Saturday, February 12, 2011

Want To Build Your Own Electric Car?


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Want To Build Your Own Electric Car? 

You Might Be Very Surprised At How Easy It Is

Learning how to convert a gas car to electric is not really that difficult at all.

Mike my mechanic friend and I did our own conversion of a 1995 Toyota Corolla in about 2 weeks and it only cost us a few hundred dollars total and you know what, it turned into a family project after we began.

Everyone became interested in what we were doing and here's how you can do it too.

Here's exactly what you need to get started:
  • Detailed plans on how to convert your own electric car. Get those from Electricity4Gas.
  • You can use any vehicle- gas, diesel
  • A place to work. A garage, shop or barn is nice.
  • Simple tools every home workshop has- wrenches, drills etc.

First thing, you will need to find a large DC motor (9 inches or larger) and a source of batteries.

Note, it's true that AC motors can be used, but they are a bit more expensive so we decided to go with DC.

DC motors are easier to install too.

Now you can buy all the parts you need off the shelf brand new but since this is the most expensive part of the project we suggest using the sources of free DC motors and free industrial batteries that are listed in the guide.

What's really nice is that none of these things are hard to find at all and since a DC motor will run for probably longer than you will own your car, using salvaged motors makes sense. Your car will rust out from under you long before the motor gives up.

Once you have your DC motor and batteries you have to remove your old gas engine from your car. It's best to rent a hoist or look around for a friendly mechanic to lift it out for your. A few bolts and it's free.

Just leave the clutch and flywheel assembly and detach the rest. That will leave you plenty of room for batteries and DC motor mounting.

Important... It is imperative that you only use a standard transmission vehicle for your conversion because automatic transmissions simply won't work.

People don't know this but with an electric motor you don't shift gears. Once the conversion is done your car will drive very smooth just like an automatic transmission, which is nice. You put it in gear and go.

With an electric motor the accelerating ability takes some getting used to! There won't be a vehicle in town that will take you off the line at stop lights. This is no slow golf cart you will be building here, so be careful.

Your electric car will be able to go 55 to 60 mph and travel up to 200 miles on a single charge. That's pretty amazing.

We all know gas prices go sky high in the summer and this year may really be a whopper so isn't it time you got started on this project?

Also think about this:
Converting a gasoline vehicle to electric power is the ultimate form of recycling. You are taking a polluting vehicle and changing it to a less polluting one, while at the same time extending it's useful life by keeping it out of the salvage yards for a while longer.

Check out what Electricity4Gas has to say, I think you will find it fascinating.

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