K.O. SWINGER
Meeting in the alley since 1976
So much to say! But apologize for pissing on your thread carry on.
The Future Is Here, Introducing The eDart
- Thread starter Car Nut
- Start date
-
Very old technology...
The basic problem was this: an electric motor requires electric power that has to come from batteries. In 2008/2009, I figured I needed to buy lead acid batteries because that was pretty much all that was in my budget. Lithium was out of the question.
Oh geez and a freaking cowl induction hood to boot!
It's a Nova.
K.O. SWINGER
Meeting in the alley since 1976
Okay I feel a lot better now thank you !!
JDMopar
Well-Known Member
Oh geez and a freaking cowl induction hood to boot!
So...I'm guessing you won't be changing your name to "Edartfreak75" anytime soon?
Dartsun
Mopar Dude
I’d be embarrassed if I opened the hood or trunk of my dart and saw that.
I am stranded! MY flux capasator burned up! Some send an electric tow truck!???
dartfreak75
Restore it, Dont part it!
Light cars with manual transmissions like A bodies are the perfect candidates. I would have ZERO issue with such a swap and might initiate it if the technology was there. It's not. Who wants to add a half ton of batteries? Nuthin doin, Paco.
Yunick13
2 Time FABO NASCAR champ 2023 FABO NHRA champ
I'm not sold on the whole electric thing. I think hybrid electric would be the way to go until we have an infrastructure that can support an electric society. If the old world wants to mandate it, that's their problem. Our nation is too vast, and built around gasoline, to just drop the ball and switch to electric. That might be the pipe dream of a fes corrupt politicians, but I don't see the nation as a whole switching over entirely at the drop of a hat. There'd have to be some major calamity for it to happen.
Guys, every single one of you missed possibly the most important thing about that article.
IT WAS WRITTEN IN 2012
You could have a much more powerful car AND a longer range if you did this conversion with modern motors and batteries.
Like this
jos51700
Green Bearing thread connoisseur
100 mile range?
I've already seen most of the stuff within 50 miles of where I live, and by the time I blimp up after sitting in restaraunts waiting for the damn thing to recharge, it won't have enough motorvation to haul my fat *** anywhere.
If I want to travel green, I'll walk or ride a bike.
How come they don't list the charge times?
Edit, just saw that the article is from 2012. I wonder if he's still zipping around on the original battery pack, if he's still zipping around at all.
I've already seen most of the stuff within 50 miles of where I live, and by the time I blimp up after sitting in restaraunts waiting for the damn thing to recharge, it won't have enough motorvation to haul my fat *** anywhere.
If I want to travel green, I'll walk or ride a bike.
How come they don't list the charge times?
Edit, just saw that the article is from 2012. I wonder if he's still zipping around on the original battery pack, if he's still zipping around at all.
thesiren74
Well-Known Member
90 mph and 100 mile range? How much do the batteries weigh? It's for sure a good conversation starter but not very practical. If they could package it like an engine and have much smaller more powerful batteries it would be cool.
Again, did you see the damn date on the article?
Ten years ago when he built that car it was great. Now not so much.
But with a Tesla motor and batteries you could probably almost double the speed and the range now.
So yeah, if you built that car right now it would be all of those things. Just look at the Satellite build I linked on YouTube.
A well done Tesla conversion would outrun most of the cars on this board. I understand the nostalgia of the internal combustion engine, but if you can’t appreciate the performance the electric cars can provide now you’re not much of a hot rodder. I’d convert to a steam engine if there was enough performance.
Guys poo-poo electric because they don’t understand it and/or are too lazy to learn it. The conversions are already being done. And at a level that will make the end result perform as well or better than a lot of classics out there. I’m not ready to convert mine just yet, but I definitely wouldn’t say I’d never do it.
How many guys on this board are still running the same engine build they were running in 2012?
dartfreak75
Restore it, Dont part it!
I never said that they wouldn't! I know they will I even said I like tesla. I find them very intriguing and cool id love to own one. But imo I just don't believe a electric powered engine or motor or whatever you want to call it belongs in a classic car! That's just my opinion. I also don't believe ls engines belong in mopars along with cowl induction hoods and black engine bays lol
Ddaddy
I'm changing the World... one pixel at a time!
Ok, but you have expressed that opinion half a dozen times already.
Why does it bother you so much that you can’t just say it once and walk away?
dartfreak75
Restore it, Dont part it!
Because my opinion was misconstrued by his comment. But sorry I won't comment my opinions anymore! Walking away I am ole great one!
I like it. It’s innovative and thinks outside the box.
Missed point or not, (and I didn't miss it) until an electric car can charge AND run on a VERY OVERCAST day and drive ALL NIGHT on a charge with ALL accessories operating, we ain't there yet. And we ain't. Maybe one day. But not today. Not in any of our lifetimes, I believe.
MOPAROFFICIAL
Oogliboogli
Cant wait to run them off the road and watch the occupants melt in battery acid fire... then show up to the funeral to piss on their grave..and then bang their wives & sisters yeshhhhhh
Haha
Cant wait to run them off the road and watch the occupants melt in battery acid fire... then show up to the funeral to piss on their grave..and then bang their wives & sisters yeshhhhhh
Haha
You just ain't right. Did you have a head injury as a child? lol
I can’t wait to see a gas powered engine start without a battery.Cant wait to run them off the road and watch the occupants melt in battery acid fire... then show up to the funeral to piss on their grave..and then bang their wives & sisters yeshhhhhh
Haha
pishta
I know I'm right....
Why? That CRX HF got 50 MPG as it sits! Lipo sure got the battery weight down. You can buy a refurbished Prius battery for $600 now. I wonder what range you could get on that towing a diesel generator!
MOPAROFFICIAL
Oogliboogli
Living under a rock are you? ;)
Its called a clutch =push start.
Early torque flight trans with rear pump will push start as well
-
