Recent content by Zen_Shenron

Thank for the encouragement amberwolf. The project is still in the early design stage, but I have all these ideas swimming around in my head. If I do not put them somewhere then I might forget that great thought on how it should be built. I am not sure if the general discussion forum is the...

Or maybe these for the battery?

A couple more for the battery enclosure, the design is evolving. The aluminium plate will probable be something non conductive, like ABS or some similar plastic. Lots of Ideas on battery box design to absorb. The tubing is 4130 and will likely be a stressed member of the frame.

Here is one of the battery box enclosure. 10mm thick aluminum plate :)

Hmm sorry guys just realized the renders are a little large, I will re-size any new renders I add. :oops: Edited the posts and uploaded re-sized images for better viewing :)

Proposed battery pack. Credit and thanks for the 3d model goes to bigmoose. 160 cell block of A123 goodness, for 160 AHr at 72volts or 80 AHr at 144volts.

Well he did have a big laser rifle. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2539/4169070051_5e4ae66657_o.jpg

I have been thinking about building one of these for a long time, however I have neither the finances or the resources to do so. So I figured I would just make a cad version for now, and maybe some time in the future It could be built. So here are some renders of the project so far. None of...

Except to reduce the parasitic losses running the supercharger off of the crankshaft maybe? But that probable wouldn't effect the effectiveness of the turbo itself, just add to the available power of the base engine.

I used to fabricate large cantilever gates from aluminum using a mig welder. It worked well but the material was quite thick. Also as Luke said a spool gun will make mig welding a lot less of a pain in the arse. The problem being the soft aluminum wire tends to kink up inside the feed line...

You are correct, the newer versions of the EZip controllers are no good for 36 volts. You will need to get a replacement controller.

I have used the ghetto method of a plastic shopping bag secured wit a rubber band to keep the rain out of my throttle lol.

I have Clear wireless as well, I was not aware of this problem. Do they block you from using their service?

Now that's what I call a master craftsman. I learned how to use these machines in trade school, wish I had stuck with it. :oops:

I live just north of Providence, alas I just recently sold my e-bike. There are some nice bike paths nearby. I like the path that follows the Blackstone river corridor.