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CLEAN
air is important to me. Given that this was a smoker's vehicle once, I decided to remove the HVAC motor unit and air handler apparatus for inspection and a thorough cleaning. Removing the plastic mass resulted in 16 lbs of weight savings, although I intend to reinstall it later this year.
Here is the to-do list before a drive-way test is possible. The driveway test will be a simple ordeal, but hugely significant. It will confirm the functionality (albeit at low speed) of several used parts: gear box, motor controller, rear diff, hall effect pedal assembly, etc.
Beginning fabrication of a very simple, yet sturdy mount. I will replace the hose barbs with -6 AN fittings for the coolant plate. It is entirely unnecessary, but I think AN coolant lines will look cleaner.
Last edited by electron bom; May 16, 2016 at 10:01 AM.
Controller Mount Simultaneous construction of controller mount with the intent of minimizing clean up time.
A hodgepodge of aluminum and iron brackets held together by M6 bolts with locking nuts and generous applications of JB weld. The bracket is about 1/2 done and will have 4 points of contact and a total of 7 bolts anchoring it to the engine bay. I'm thinking it might deserve a nice wrinkle black finish once complete.
This design should give me a short route from the controller to the motor terminals, thus reducing length and consequently the resistance of the motor cables.
It's LxWxH in inches is 9x7x4.5 and its the smaller of the two controllers made by Manzanita. It's big brother will handle 2000 amps and is only about 6" longer. I find it amazing that this little green box weighing 15lbs will handle 470hp.
Weren't you planning on putting a second motor in the engine bay still? To me it looks like the controller would get in the way of mounting another motor on top of the first one. Have you done dimensional checks on that yet?
Yes, a second motor is in the future. Maybe its the angle of the pics, but the controller mount is positioned in front of the gearbox and will not interfere with a second motor. When the second motor goes in, it will sit about 2"-3" directly above the current motor.
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May 16, 2016, 09:35 AM
