The build has begun. The car as mentioned is a 2003 MX5 NB model which has a few nice things that earlier models don't have, like the spotlights for instance. I was looking for this car for quite a while and I came up trumps. I bought the car sight unseen from a guy in Nelson and had a great time driving it back up to Auckland.
I was almost sad to start tearing into the poor beast but the gas engine has to go to make way for nice clean electrons. I started the disassembly at the beginning of February once I knew that the motor/controller and batteries were on the way from the USA and China.
I was almost sad to start tearing into the poor beast but the gas engine has to go to make way for nice clean electrons. I started the disassembly at the beginning of February once I knew that the motor/controller and batteries were on the way from the USA and China.
The easy work of dismantling the car happens pretty quickly and then things slow down considerable while trying to overcome design issues like where to mount the battery boxes, motor mountings, electric power steering pump location and wiring, where to mount the charge when you find out it is bigger than you thought etc. etc. Check out the facebook page to follow the day to day tribulations. www.facebook.com/emotionev
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