This week, we were hard at work in the 2008 Electric Cadillac Escalade EXT conversion and we are at a very rewarding phase of the build where things move along quite quickly. Tim Catellier of Chandler Arizona slipped in and mounted a small explosive device under the hood and this kind of wrecked our week. […]
Escaladus Interruptus and the Catellier Effect Read More »
This week we mostly deal with wiring issues on the 2008 Cadillac Escalade EXT Electric. The motors are in and we spun them up using a 12v A123 battery module. Very quiet and vibration free. We mounted two glycol fill bottles, one for our Soliton liquid cooling system and one for the electric heater. It
Messin with Wires. Read More »
This week we begin the more pleasurable work of installing pieces and wiring them up on the 2008 Cadillac Escalade EXT. Some mounting issues. We installed the two Soliton1 controllers at angles above the motors much after the fashion of the old Ford flathead V8. This allows access to all the terminals and still access
Tang Zhengping and John Allen – Brothers from Another Mother Read More »
So a long show this week. Some say long and boring. I would be wounded to think this is so. Is not the entire world hanging breath abated for the next few minutes of every episode? That is of course my fantasy. Were reality to intrude I might be crushed. This week, we flew into
Escalade Motor Implant – Finally. Read More »
Short show this week guys. I’ve had more to do this past week than I can quite say grace over. Brain has been studiously trying to trial fit the motor in the Escalade and mate to the transmission. Turns out the shaft cap of the 6L80E torque converter protrudes 0.945 inches while the 4L80E is
Cadillac Escalade Torque Converter and Flex Plate Issues Read More »
This week we do some final testing on our dual Soliton1’s and dual 11 inch motors before breaking down the test bench to install the motors into the Cadillac Escalade EXT. One of the issues with this vehicle is where to get the signal to serve as the “throttle” input to the Soliton1’s. Of course,
Throttle Bodies and Bottom Balancing Read More »
The news this week was sobering. Despite my caterwauling about American battery companies that arrogantly refused to sell us battery cells, and the obvious karmic infractions thereof demanding their recompense and appropriately so, there is simply no joy in Mudville over the incumbent funeral expenses incurred in the current debacle of battery companies. First to
International Battery Setbacks Read More »
This week, we were contacted by Tom Brunka of Hellwig notifying us that we had the WRONG brushes in our Jim Husted build of the twin Netgain WarP11 motors. Recall that Mr. Brunka BROUGHT DOWN THE HOUSE at EVCCON during what was supposed to be a Saturday norming dozer/sleeper session at the Electric Vehicle Conversion
A ONE, and a TWO and a THREE. Read More »
This week we continue plugging along. Not a lot of activity. Actually we spent a good part of the week packing braided straps and meters. We received a shipment of 20 meters and had a bit of a backlog to fill, so it kept me busy casting shunt bases and Brain in packing boxes. We
Again, we’re struggling to come up with a show. There just isn’t ANYTHING happening at the moment that we can find ANYWHERE. All online forums, blogs, and other EV news sources are MORIBUND. Oh, I guess Coda has shipped two cars. And Wheego has sold 36 EV’s in the past year and the company president
Electric Vehicles – Deathly Quiet Read More »
