Porsche 914 EV Conversion

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

EVParts.com sells it as a DC-DC converter for many of their electric vehicle conversion kits. It cost me $130+shipping and is spec'ed to put out 45 amps, which should be very adequate for running all the 12V accessories in the car. The LED bulbs require a modification to the flasher circuit due the greatly reduced load.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

FEBRUARY 9, 2008

One of the annoying behaviors of the motor system in my AC 914 kit is that the default DMOC445 parameters causes the acceleration and braking to have oscillations. I've started an 914 Electric Conversion Wiki at the URL below. Please contribute to the Wiki as you can. link] Thanks to everyone for their support on this project.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 4, 2022

It may be aero as all hell – a super-slippery 0.21cd in fact – but is it pretty? Spy the back end at the wrong angle and it could be the lovechild of a Porsche 993 and Ford AU Falcon. Our comparison group test featuring all of the above can be found here. Maybe it doesn’t really matter. Distinctive.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

APRIL 13, 2007

One mistake I made was to not push the centering tool all the way in, so the clutch was off-center by a few millimeters. After realizing this, I loosened the six clutch bolts, pushed the tool all the way in (as shown in the picture) and tightened downt the bolts to 18 ft/lbs. Here's the motor on the furniture dolly ready for insertion.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

JULY 5, 2007

I've already added the 3-hole cap-plug provided in the kit. Note the dual wrap of masking tape and red electrical tape called for in the instructions. After cutting all the tape that bound the engine compartment cables together, I slid on the three-hole cap-plug from the kit and bonded it in place with silicone sealant.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 23, 2022

—highlights the small-but-growing phenomenon of people converting fossil-fueled cars to run on electricity. It’s also a plug-in twist on the hottest thing in car customization: “ restomods ,” which update classics with modern power trains, suspensions, and creature comforts, all hidden under their vintage skins. Automotive Design.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

MAY 11, 2007

I received a package from Azure Dynamics yesterday with a field upgrade to the bolts on the AC24 motor for the EV kit. Apparently, the nylon washers weren't good enough to hold the bolts in under all conditions and some of them may get loose. Update: DOH!

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

APRIL 22, 2007

After studying the AC kit diagrams and reading the motor controller documentation from Azure Dynamics, I think I understand a little better what all these relays and terminal strips are for. Randy, another 914 EV AC kit customer is going to send me a few sketches so I can move things around, if necessary.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 15, 2009

Chevrolet S-10 :Brian has a new and very nice conversion. Chevrolet S-10 :Jim Coates very clean conversion Chevrolet S-10 :Mark Brueggemanns neat project, and more. Comutacar : Scott HullsC-cars and upgrades DaihatsuFellow Van : Interesting Japanese conversion. FordExpress : Svein Medhus has the first EV conversion in Norway.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

AUGUST 1, 2007

In other words: READ THE FRIGGIN MANUAL (RTFM) and understand all the graphs The car was still rather difficult to drive with the regenerative braking happening when I released the accelerator. In the original kit instructions, the regen relay turns on the brake lights when the AC controller is in regen mode.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

MARCH 1, 2008

I contacted Ken Hall at PakTrakr.com and he suggested adding EMI suppression cores to the links between the "remote" units to cut down on electrical noise. On a slightly non-914ev related note, I'm going to be running for a co-chair position within the Oregon Electric Vehicle Association. We'll see what this year has in store.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

AUGUST 24, 2007

Since the DC-DC converter was blown and I didn't want to deal with it, I focussed on some other electrical problems I'd been having. 7 in the kit instructions), through a bolt connecting the large red wires, and then back to the ignition switch. These didn't seem to work at all, or only intermittently.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

APRIL 21, 2007

With the motor/transmission bolted into the chassis and all the mechanical shafts/cables attached, I'm starting the wiring. The fifth wire called for in the AC kit instructions is supposed to be black with a yellow stripe for the rear brake lights. The black wire is the 12V switched line from the ignition.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

MAY 5, 2007

One of the other 914 kit converters questioned why the accessory battery couldn't stay in the original tray, but I decided to remove it anyway and have the accessory battery up in the front trunk near the DC/DC converter. I wanted to test to see if the 12V electrical system still worked. The hoses were leaky and the system didn't work.

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Get Electric Vehicle

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Here is a collection of the project ideas related to the electric vehicle. We have published a video “ Top 75 electric vehicle related project ideas ” on our YouTube channel “ Get Electric Vehicle ” Now, here is a collection of the comments and responses to those comments in that video.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 8, 2022

By the age of 12 he had moved on to electronics, building things with parts ordered from an Allied Radio Catalog, a shortwave radio kit, and surplus relays and motors salvaged from the garbage at his father’s employer, General Railway Signal Co., Given Intel’s advanced MOS process, all these, he felt, could fit on a single chip.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

MARCH 16, 2007

This week has been a whirlwind and I haven't caught up on sharing all the pictures. Since this kit is the 914 AC kit, I have no idea how to install the controller plate. I've contacted Randy Pollock, the first person to order a 914 AC kit and he and I are working to figure this out.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

APRIL 27, 2007

Today, I installed the last kit piece that I have from Electro Automotive: the motor controller wiring harness. The wiring harness again from inside the engine compartment before crimping on all the connectors. Here's the harness plugged into the controller and fed through the two-inch computer grommet from the last blog entry.

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