Comments on: Do It Yourself Electric Car Motor Conversion Made Easy http://cbelectriccar.com/blog/do-it-yourself-diy/do-it-yourself-electric-car-motor-conversion-made-easy/ Electric Vehicle (EV) conversion guides review and information from the web Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:34:13 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Will http://cbelectriccar.com/blog/do-it-yourself-diy/do-it-yourself-electric-car-motor-conversion-made-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-1583 Will Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:42:54 +0000 http://cbelectriccar.com/blog/?p=538#comment-1583 Hi Larry, In regards to your question, I would suggest you get a copy of Gavin Shoebridge's Electric Conversion Made Easy e-book. He has converted his old Mitsubishi Tredia into a pure EV ==> <a href="http://www.cbelectriccar.com/diyelectriccar/index.html" rel="nofollow">Gavin Shoebridge's Electric Car Conversion Manual</a> There's not a lot of structural components you can remove from your electric donor car. You may remove some redundant components such as the radiator, gas tank, fuel line, heat shield etc. Hi Larry,

In regards to your question, I would suggest you get a copy of Gavin Shoebridge’s Electric Conversion Made Easy e-book. He has converted his old Mitsubishi Tredia into a pure EV ==> Gavin Shoebridge’s Electric Car Conversion Manual

There’s not a lot of structural components you can remove from your electric donor car. You may remove some redundant components such as the radiator, gas tank, fuel line, heat shield etc.

]]> By: Larry http://cbelectriccar.com/blog/do-it-yourself-diy/do-it-yourself-electric-car-motor-conversion-made-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-1582 Larry Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:36:19 +0000 http://cbelectriccar.com/blog/?p=538#comment-1582 Converting an existing car to an EV entails the removal of the engine (and possibly the transmission) but the adding of motor and batteries. The net weight may not vary much, but the location and distribution of that weight will be very different. Given this knowledge, do you know of specific advice on the removal of certain structural components to reduce overall weight? Thanks for your time, Converting an existing car to an EV entails the removal of the engine (and
possibly the transmission) but the adding of motor and batteries. The net
weight may not vary much, but the location and distribution of that weight
will be very different. Given this knowledge, do you know of specific
advice on the removal of certain structural components to reduce overall
weight?

Thanks for your time,

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