Saturday, January 24, 2015
Sunday, January 18, 2015
Have to clean up...
Time to get rid of the old ICE parts:
First up, a special Honda D-series short block... D16Y8 block with D17 crank, Darton Mid kit (bored to 78mm), Crower maxi-lite rods and custom pistons designed by Larry at Endyn. The oil pump was ported by Endyn also. One of the pistons is bad so a new custom piston will be needed.
It was a really nice unique engine, and would make a nice sleeper.As an NA engine, it was really nice, with a nice big torque curve. On turbo, it pulled 200whp and 230wftlbs peaking at 2500rpm, with a stock Y7 head and cam. How often do you hear of a Hinda with more torque than HP!
You can see from the photo the dipstick tube is a bit of a hack job... The D17 crank has a larger front journal diameter, so the D17 oil pump is required. The D17 oil pump does not include a dipstick, rather it is in the oilpan. In any case, I am including a new D17 oil pump, and the plan was to get a dipstick tube welded to the oil pan somewhere. The new owner will have to figure this out, but it shouldn't be hard.
Time to get rid of the old ICE parts:
First up, a special Honda D-series short block... D16Y8 block with D17 crank, Darton Mid kit (bored to 78mm), Crower maxi-lite rods and custom pistons designed by Larry at Endyn. The oil pump was ported by Endyn also. One of the pistons is bad so a new custom piston will be needed.
It was a really nice unique engine, and would make a nice sleeper.As an NA engine, it was really nice, with a nice big torque curve. On turbo, it pulled 200whp and 230wftlbs peaking at 2500rpm, with a stock Y7 head and cam. How often do you hear of a Hinda with more torque than HP!
You can see from the photo the dipstick tube is a bit of a hack job... The D17 crank has a larger front journal diameter, so the D17 oil pump is required. The D17 oil pump does not include a dipstick, rather it is in the oilpan. In any case, I am including a new D17 oil pump, and the plan was to get a dipstick tube welded to the oil pan somewhere. The new owner will have to figure this out, but it shouldn't be hard.
Here is a 3" stainless steel exhaust custom made for a 96 hatchback. It has a Moroso 3" Spiral Flow Muffler as a resonator, Magnaflow 3" High Flow Catalytic Converter and Magnaflow 3" muffler with a nice tight pie cut turndown. Custom made by Spoolin' Performance in Fremont, CA.
Here is a Magnaflow 15643 Stainless Steel 2.25" Single Cat-Back Exhaust System, only lightly used.
Honestly, I have to get rid of it all in 4 weeks. Best offer that can come to Morgan Hill to get it ASAP by Feb 15th takes it.
Sunday, October 26, 2014
More tweaking...
After bending a wheel on a huge pothole, I changed the wheels and tires out for some lighter, more efficient ones. They are ~4lbs lighter per corner, abd I've already noticed almost 10% less Ah consumed in my commute.
And, today I added a belly pan that runs 3/4 the length of the car.
After bending a wheel on a huge pothole, I changed the wheels and tires out for some lighter, more efficient ones. They are ~4lbs lighter per corner, abd I've already noticed almost 10% less Ah consumed in my commute.
And, today I added a belly pan that runs 3/4 the length of the car.
Sunday, August 17, 2014
Friday, July 18, 2014
It's registered!
So, the car is now registered and ready to go. Not without a few issues though...
I thought there was ~40% charge on the battery, which should have been enough to go to the DMV and back (~20 miles), however, it slowed to a crawl just a few miles from home. How embarrassing... getting towed home on my first real trip! Once home I found that 16 cells were at very low charge. It turns out, the 16 cells I got for free from work were in fact bad. I suppose they were just left too long without a charge... I had charged them up and they appeared to hold a charge, but I suppose not under significant load. So the max cells that I have will be 51, exactly what I bought. Nothing truly comes free...
The other development is that the SmartCharge 12000 PFC charger from EMotorWerks does not appear to be working. It attempts to start charging, but immediately stops saying there is a BMS stop event. The BMS stop input is bypassed so it shouldn't be triggering. In any case, I will need to take it back to EMotorWerks to test. Thankfully they are close by...
Otherwise, the short distance I did drive with it was incredible! The car was always fun to drive, but now that it is virtually silent I find it much more enjoyable. I had the Soliton1 configured with reduced motor current output and it still had plenty of power. I can't wait to get through breaking it in and really turning up the juice...
I thought there was ~40% charge on the battery, which should have been enough to go to the DMV and back (~20 miles), however, it slowed to a crawl just a few miles from home. How embarrassing... getting towed home on my first real trip! Once home I found that 16 cells were at very low charge. It turns out, the 16 cells I got for free from work were in fact bad. I suppose they were just left too long without a charge... I had charged them up and they appeared to hold a charge, but I suppose not under significant load. So the max cells that I have will be 51, exactly what I bought. Nothing truly comes free...
The other development is that the SmartCharge 12000 PFC charger from EMotorWerks does not appear to be working. It attempts to start charging, but immediately stops saying there is a BMS stop event. The BMS stop input is bypassed so it shouldn't be triggering. In any case, I will need to take it back to EMotorWerks to test. Thankfully they are close by...
Otherwise, the short distance I did drive with it was incredible! The car was always fun to drive, but now that it is virtually silent I find it much more enjoyable. I had the Soliton1 configured with reduced motor current output and it still had plenty of power. I can't wait to get through breaking it in and really turning up the juice...
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Friday, July 4, 2014
Playing Tetris...
I think I figured out how everything is going to fit... The charger has found its home, and the motor controller will fit right beside it.
The area between the charger and controller and the firewall will be filled with a 12 cell module.
The area in front of the motor (and behind the old radiator support) will hold 2 more battery modules, one of 13 and 6 in the other.
This will bring the total to 66 cells in series for ~220V. Even at full load, and at min voltage, I should still be able to supply the full 170KW to the motor.
The area between the charger and controller and the firewall will be filled with a 12 cell module.
The area in front of the motor (and behind the old radiator support) will hold 2 more battery modules, one of 13 and 6 in the other.
This will bring the total to 66 cells in series for ~220V. Even at full load, and at min voltage, I should still be able to supply the full 170KW to the motor.
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