On Oct 22, 2014, at 11:32 PM, David Chapman via EV <[email protected]> wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone on the list had found a motor that is a good fit HP > and voltage wise (120v or so) for a bug? Would like to build something > freeway capable. VWs in general and Bugs (and Ghias) in particular make great EVs, such that there are complete kits readily available. EVWest makes and sells such kits built around the HPEVS AC-50 motor: http://www.evwest.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=40&products_id=168&osCsid=nmrirfmt2j3554kkem5mtgd0g5 EVWest and their AC-50 kits is just an example, though seemingly a rather popular one. Do your research and you may well find something better suited to your own particular needs...but start there to get an idea of what's common. In particular, many also have had great success with Netgain's WarP 9 motors, but the trend these days seems to be Netgain DC motors for racing and HPEVS AC motors for daily drivers. "Trend," mind you -- you won't have much trouble finding exceptions. In particular, AC motors are relatively new on the scene, so pretty much all older conversions use DC motors. There're also more choices available for DC motor controllers, including some that put out insane amounts of electricity, which is why you're more likely to find DC on the racetrack. But if you're not looking for raw power, AC motors have much going for them over DC motors, including regen braking and less maintenance requirements -- though, again, DC motors are so superior in terms of maintenance to gasoline engines that the minimal maintenance of DC motors may well be negligible for you. Cheers, b& -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 801 bytes Desc: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20141023/0337601b/attachment.pgp> _______________________________________________ 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)
