| Owner | Adam Casella | ||||||||
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| Location | Apex, North Carolina United States map | ||||||||
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| Vehicle | 1969 Plymouth Valiant 1969 Plymouth valiant 2 door post. Car was originally purchased to make into a hot rod, but then decided to hot rod in the a different direction :-). | ||||||||
| Motor | Advanced DC FB1-4001A 9in DC motor Series Wound DC seems to be reliable, has not blown up yet! :-P | ||||||||
| Drivetrain | Advanced DC FB1-4001A 9in DC motor, 20 continuous HP I believe. Attached to a mopar A-833 4 speed manual transmission. Currently has 3.23 gears in the rear(7.25 rearend). | ||||||||
| Controller | Curtis 1230 I think Whines at initial start-up, no complaints as of yet | ||||||||
| Batteries | 20 Trojan T-105, 6.00 Volt, Lead-Acid, Flooded Seems to give some of the best range/punch for there size in the wet cell area. Maybe T-125's later in the cars life...or 12 volt batteries an add a gas motor for better range (yes a parallel hybrid) | ||||||||
| System Voltage | 120 Volts | ||||||||
| Charger | Zivan Z3, I believe 230 VAC input and like 18 Amps DC out. Car charges from 80% DOD in approx 4-5 hours. | ||||||||
| Heater | blanket! Soon to be 3000 Watt ceramic heater. Two 1500 watt heaters that can be enabled/disabled independently of each other. Update, heater installed and works. Still working on wiring them in independently with independent switches. Should be easy enough, just need some time to finish | ||||||||
| DC/DC Converter | Iota NONE! update:DLS-45 Currently car uses a big 12v that is charged when the car is charged. Soon to be a DC-DC converter. Investigating model right now Update: Iota DLS-45, lights are much brighter now. 120v in 12v 45 amps out. | ||||||||
| Instrumentation | Volt and Amp meter. You can generally determine the charge left by looking at the volt meter when the circuit is open. Done by stepping off the gas and looking. However if you wait to long the voltage "recovers" and will give a false reading. You have a about a 10-20 second window before you begin to get to much of a false reading. Plenty of time to determine power left. | ||||||||
| Top Speed | 70 MPH (112 KPH) Not sure of the top speed, the fastest I have personally had the car is 65 on straight flat area. However with hills and seem to be able to keep a pace of 55-70 on the highway. I think it would top out at 70 MPH on a flat straight away. | ||||||||
| Acceleration | Could be better. I would say 0-30 in 4-6 seconds. Taller gears would help with this issue. | ||||||||
| Range | 45 Miles (72 Kilometers) At least 45 miles. Furthest I drove the car, however I think I could get 50-60 out at 80% DoD. Depends on how fast you wanted to get there. | ||||||||
| Watt Hours/Mile | no idea, seems to pull 150-200 amps continuously in the best scenario at 50-55 mph. My guess would be like 200-300 WH/mile | ||||||||
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| Seating Capacity | Seats 4 comfortably, 5 easily and 6 with some trouble. | ||||||||
| Curb Weight | 3,300 Pounds (1,499 Kilograms) I figure about 3300 pounds without the driver (maybe less, maybe more) | ||||||||
| Tires | Don't remember, but some cheap 13 inch tires (yes 13in rims, not easy to find good tires) | ||||||||
| Conversion Time | well the drive train went into the car around a year ago and then put the rest of the car together in 30 days. Yes 30 days to get the basics. However this is a never ending project with other items keep getting pinned on as time goes on. | ||||||||
| Conversion Cost | Approx 10,000....yes I know it needs paint :-P | ||||||||
| Additional Features | features...lets see features....oh I know...Manual steering, manual brakes....door locks!...umm its stops when you hit the brakes? Thats a feature... How about it requires no gas? No gas = feature :-P. No known features, pretty bare bones conversion at the moment...nice and simple, just the way I like it. Working on fitting heat into heater core box at the moment. Should be done in a weekend or three. When I start to get cold will be more of an incentive :-P. | ||||||||
| Car is great and is very reliable. Love it. Gets me from point A to B without any issues, good speed, could use a little bit better acceleration(will be fixed by steeper rear gears, maybe more batteries) Need a "Please excuse the electric car bumper sticker". Love the car other wise, gets lots of looks and people seem to love it. | |||||||||
1969 Plymouth Valiant
“Socket”
Last Updated 09-04-2009
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