haft, enabling the transfer for torque. Here in part 2 we cover the actual matting of a electric motor to a gearbox. Every vehicle manufacture uses they’re own bellhousing bolt pattern, with different backspacing, locating features, and orientations. In…
The Nissan leaf electric motor (em61 and em57) are great motors for EV conversions. They are easy to obtain, relatively inexpensive, and powerful! The only catch is how do you swap one into a different vehicle? Part 1: The motor coupler The Nissan leaf motor has a splined output shaft. The splines are designed to…