Do You Need A Clutch For DIY Electric Car?
Clutch Or No Clutch?
Do you need a clutch for a DIY electric car conversion? Some people would prefer a clutch system on the EV to shift gears on the go. In fact, when you are driving a homemade electric car, you can just leave it in 2nd or 3rd gear. All you have to do is shift it into gear, press on the accelerator pedal and off you go.
Just to show you a DIY electric car does not need a clutch, the video below shows good old Gavin Shoebridge removes (grid off) the whole clutch pedal of his Mitsubishi Tredia electric donor car.
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Preparing The Electric Donor Car – Gavin Shoebridge Style
One way of saving money on a Do It Yourself (DIY) electric car conversion is to get an old gasoline driven car as the project donor vehicle. No doubt an old and busted car is cheap, but it comes with a few extra. Usually you will get a “rust” paint job and extra holes on the body for ventilation.
These are minor wear and tear of an old car. It can be fixed quite easily. Just buy some car body filler, cover the holes, sand it down and spray paint. For rust, just use a sand paper to smoothen it up and paint it over.
There are a lot to be done of an electric car conversion donor vehicle. The cost can be kept down. All you need is some time and a little elbow grease. Check out how Gavin Shoebridge of New Zealand prepares his Mitsubishi Tredia donor car for his DIY electric car conversion.
Electric Car New Zealand – Taking Things Out
Taking Parts Out Manually
Here a follow up video on Gavin Shoebridge electric car conversion project in New Zealand. This is where Gavin manually removes all the redundant car parts in an old gasoline driven Mitsubishi “Treadia”.
Since Gavin is building a pure electric car, the following bits and pieces are not needed.
There was a big surprise and the end of the video about the gear box…check it out. If you are looking for more information on DIY electric car conversion in New Zealand, check out Gavin EV Conversion website.
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