Dala's EVNX buildthread (1991 Nissan NX)

[hbpowerwall]

If you lived closer i'd donate cells to this project for sure!!!
Great work

 

[EGOksy]

I have successfully moved into the new apartment, and can now resume scavenging at a higher rate. These past two weeks have been slow, only picking up 3-5 packs per week now. On the plus side all have been free, thanks to amazing colleagues





Here's the latest scavenging average from last week.

2679 - A
2659 - A
2659 - A
2658 - A
2622 - A
2621 - A
2604 - A
2602 - A
2599 - A
2595 - A
2409 - A
2363 - A
2328 - A
2383 - A
2313 - A
2300 - A
2294 - A
2276 - A
1375 - Too low, garbage bin
1361 - Too low, garbage bin
1251 - Too low, garbage bin
1212 - Too low, garbage bin
1119 - Too low, garbage bin
976 - Too low, garbage bin
58 Did not charge within 8h
58 Did not charge within 8h
null - Did not charge within 8h

So out of 27 cells, 18 were usable for the car. 67% success rate.

This sure is addictive

Hey, nice progress : Can you tell from what batteries came the panasonic NCR 18650's ... what voltage and what Wh or Ah was writhen on covers ::looking for thease .. they are the best , also there is a green NCR with more capacity :. have 6 of them with 3000+ capacity. Thanks

 

[RJGonzalez40]

Nice project, guess you will be happy after you get all the rust out of you life.

Quick question if you dont mine. What's the cell configuration you are planing to build? What range you are aiming for, what top speed you want to achieve?

Do you have an idea what motor will you be looking for? AC or DC. Will you be using the actual transmision or are you going without it?

Will you try to incorporate accessories to the motor. Seen some using doble shaft motors one end to the power train other side to power ac compresor, power brake, power steering, generator to charge cells for 12v supply to all need items like brake light and such.

Looking forward to your responce.

 

[Dala]

I've done some thinking, and I'm leaning towards kickstarting this build again. With my newfound EV skills, I feel like I'm in a position where I could build a proper EV conversion. The build would ofcourse be linked to Dala's EV Repair somehow, and maybe in a youtube build format. Thoughts?

Motivational picture, my 1991 NX ca 2014

 

[Dala]

The build has been re-started!

 

[Dala]

Short history about the NX shell, along with some progress on cleaning up the remnants after the ICE

 

[Dala]

Parts are being purchased! In this episode I show what my usual approach is when it comes to finding salvage yard bits and pieces!

 

[Dala]

So the motor that I ordered from Norway is finally here. In this short video, I proceed with tearing it down so that I can start to measure if it will be even possible to mate it with the SR6speed gearbox. Enjoy!

 

[Dala]

Last weekend I got the pedal setup figured out, here's a video on how hard it was to fit the Volkswagen Touran drive-by-wire into the car

 

[Dala]

Most of the adapter plate is now complete, check out how I managed with only hand tools

 

[Menno]

You keep going, I keep following

 

[Dala]

The adapter plate & clutch adapter is now aligned and permanently attached to each other. Feels good having this crucial step completed! Check out how we managed with the adapter plate using only hand tools!

 

[Dala]

Sneak peak on the next episode, making motor mounts!

 

[Dala]

Still haven't finished the video, we are going to try and fit all fabrication needed to make the motor sit permanently in the engine bay. Another sneak peak on the axle carrier bracket fabrication progress:

 

[Dala]

So here it is. This is the most effort the videos have taken so far, I had massive problems with the axle carrier bracket. So glad this is finished now and I can focus on the battery

 

[Dala]

So now my focus has shifted towards getting the suspension sorted:

And also getting the battery mounted:

Videos on both these topics incoming soon!

 

[Dala]

Suspension is stuck waiting on parts, so here's the progress we made on the battery pack!

 

[Dala]

So I made some progress with the suspension, now we can focus 100% on the battery box!

 

[Dala]

We finally got most of the battery mounts figured out, was a bit busy at the shop and had to constantly roll out the NX to make room for customer projects. But now we are back working on this!

 

[Dala]

The high voltage bits are now sorted! Check out the video for the end result. Now we can move on to mounting the VCU and maybe if we're lucky, the first startup will be within 1-2weeks! I am so excited I can hardly sleep at night!