Hey, it’s been awhile since my final replace, so I assumed I might share a number of the superb progress we’ve revamped the previous three months.
To start out with, the electrical motor and batteries are in. It’s been fairly a course of, and as you may see above the automobile drives — and appears fairly fast.
We received up to now through a collection of recent installations, additions, updates, and enhancements: The important thing put in parts embrace the electrical motor, the batteries, up to date software program, dashboard gauges, transmission, and cost port.
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Let’s begin with the Fellten motor: 440 HP of EV energy:
A greater angle from beneath reveals the scale of this monster motor relative to the chassis:
A number of the wiring connections (Orange brackets) and Cooling (Orange Tubes) able to be hooked up and put in:
Reverse view:
Fellten equipment gauges actually match the unique OE look. It’s spectacular, a mixture of analog and digital shows.
From left to proper the brand new gauges learn:
EV Battery and Motor Temperature – displays temps for the EV battery and motor/inverter. The VCU is monitoring temperatures and turning on pumps and followers to maintain issues cool. The VCU and BMS will scale back energy earlier than overheating.
EV Battery Stage Proportion – Gasoline meter: How a lot cost is left within the EV battery
Kilowatts – Throttle up! kW gauge monitor will increase in present, and braking reveals regen in motion.
Speedometer – Miles per hour
12V Battery Proportion and EV Battery Voltage – 12V battery contains regular automobile gadgets (Wipers, Radio, and so on.)
Your entire gauge cluster may be very in keeping with the unique Nineteen Eighties-era 911s.
Transmission: I needed to maintain the unique stickshift, regardless of solely having one ahead gear. So right here it’s, Park, Impartial, Reverse, and Drive:
After all, I needed to make use of the unique fuel filler because the cost port:
The most important modifications haven’t solely taken this from 210 HP to 440 HP but additionally shifted the burden distribution from the standard Porsche 39/61 entrance/rear to one thing a lot nearer to 50/50, and with a decrease middle of gravity.
Plenty of little tweaks nonetheless left to do, together with updating the suspension so the automobile can handle the additional 300 kilos of battery weight. Mapping the software program and optimizing it for this automobile can also be going to take some work, The blokes at Second Motors have been nice.
I’m wondering if I can discover some fatter rubber — particularly out again — to assist handle the additional weight and HP…
Beforehand:
Replace 2: Porsche 911 EV Conversion (February 4, 2024)
Replace: Electrifying A Basic 911 (Might 21, 2023)
Electrifying Basic Automobiles (September 4, 2022)
1983 Porsche 911SC Coupe – EV? (September 16, 2022)
1988 M491 Porsche 911 Cabrio (January 21, 2024)
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