Owner | Gary Bartz | ||||
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Location | Joplin, Missouri United States map | ||||
Vehicle | 1981 Volkswagen Rabbit Originally built converted by Southcoast Technologies. Bought by Eagle Picher but was never used except as a parts car. Previous owner had it for 6 years but never had time to restore. After 6 years he sold it to me. | ||||
Motor | Siemens 1GV1 Shunt Wound DC 17 KW (23 HP) @ 130 V and 150 A | ||||
Drivetrain | 4 speed original VW manual transmission | ||||
Controller | EHV Systems EHV-1 Full voltage applied to armature all the time. Field current is limited to 10 amps. It is PWM which causes the armature to draw more current increasing the motor rpm's | ||||
Batteries | 20 Energizer GC-2, 6.00 Volt, Lead-Acid, Flooded These batteries are built by Johnson Controls and sold by Sam's club | ||||
Charger | GPD-1 Built by American Monarch | ||||
Heater | none yet Air conditioning is a coleman refrigerated cooler with 15 water bottles frozen each evening. I keep the refrigerator running off a 12 volt power supply at work during the day and then run a small 12 volt blower to cool the inside of the car on the way home in the evening. Gets to about 84 degrees inside the car by the time I get home on 100 degree day. | ||||
DC/DC Converter | Chinese EBay special 120volt to 13.8 volt DC/DC 30 charging capability. | ||||
Instrumentation | Dakota Digital | ||||
Top Speed | 65 MPH (104 KPH) In theory | ||||
Acceleration | Pretty good. Better than my 2.5 liter Subaru. | ||||
Range | 40 Miles (64 Kilometers) | ||||
Watt Hours/Mile | 324 Wh/Mile Averaging 54ah on 20 mile round trip to and from work. | ||||
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Seating Capacity | 2 adults | ||||
Curb Weight | 3,200 Pounds (1,454 Kilograms) Have not weighed it yet but based on other SCT conversions | ||||
Conversion Time | 4 months | ||||
Conversion Cost | $2000 for car $1600 for batteries $250 for charger $120 for DC/DC converter $250 for miscellaneous parts | ||||
Additional Features | This car is basically a 30 year old stored vehicle. After cleaning off all of the dust and grime from 30 years of storage, this car is basically a brand new vehicle. I know that it never had any run time as the rear inner wheel bearing was never installed although the seal was there. When I went for it's maiden voyage the grinding was the first clue that there was an issue. Rear brakes had no wear and had never been adjusted. Also it was obvious that there had never been a front end alignment done to this car. It also drives like a new car. |