Well, it looks like things are calming down for me so I’m hopefully getting ready to get the EV back on the road.
The main change that I am planning on making to the EV is that I will be replacing the transmission with a b-series transmission from a ‘92 Acura Integra. This will make it possible for me to find a much stronger clutch and possible a limited slip differential. The ‘87 transmission was just too old and there aren’t many cars with that transmission making a lot of power so the clutch offerings for it were pretty slim. I probably could have gotten a multi thousand dollar clutch for it if I wanted but with the B series trannsmission I can get a pretty stout clutch for much less.
I’m also going to be rearranging everything under the hood. The controller was towards the middle of the engine bay before and I have decided that I would rather have it as far back as possible to keep it away from the weather. I’m also going to try to finally make the wiring nice and neat since it was a bit of a rat’s nest before.
So, now I have wait for the transmission to arrive, then I have to get a new adapter plate made to attach the motor and get some motor/transmission mounts to put the new transmission in the car. Conveniently there are a few off the shelf motor mounts for that transmission/engine combo since people have been sticking the more powerful b-series motors in that car for quite a while.