Motor is in!

Motor, Transmission, CV joints are in!

Motor Mount Fabrication

Sadly, I don't have a plasma cutter. So fabricating my motor mount was done using an angle cutter, 4 or 5 cutting wheels and a grinding wheel. I went down to Escondido Metal supply and sorted through their scrap section. I found some 6" X 6"x 3/16" square pipe. I had them cut me a 9.25" length. Their scrap was a treasure to me :-) .

Motor Mount Design

Here's the layout I'm planning on using on my motor mount. It will bolt to the front surface of the motor.

So as I see it. The motor mount I have would have worked if the bolt pattern
would have been like this.

o......o like this

o......o
But after mounting the motor to the transmission, my pattern is like this:
.......o

o...........o

.......o
SO I need a wider mount to accommodate the 45 degree shift in the bolt pattern.
Since the transmission adapter plate has only four attachment bolts, trying to rotate it (to adjust the motor bolt pattern) yields a 90 degree rotation. NO GOOD.
Of course we could drill new holes in the motor. However, I really do not want to do that.
The saga continues...

SETBACK!

One of the cabinets in my garage decided to fall off the wall after hanging there for the last 10 years. Unfortunately my car was underneath it.

The back panel of the cabinet stayed attached to the wall with the lag bolts I had used 10 year prior. Sadly I now have a few dents to fix. I can't even bring myself to work on the car right now.

Luckily there was no major damage.

weight reduction estimates

I couldn't make a table with columns using the blog text editor. So I took a picture of my laptop screen. (using apple key,shift,3)
I am estimating my final Vehicle weight to be under 2000 lbs. This is including batteries!

Some of my posts are a little out of order.  Here's a few shots of the car with my first time, self done paint job.  It's not perfect but I needed to save money for batteries.  The roller is almost finished.

I am still messing around with the 12V system

Sean and I did a trial run on mating the transmission to the motor and installing the monster in the car.

Here the motor ring is attached to the motor.  The adaptor plate and Hub assembly are sitting on the cart.  Next the adaptor plate and hub are installed.  Getting the hub to rest in the correct spot so the flywheel spacing was correct was a challenge.  Next installed the throw out bearing and shift fork with new plastic bushings to the tranny.  Here flywheel clutch and pressure plate are mounted to the motor. Finally, we mated the motor with flywheel, clutch, and pressure plate to the transmission.

Unfortunately the motor mount (which was for an Advanced DC 9" motor) did not work for the AC motor I am using from High Performance Golf cars.  The bolt holes did not line up.

It was a trial run but I was a little disappointed.