It's officially underway... 1986 Mazda RX7 EV project!

[MetroMPG]

Neat-o. Was the motor free too? Where'd you get it? Who did the rebuild & what was done?

Looking forward to watching the progress.

[GasSavers_BigMouse]

Originally Posted by SVOboy

Free batteries, nice! What's the cd on that car?

No idea on the Cd of this car. It's pretty sleek though ;-)

[GasSavers_BigMouse]

Originally Posted by MetroMPG

Neat-o. Was the motor free too? Where'd you get it? Who did the rebuild & what was done?

Looking forward to watching the progress.

Nope, got the motor for $200 (I'll post a table with my costs so far and a running total as I spend more on it). Got it from a forklift wrecker. I rebuilt it myself with new bearings and a 10 degree brush advancement. The comm and brushes are still fine, so I didn't touch those. Media blasted and repainted the case with polyurethane enamel (light gray).

[MnFocus]

Sweet deal all around! Always loved that body style of the RX7,EV power makes it better still. Definitely keep updates coming .

[omgwtfbyobbq]

Originally Posted by BigMouse

I'm getting the NiCad cells for free from the airline I work at. They are "unservicable" cells, which means that they're no longer fit for use on aircraft, but so far all (11) of them seem to be just fine for my purposes.

You scored free SAFT NiCDs?
I H8 you so much right now....

[skewbe]

FYI, cartest lists the CD as .31 for a 1986 rx7, it didn't have a frontal area figure.

[GasSavers_BigMouse]

Originally Posted by skewbe

FYI, cartest lists the CD as .31 for a 1986 rx7, it didn't have a frontal area figure.

Is that good? What is cartest? Any use for an EV?

[omgwtfbyobbq]

Mayfield has the same .31 figure w/ a reference area of 1.784 square meters.

[MetroMPG]

Very resourceful.

Our forklift guy said: "$500 for the motor (if we remove it for you) or $500 for the whole forklift, your choice."

I'm glad we took the whole thing, seeing as the traction motor ended up being too fat (girth wise) to use with our transaxle. You won't have that issue with RWD though.

[MetroMPG]

Do you have the bumper for the car?