Monday, July 20, 2020

Fiesta Build

A few years back I adopted this 1980 Mk1 Fiesta US Spec, German made
.

Specs:
Motor/Control
8" ADC DC 203-06-4001 series wound motor
http://www.evmotors.com.au/products/8inch.html
Stock transmission
Spark EV inverter configured for DC (400V 1200A)

Batteries
Fiat 500e cells. 64ahr 30S2P
Orion BMS
Blue Seas contactor
Impact sensor shutoff
Three phase breaker configured as branch switch
Same Fiat 64Ahr cell for chassis 3S
No DC-DC

Monitoring
Torque App on tablet
Bluetooth OBD2

Motor Torque Curve


Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Leaf Charger Control

Draft for any knowledge I find regarding the control of the Leaf charger. Would be awesome to have my Orion BMS control it.

More links

https://mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?t=30915&start=40

https://www.electricboxster.com/components

https://www.diyelectriccar.com/threads/nissan-leaf-bms-charger-with-p-s-conversion.201049/


Sunday, July 12, 2020

Mk1 Fiesta Tires

Quick little post about non-US tire sizes. The 1980 Fiesta came with a tire diameter of 21". After talking to Discount and Schwab, neither of them offered a 165/55r14 tire with the same OD as the original 12" steelies that came with the car. I was able to find a set on Amazon that actually worked out well.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00OYM5NLG/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_5?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

The other idea was to band the original 12" steel wheels

https://youtu.be/CKdbQoPKAZo

https://youtu.be/Bd6VAqnqaBA

And mount some DOT cart tires.

https://m.buggiesunlimited.com/product.asp?sku=40280&gclid=Cj0KCQjwo6D4BRDgARIsAA6uN1-xQjdj-HkPLSO9mZKNMII6TUBx_IiyeVWK1_Nm2JXLJsMBDvkWUPUaAk9bEALw_wcB