My friend Kevin and I are crossing British Columbia looking for races. Were travelling in my 1966 Ford Econoline Van that I have converted to electric using Nissan Leaf parts. In total we will travel over 2000km in the Econoleaf.
Follow our adventure on YouTube!
Hello again! 2 posts today!
I dont think I shared this one with you all yet. My version of a Bosch Powerpack 500 repair. I swapped in an aftermarket bms and we wiried it to work on a friends bike. Never to be mounted to a Bosch bike again! moahhahaha....
garage sale battery cheap bms to...
Here is a few videos I made of the electric board I built about 3 years back. Ive been riding it regularly and its great! Its very fast and climbs super well. Top speed of just over 60km/h.
Its built from a Landyachtz R5 model. I still had the jigs so I built one last board for myself. And...
I helped a friend build this about 5 years ago. it has LOTS of hard miles since then. excellent kids first dirt bike. We found the silent ebike was not at all threatening to the kids learning to ride. all kids were comfortable with this bike. the worst crashes so far have all been adult...
top speed should be about 160km/h.... however, about 120km/h is as fast so far...... old van..........
i do have g-tek performance tests done. ill youtube them soon.
shnitzel
Hello all,
I have finished up the BionX rebuild. it is working great and daily driving now. I wussed out and went sensorless in the end. But im happy with the result.
I made a short video series of the build. Hope you enjoy...
hello again endless sphere!
i have my van fully functional now. even the charger!!! so ive insured it and have been running it around town today. now its charging in me driveway!!!! whooopeee!
i pulled the thunderstruck and replaced it with the resolve-ev vcm. this got the charger...
Hello again,
I recently helped my friend Travis put together this conversion. He really wanted to make everything as hidden as possible. He did some leather work to conceal the controller. we custom built a battery and bms to fit in a beer growler.
14s4p 10ah battery custom spot welded...
ive been working on this bionx motor. i completely disassembled it and rewired it.
while doing so i had to remove the ring of magnets. i epoxy'd it back in and sealed it up upon reassembly.
however, i did not pay attention to the top / bottom of the magnet ring and it could possibly be in...
A friend asked me for help with this BionX motor and system.
it appears the controller and bms need to talk to each other. so i removed the stock electronics and we are converting it to a grin controller, cycle annalist and new bms.
Im making little videos to try and share some knowledge...
Here is another little video of the wagon. Hoodie drives it all over the yard. Gives ya a good idea of its capabilities.
hope you enjoy!
shnitzel
https://youtu.be/v2Z8c8B_Bg0
Here is a little video of a recent build. my friend hoodie stayed in the basement for a workcation and we modified this while he was here.
it has a motor from a street style scooter. lipo pack. 40amp controller. LOTS of TORQUE!
most the details i take care of in the video.
hope you enjoy...
I took it out for a quick tour today. So here is another video to share with you! NO GAS!!!!! Electric van drives to gas station for no reason...... ha ha ha ha ha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB5qcjMVSzY&t=5s
shnitzel