Arlo's CRX-E Its almost a shifter kart

[Arlo1]

Made a little progress

[neptronix]

Is this what you're going for?

[Arlo1]

Is this what you're going for?

LOL close but a little bit faster.

[AussieJester]

:wink: Made a little progress

Oh for the love of god Arl01 WTF dude ...i know your into
frocks and such but jeez Other drivers will at least see you coming
thats for sure hahaha...

KiM

[Arlo1]

:wink: Made a little progress

Oh for the love of god Arl01 WTF dude ...i know your into
frocks and such but jeez Other drivers will at least see you coming
thats for sure hahaha...

KiM

LOL yup my gf is going to drive it for now. BUT as I get the shit together what a better way to get attention for the sponcers then with a car that stands out a touch more then normal

[fizzit]

That's gonna be amazing! I thought I wasn't gonna buy a car, but after reading this, and seeing on craigslist how cheap these CRX's go for, I'm interested...
What do you think you're gonna do for batteries?

[AussieJester]

cheap cars are cheap for a good reason
They usually require alot of work and money
To make them safe and reliable, ok if your a qualified
Mechanic like Arl01 you can do the work yourself
If you can't your often buying someone elses
Problems they didn't have the $$$ to get repaired.


Smart thinking on the colour from the sponsor
Stand point Arl01

KiM

[dnmun]

the older honda civics with the EW1 engine regularly blow the head gasket. so look for the older models too. i have an '84 CRX hf, serial #721, it weighs less than 1700 lbs. the later models, from '88 on are heavier.

[etard]

4wd sounds like a HUGE undertaking, especially a motor for each wheel. Why not start out simple rear wheel drive and if you find it overpowering the tires add bigger ones, then if you find the tires wont be enough, then start thinking 4wd. Or how about a hybrid with front ICE and rear electric? That sounds much more realistic to me.

Besides, don't you have some chargers to be poking about on?

And don't pay any attention to AJ, pink is the new black. However, your girl may be catching much attention from the opposite sex in such a flashy ride ( and so will you ).

[Arlo1]

The plan will be to do this in steps. Step one get it on the road and save money to buy/build all the stuff for the rear wheels to be converted then convert the rear wheels and make them work with a small amount of batteries making it a hybrid at first then as the price comes down the engine will be about done and pull it to convert the front wheels to electric and this way I can learn what works with the rear wheels and aply it to the front. I live in canada and LOVE to race/play on frozen ground/lakes and its just plain handy during the freek snow storms to have AWD. As well with electric motors I think its going to be easier to build and control 4 rather then build and controler one 4 times as powerfull. Remeber I dont want your day/day conversion I want something stupid fast!

Another thing I look at is how much easier it is to run small brushless motors then big brushless motors. If I can get 4 motors running though 1 stage reduction each to a cv shaft each then to each wheel on thier own I think it will be the ultimate.

[Arlo1]

Oh and we went and got insurance today and had them change the color on the registration but the goernment computers for ICBC wont alow them to choose pink we got to choose from red,purple,or orange I showed the ins dude the pic on my phone and he choose purple lol. Yup aweosome when I out run the cops they will report a pink crx and they will search it in their computers and non will show up.

[Arlo1]

OK so its on the road as a gas burning PITA for now. But this is the future plans with out the ICE I do live in canada!

[Doctorbass]

put two 18 inch SPL woofer + 20kW amp i any car and you'll have rattle in less than one week ... alot in CRX!!,... but crazy SPL !!

[Arlo1]

put two 18 inch SPL woofer + 20kW amp i any car and you'll have rattle in less than one week ... alot in CRX!!,... but crazy SPL !!

Lol yeh now that we are driving it there is a couple rattles but they are easy to fix the metal rods in the doors for the lock and open mechanisms are on of them so some foam or rubber hose wrapped around them and the hatch has one too. But I wont fix them just yet because as I was teaching my girlfriend how to drive manual last night, I was trying to explain for hill starts let the clutch out till the rpm lowers just a bit then hold the clutch at that position and remove your foot from the brake and place it on the gas then work the gas a clutch. She is french and didn't like having to understand rpm lol so when she got a good hill start a couple times she said all excited "see all you had to tell me was listen for the rattle" (it will rattle when the clutch starts to engage and the engine rpm lowers).

But as for rattles how much vibration are we going to have with no ICE?

[fizzit]

Are you gonna get some lower/stiffer springs for it?
I just realized that with an independent motor and controller for each wheel, you could do tank steering... might be kinda fun on ice

[Arlo1]

Are you gonna get some lower/stiffer springs for it?
I just realized that with an independent motor and controller for each wheel, you could do tank steering... might be kinda fun on ice

It has lowering springs and it doesnt ride to bad but I will get adjustable coil overs eventualy. Tank sterring lol How about makeing all the wheels spin one at a time to warm them up or spin all 4 in different directions!

[fizzit]

Have you made any progress on this build? We ended up buying a 96 del sol. It's a little heavier but there's plenty of trunk room for batteries

[Arlo1]

Yup its on the road burning gas as I research motor and controller technology

[dnmun]

what if you could swap out the toyota synergy drive for the honda engine and tranny, maybe unbolt the entire engine subframe and find a prius swap from a wreck and make it fit the bolt pattern on the frame, maybe welded to the honda subframe parts. then build it up on lithium with a plug in hybrid conversion. it would be so retro forward. but using gas while gas is cheap is a good argument imo.

[pelle242]

Might look into using the honda insight brushless motors. They are about $200 on ebay and about 20hp. They sit right on the crankshaft so it does not have its own axle but that might not be a bad thing for a in wheel setup. There was a thread on one of the rc forums with pics.

[Arlo1]

It. Will not be in wheel motors. They will be gear reduced then hooked to a cv shaft so the unsprung weight is low and the gear reduction increases hp!

[Hillhater]

It. Will not be in wheel motors. They will be gear reduced then hooked to a cv shaft so the unsprung weight is low and the gear reduction increases hp!

Thats a neat trick...using gears to increase hp !
..if you can do that..you will be a very rich man !

[Arlo1]

It. Will not be in wheel motors. They will be gear reduced then hooked to a cv shaft so the unsprung weight is low and the gear reduction increases hp!

Thats a neat trick...using gears to increase hp !
..if you can do that..you will be a very rich man !

LOL sorry I meant by gearing it down I can up the rpm of the motor to increase HP. Every electric motor has saturation points for a given rpm and with a wheel spinning ~1500-2000 rpm I will want to gear reduce the motor so it spins at a higher rpm the higher the rpm the more HP you can make from the motor (until you hit rpm limits of the motor.) I am looking at finding prices for the Rimac motors they spin at 13,500 rpm (I belive it is.)