hbpowerwall
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Oh come on, no giant sparks/lightningdecal all over it? haha jkhbpowerwall said:Wayne\ said:Sorry if this has been covered... What are you doing about paint?
Scotchbrite & Flatclear coat
lsantos said:Oh come on, no giant sparks/lightningdecal all over it? haha jkhbpowerwall said:Wayne\ said:Sorry if this has been covered... What are you doing about paint?
Scotchbrite & Flatclear coat
not2bme said:Great looking body!
Dam buddy - that's going to change the direction for sure! I go down the rabbit whole but mainly look at photos as being time poor I can't spend hours reading posts. BUT I think the plan is evolving quite quickly! Where this car will be the learner - do it as cheap as possible then do the car I really want to make an ev second (a mini van) That subframe information will mean i can just use a honda gearbox and drive shafts bolt the gear box to it with custom adaptors and i'm done! I am very happy you took the time to give me/the world this info! you've helped no END!erbu said:I came across your YT videos a few days ago and I'm loving it. I'm in the process of looking for a classic mini and am planning on converting it, just like yours. I've been doing a lot of research regarding using an AC50 or hyper9 motor in the mean time. Maybe you know some of these things already, but some things I've learned are:
- On your video, you mentioned moment motor's mini looks like a fully modified front end. At moment motor's instagram, they showed that they used a mini-tec subframe from superfastminis. I'm not sure if you looked into these, but these are replacement subframes with mounts for a honda engine and transmission. Moment also showed that they used a 5-speed honda b-series transmission on their instagram. From what I could tell, using these honda engine subframes require cutting the inner fender to gain some width in the engine bay. But other than that, it looks to be all bolt on.
- Another company I've seen who makes these subframes is allspeed engineering. They keep the rubber cone suspension vs mini-tec swaps it for coil overs.
- evmini.ca is a blog of someone who converted their mini using an ac50 motor back in 2010-2013. Similar to moment motor's set up, but had a local welder modify the existing mini subframe instead of purchasing one. He also used a d-series honda engine instead of b-series. He provided a lot of good information on his swap.
Hope you find this helpful! Keep up the great work & awesome videos!
Naw... SOOOO blushing right now ....... (Kori was spot on!) She is in good condition that's for sure, I keep having to edit out me saying LOOK NO rust lolznot2bme said:Great looking body! The floor panels don't look rusted through, and no rust around the fenders. What an awesome car to convert! I envy you, with all the salt on the roads here during winters there's no way a car like that would be able to survive around here. A little sanding and primer coat!
Snicker!Korishan said:not2bme said:Great looking body!
Careful, you'll make him blush
Been looking at this optionerbu said:I came across your YT videos a few days ago and I'm loving it. I'm in the process of looking for a classic mini and am planning on converting it, just like yours. I've been doing a lot of research regarding using an AC50 or hyper9 motor in the mean time. Maybe you know some of these things already, but some things I've learned are:
- On your video, you mentioned moment motor's mini looks like a fully modified front end. At moment motor's instagram, they showed that they used a mini-tec subframe from superfastminis. I'm not sure if you looked into these, but these are replacement subframes with mounts for a honda engine and transmission. Moment also showed that they used a 5-speed honda b-series transmission on their instagram. From what I could tell, using these honda engine subframes require cutting the inner fender to gain some width in the engine bay. But other than that, it looks to be all bolt on.
- Another company I've seen who makes these subframes is allspeed engineering. They keep the rubber cone suspension vs mini-tec swaps it for coil overs.
- evmini.ca is a blog of someone who converted their mini using an ac50 motor back in 2010-2013. Similar to moment motor's set up, but had a local welder modify the existing mini subframe instead of purchasing one. He also used a d-series honda engine instead of b-series. He provided a lot of good information on his swap.
Hope you find this helpful! Keep up the great work & awesome videos!
hbpowerwall said:
Yeah, there's a ton of different ways people are doing it. I've thought about using the mini gear box, but I don't have any CAD skills to design a vertical mounted adapter plate & coupler. I also wasn't sure about what to do with the oil in the gearbox. Since the motor & transmission shares oil, do you just leave oil in there and close it up?
The person with that pick up truck conversion is on the diyelectriccar.com forum. I don't know if he's still active there. There are also one or two guys that are in the middle of their mini conversion in that forum.
https://www.diyelectriccar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67066
Did you see the install manual for that minitec subframe? There's a pdf link of it at the top of this page. It shows the cuts you need, but I'm not sure which cuts are needed for the sub frame vs cuts needed for the honda engine itself.
https://www.minimania.com/VTEC_Conversion_Kit_MTB2_Installation_Manual
Also, candian ev makes sells the adapter for the honda transmissions. It just comes down to cost & ease of buying + shipping vs having a local shop do it.
https://canev.com/product/honda-4-cylinder/
I'm excited to see which route you end up with. It'll be awesome either way! I'm really hoping I can find a suitable mini soon so I can start my project like you.
hbpowerwall said:- ended up being a 46yr old piece of paper from the factory that recorded defects in the paint.
Need to add a new abbreviation - Maybe surface rust n patina (everywhere)watts-on said:hbpowerwall said:- ended up being a 46yr old piece of paper from the factory that recorded defects in the paint.
Are you going to add all the new defects to it?
Interesting project, keep it up.
hbpowerwall said:1st trip to the powder coaters have to do one thing at a time because of storage space & the fear of forgetting how to reassemble