Archive for the ‘EV Miata’ Category
Long Overdue: EV Miata First Start Video
If you watch the site you will know that I have gotten the electric car registered, driven it in a parade, and that it is entirely functional. But before all that, I had to power it up for the first time ever. That day, I invited friends over and we took video, which is now, [...]
New Suspension- and the Solano Stroll
As I wrote before I decided to install ground control coilover kits and KYB AGX shocks onto the EV. I did just that last week. The install went quite easily, using these pages for reference.
Before:
The only thing I found a bit unclear in the above linked direcions was how to reattach the ball joint to [...]
Suspension problem- reaching a solution
I did a little more reading tonight and made up my mind on a suspension solution for the Miata- I’m going with Ground Control coilovers and KYB AGX shock absorbers. Simple enough, plenty of people have done it before. Tons of adjustability. Reading these pages about the AGXs and coilovers help reassure that this is [...]
Making progress on Loose Ends
I’ve got three big areas that need work on the car:
Overloaded suspension
Plug-n-Play chargability
Amp-hour/range remaining instrumentation
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In: Battery Regulator, EV Miata
Photo Journo: Wayland Invitational 2009
Some of the photos have clicky links to relevant pages. Mouseover to see if you get the little clicky linky hand.
Bunches more photos lie BELOW- click “Continue Reading”!
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In: EV Miata, Photo Journo, Racing
Massive update
A lot has happened since June 8th, when I wrote the last post- Let’s get all that out of the way and move move on to what’s new-
I visited ohio and drove my great-uncle Cal’s tractor on the old family farm:
The semester ended, I got good grades.
As I have hinted, I drove the car- three [...]
In: Battery Regulator, EV Miata
Zilla Coolant Redux
As I noted a while back, while I was pleased with the general concept and execution of the Nalgene water bottle as coolant reservoir, it had sprung a significant leak shortly after installation. Soon therafter the leaking increased heavily, draining approximately 1L of coolant in just a few hours. After inspection it quickly became clear [...]
How to Charge Your EV’s AGM SLA Batteries
This is a work in progress- I am working on planning how the battery regulators for the car are going to work. One key part of that process is deciding on the actual optimal charging procedure for the Optima-type AGM battery.
One often-seen charging procedure is the “three-stage charging” process. It consists of three distinct phases:
Bulk, [...]
In: Battery Regulator, EV Miata
The Home Stretch
As you can tell from the last post- I’ve driven the Miata. I worked hard Friday and all weekend to make it come together for Sunday’s drive- while I edit the video from Sunday, I’ll post up my photos of the work I did to get ready- all the final wiring and mounting/integration–
The first big [...]
It Drove Today
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