Steps inconverting gas powered 76 vette to electric powered?

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Steps inconverting gas powered 76 vette to electric powered?

Answer 1

u r nuts and evil to wreck a vette

Answer 2

Note that in converting something like a 76 Vette you're going to have a great deal of difficulty finding enough space for batteries.

Most people fill a pretty large trunk with them.

Answer 3

- take out the gasoline engine

- get a DC motor that can mate to your transmission (or replace your transmission with one that can mate to the DC motor)

- get a battery array to power your DC motor - you will need to ADD voltages in series and have enough batteries in parrallel to drive enough current for your DC motor to operate at practical speeds

- connect the ignition switch to your DC motor switch input

- mount some way to recharge your battery array (will need an AC to DC converter and a transformer for this)

For instance:

say you get a 48V DC 550 Amp motor, and you are using a battery array of Lithium Ion 3.7V 1 Amp*Hour batteries - you will need to supply 550 Amps, so you will need 550 batteries in parrallel (550 columns of batteries) 48V/3.7V = 13 in series (13 rows of batteries). In total, you would need 13*550 = 7150 lithium ion batteries. Also, you will probably need some controller for your 48V DC 550 Amp motor, but it will also have to mate with your motor, so it should be picked out with compatability in mind.

For recharging, you will need VAC conversion to 48V. I suggest this is done by taking your 220VAC (i.e. used for your washing machine) from your garage and sending that to a 220VAC to DC converter, which you can likely find for 48V directly or you can find one for 12V, say, and use a 1:4 transformer that will step that 12V up to 48V.

Answer 4

Sacrilege.

Answer 5

I saw an 1970 OPEL-GT used a starter from GOV. surplus F-4 PHANTOM jet , topped out at a hundred + .Had the trunk packed with battery's . Use the same starter , but with one of the newer litho 36 volt battery's. Used an adapter and set it in right where the engine sits , bolted right up to the trans. Hook an alternator up to the drive shaft, with a 36 volt diode, and trickle charge the system while you drive. Look in old issues of popular science magazine, possibly popular mechanics. It did wicked burnouts ! Have a MERRY X-MAS from Mr.NICKO & CATWOMEN  HO!HO!HO!

Answer 6

Money and lots of it!

Answer 7

so I would

1) take out the motor, transmission, exhaust, and cooling system.  

2) make a lithium ion battery pack to go where all that stuff used to be.  

3) take out the gas tank, drive shaft and rear axel. add a wheel motor to each wheel from this link:  http://www.tm4.com/eng/tm4transport/moto...

they have over 100 peak hp, so that's 400 hp all together with full time 4wd and extremely sophisticated traction control and breaking/generating. and still have better efficiency then the smallest little 4 banger when you want it.  

4) wire in some electronics to make it all work