Sunday, April 29, 2007

UPDATE: April 29, 2007


Before I pull the gas motor, I want to make sure it runs OK, as I plan on selling it. We took it for a short spin ... runs strong!


Because the car has been previously lowered - and I want to keep it that way - it will be necessary to have new springs wound to compensate the added weight of the batteries. One of the parameters the spring winding company will need is the current individual wheel weights. I bought a rather expensive piece of equipment that the race car folks use to "tune" their cars. It weighs each wheel individually. I'll keep the weighing equipment until I finish the car and then sell it on eBay. (I'll need to re-weight the car after all the electrical equipment and batteries are installed, so as to determine how the new springs will be wound.)

This is what the weights are as the car now sits.

Saturday, April 28, 2007

POWERHOUSE


The new electric motor has finally arrived. Soon (after we get the pool room conversion "pretty well" completed, I'll start putting some serious time in on the conversion. Watch for frequent pictures and progress reports.

Friday, April 06, 2007

UPDATE: April 6, 2007

The parts required for the conversion are finally rolling in. It was like "pulling teeth" to start the flow.

I expect to start the actual conversion within a week.
Stay Tuned!