Ahh, I forgot he even had a CRX. That's an almost perfect choice for a donor car.
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The NOx increase of biodiesel is still small. I've seen studies that pegged it at like 6% more than petroleum diesel, but with greatly reduced emissions everywhere else.
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A CRX is a perfect choice, for electric conversion or not. That said, if you need a lot of battery space and are ok with a 2-seater, why not consider the 86-89 Toyota Celica? It has a *huge* trunk if you take out the rear seats. It has a good Cd, small frontal area etc. See my garage.
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Matt: You have several challenges. First, the CRX is your wife's car! Good idea to take care of it, for your wife. Bad idea to fiddle with. Second, your planning on her driving the car. Your toy, she drives? Bad idea to fiddle with.
I'd say go with electrifying your mountain bike. It'll cost a lot less, you can fiddle to your hearts delight, and in the aggregate, if it doesn't work out as well as you thought, you haven't sunk a lot into it. In either case, I'd recommend not fiddeling with something which your wife is utilizing on a regular basis. WTW |
There's lots of cheap electric scooter & bicycle parts on eBay too. I have to force myself not to go looking through it or I'll just end up with another project, when the other N aren't finished yet.
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On the plus side, it lends itself to some excellent aeromods, and people have succesfully converted Celicas in the past. https://www.austinev.org/evalbum/613 IMO, an MR2 would be a much better choice than a Celica. |
the CRX is not built for the weight, non of it is, you would have to add bracing on to the body for the suspention, and connect that directly to the battery tray, it's a car desined for two 150 pound people and 50-100 pounds of cargo, designed to be light weight, and small.
and you say she doesn't want an electric bicycle because of how they look? what part of how they look? |
A quick note - be careful when removing the rain gutters on the roof of the triumph - more welding may be needed. British Leyland cars of that time actually used those gutters as the means of joining the panels together, so, if they are removed :)
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