On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 6:58 PM, [email protected] via EV < [email protected]> wrote:
> > A few years ago I decided to convert my '98 VW Cabrio to electric. At the > time, > a Warp 9 motor and Zilla 1K controller seemed to make a lot of sense, and > are > probably one of the best combinations today for a DC conversion. > Since I've now put 90k miles on the car as an ICE (after buying it cheaply > because the previous owner thought it needed an engine) and a few years > have > gone by, I'm wondering if a DC conversion still makes sense. > > I know Curtis makes an AC kit that's designed for similar applications as > the 9 > inch DC motors. Any opinions on it, or other AC options? > Any idea of the resale value of an unused Zilla 1K LV and Warp 9 motor? > > At least lithium batteries are a lot cheaper than when I first thought > about > doing this! > > Bill In your position I think I'd be inclined to stick with the DC system you have. (I have no AC experience to compare with.) I do like the idea of complete silence and the regen braking you get with AC. But the noise from DC brushes is minor. And you will have WAY more torque available from rest with the Z1k. As for regen, the efficiency improvement you get over DC will vary with the kind of terrain you're in. Typically the improvement is small, because you just don't spend that much time braking. What many people miss though, is that coasting without regen can be its own efficiency improvement. Learn to make use of coasting and you can probably match the range improvement of regen. It's kind of like riding two-stroke vs. four-stroke motorcycles. Two-strokes have very little compression braking. They require a different technique. Not difficult, just different. Chris -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140811/81570b3e/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
