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Front Mount Controller Cooler

Its not as beasty as a FMIC, but I had to position it up front to keep the evo look. This is a radiator for a Yamaha UTV made by Mishimoto.

 

How cute. People who know what an Evo is will be baffled by yours.

 

amazing! cant wait to see her tear it up!

 

So strange to see the firewall thru the grill and know that there is a motor in there. LOL

 

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.

 

First Drive Test Approaching

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.

 

Metal shavings everywhere
Bracket construction in full swing.


Cutting angle iron for FMCC bracket.





A sundry lot of AN fittings for the cooling system. I removed the Mishimoto 'M' from the radiator core, looks better IMO.





Weld in AN fitting for feed and return lines.

 

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.

 

That controller looked a lot smaller in other pics... I imagined it being little. Now seeing it in the bay really messed with my eyes. LMAO

 

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.

 

But where does the turbo go?

 

I'm thinking like this