ucw458 Posted April 21, 2012 Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 I would want to start out with the lightest car possible. But I don't want something ugly and lame. But to make it the most efficient that may be exactly what I have to get. Any suggestions on cars to start out with? I would do a SQ but they are heavy to start out with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yzrider Posted April 21, 2012 Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 A fiat 850? Light and cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieHARDmitsu. Posted April 21, 2012 Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 (edited) Build an electric SQ! You can shed at least 1200lbs. An SQ shell is cheap and will have much more appeal than something that looks like a box when its done. these built one Edited April 21, 2012 by DieHARDmitsu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ucw458 Posted April 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 Yeah if I build one I want to do it on the cheap for now. Without all the extra electronics. Just a basic electric vehicle for work commutes. I can commute in my SQ but I'm starting to think maybe I shouldn't put so many miles on it. Keep it as a weekend car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle's89quest Posted April 21, 2012 Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 Smart car, or an old Datsun truck. The truck is light and has room for battery storage. And whatever else you space aged people need to run your car... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yzrider Posted April 21, 2012 Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 An old pick up is a great idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topher87 Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 an old hatchback my 94 civic hatch is light i think the title say 2100 lbs or maybe a a geo metro lol. alltho nissain hardbodies and old mazda trucks are light too and have batt room Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 I was waiting for someone to cue the vid of the electric SQ and the lady with the big tatas! lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrngwae Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 are you thinking AC or DC???? DC would be alot easier.... you could go with an old forklift controller like a sevkon or EV100.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrngwae Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 (edited) or curtis,,,,,,,, its real easy too.......talk to bag o chips,,,,,,,, i bet he could get you something for free.........http://www.ebay.com/...=item1c260ff769 Edited April 22, 2012 by wrngwae Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomad Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 (edited) festiva. metro, crx, miata. http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/cto/2971767603.html Edited April 22, 2012 by nomad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starquestaz Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 One of these cars over : "festiva. metro, crx, miata." http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q129/bikkjaa/golf1rwd.jpg http://dayerses.com/data_images/posts/datsun-510/datsun-510-02.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starquestaz Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 One of these cars over : "festiva. metro, crx, miata." http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q129/bikkjaa/golf1rwd.jpg http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q129/bikkjaa/DSC_2615sized.jpg This car is awesome... 450hp VR6 Turbo rear wheel drive converted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ucw458 Posted April 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 are you thinking AC or DC???? DC would be alot easier.... you could go with an old forklift controller like a sevkon or EV100..or curtis,,,,,,,, its real easy too.......talk to bag o chips,,,,,,,, i bet he could get you something for free.........http://www.ebay.com/...=item1c260ff769 Yes it would be DC. The cart controls might not be a bad idea. That's assuming I could couple a few of them together. A car would need more amps to the motor. Probably more voltage too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bag-O-Chips Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 if you can find a Motor from a Crown 50FC, you'll be all good couple it to an EV100 SCR and you should have the basics covered 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RF600 Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 1 thing I don't understand is why the car companies can't put some kind of a generator on the wheels that charge the batteries while driving. I don't know enough to know if that is possible or not. Good luck with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bag-O-Chips Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 Yes it would be DC. The cart controls might not be a bad idea. That's assuming I could couple a few of them together. A car would need more amps to the motor. Probably more voltage too. Amps are all about the battery at that point. Li-Po battery setups are super lightespecially Hawker AeroBatteries, They can deliver well over 1000amps! And as far as a controller goes, the GE EV100 is the most available system for cheap but There are other controllers for HP applications like Zilla Z2K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bag-O-Chips Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 1 thing I don't understand is why the car companies can't put some kind of a generator on the wheels that charge the batteries while driving. I don't know enough to know if that is possible or not. Good luck with it. They do, It's called regenerative braking, during the braking process the motor controller goes into over-run and uses the wheels' rotation to create voltage as the vehicle comes to stop. Kinda like The new crown forklifts with regenerative lowering. At full lower, the fluid in the lift cylinders back flows through the hydraulic pump spinning it backwards turning it into a hydraulic generator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance_S Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 old volkswagon rabbit body or a porche 914 body. The 914 bodies are tougher to come by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuGG Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 Mazda Miata Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MainstreaM Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 KP60 Toyota starlet., 1600 lbs fully dressed. Less stripped down. Hatchback and RWD. Kane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmwii Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ELECTRIC-MR2-CONVERSION-/261005311292?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item3cc520fd3c#ht_1221wt_1165 electric mr2 - i saw it last night in an unrelated search. funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jszucs Posted April 23, 2012 Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 1 thing I don't understand is why the car companies can't put some kind of a generator on the wheels that charge the batteries while driving. I don't know enough to know if that is possible or not. Good luck with it. Because you want it to move. If you put generators big enough to make power it would take say X to power vehicle and Y to power generators so X+Y would be twice the draw. Now to suck the power back when breaking (that's what they do now) works but you can't just run them all the time or the power your using will be going right into power making and you won't go anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killtodie Posted April 23, 2012 Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 (edited) Hammerhead-i Eagle Thrust BAM Edited April 23, 2012 by Killtodie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ucw458 Posted April 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 KP60 Toyota starlet., 1600 lbs fully dressed. Less stripped down. Hatchback and RWD. Kane Call me weird but I like how those cars look in full rally trim. That would be a good choice but I would have to make it fast. > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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