Archive for the ‘Projects’ Category
Photo Journo: Wayland Invitational 2009
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In: EV Miata, Photo Journo, Racing
2,300 Miles Later
I have just yesterday arrived back from my great Northwest road-trip adventure- I spent two weeks in Oregon and Washington camping, staying with acquaintences, friends and relatives, meeting people, discussing electric car stuff, reading and thinking about the problems and projects in my life.
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 […]
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 […]
In: Battery Regulator, EV Miata
A Tach for the Truck
Because my principal goal with this website is to post widely appreciable and useful content… here I bring you: How to install a ’60s Jaguar tachometer in a ’68 Dodge Sweptline 1/2 Ton Pickup. Heh, all kidding aside, this is a little project I have thought about for a while, and it came together nicely. […]
In: Big Blue Truck, Little Fixes
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 […]
It Drove Today
Project FATE 300zx Back to its Old Self
That’s right folks, the Project FATE Nissan racecar fixed itself and is ready to go. Jonathan and I went to the Pick and Pull and thoroughly inspected the valvetrain construction of a 300zx there, based on that decided that the best first step to fixing ours was to let it run for a good while, […]
More Phone Hackery
As I feared, the antenna support on my phone was not destined to last, it broke completely off shortly after the last post. What I did next is best shown through pictures: The material is “JB Stick Weld” epoxy putty. So far it seems quite secure, reception is normal. I don’t want to risk breaking […]