ICE cars made into an EV

[boyfrom64]

If you could click your fingers and make an internal combustion engine car into a battery powered version of the car, what car would you choose?

For a starter I'll go. I would like to see a MX5 made into an EV.

 

[salty]

My last car, a Mercedes E class coupe.
Gorgeous looking motor. Pretty much perfect. But I wanted an EV. So put the IM5 performance gubbins into the Merc. It would be a fantastic motor.

 

[Giller]

There can be only one, BMW 2002 tii, although I’d miss the Kuglefisher

 

[salty]

There can be only one, BMW 2002 tii, although I’d miss the Kuglefisher

You been watching Wheeler Dealers. They did one of those on there. With the Kugle thingy.

 

[Giller]

There can be only one, BMW 2002 tii, although I’d miss the Kuglefisher

Was so fortunate to have one for 4 odd years untill our first born arrived, those were the days of Silver Cross prams, none of these modern baby buggies so it had go, put it on the Belfast Telegraph cars for sale listing, phone rang red hot. I should have worked it out, but hey ho…

 

[Giller]

You been watching Wheeler Dealers. They did one of those on there. With the Kugle thingy.

Nah had one Kugle thingy was effectively the first fuel injection system.

 

[Giller]

Nah had one Kugle thingy was effectively the first fuel injection system.

Oh and it was mental

 

[T1 Terry]

If you could click your fingers and make an internal combustion engine car into a battery powered version of the car, what car would you choose?

For a starter I'll go. I would like to see a MX5 made into an EV.

@Coulomb built one with another member of the AEVA forum and a lot of assistance from a 3rd, a very neat conversion, but what would you expect from such a talented group.

My choices are:

• my much loved '74 VW Kombi that I bought my first MG4 to use for the conversion,
• a 2001 Mercedes C240E I bought for $1,200 with a knocking engine and panel damage up the lefthand side
• an XF Jaguar that I thought would be a quick flip, until they lost the keyfob between the salvage yards and the carrier
• our 2002 Winnebago Explorer A Class motorhome with a V10 6.8 ltr petrol engine that thinks I own an oil company.

As a donor:

• a Lexus 450h, earmarked for the motorhome at the moment, unless I find an alternative
• a gen 2 Prius with mega milage on the clock, maybe into the Kombi
• an MG4 64, maybe into the Mercedes, or the Lexus gear if I find a different motor for the motorhome

I also have a Blade Electron Ver. 5, a 2010 conversion of a Hyundai Getz by a mob that tried to set up an electric vehicle business at around that time ..... it needs batteries and a lot of wiring sorting .... all from scratch, 54 were built and no two are the same wiring configuration....

T1 Terry

 

[decrep]

One of these, (if I could get new condition, with no rust or previous badly repaired crashes)

1974 2l Alpha GTV.
Loved this car, but it had been badly shunted in the past, and just bogged up and painted for a quick sale. Couldn't get the steering aligned, body was too badly distorted, and the old bog jobs started rusting out. I did keep it for about 15 years and had huge amounts of fun in it. Sold it for what I'd paid for it.
But the new owner didn't have as much fun. He was scared his minister of finance would find out, so he kept it in our front yard, for a couple of years, right on the beach with lots of salt spray. I think it just about fell apart on him at the end.

 

[decrep]

1974 2l Alpha GTV.

Straight thru exhaust, made lots of lovely noise when you flattened it.
I think that sated my desire for noisy cars, I love our silent MG4.
Whack an xpower power train in it, and you'd give a lot of people a big surprise,
A normally aspirated 2l motor, ( even with twin dual throat webers), isn't quick by today's standards!

 

[T1 Terry]

Straight thru exhaust, made lots of lovely noise when you flattened it.
I think that sated my desire for noisy cars, I love our silent MG4.
Whack an xpower power train in it, and you'd give a lot of people a big surprise,
A normally aspirated 2l motor, ( even with twin dual throat webers), isn't quick by today's standards!

More of a shock than a big surprise ..... that it drove out the yard and returned under it's own power without being in a workshop for a few weeks in between .... you might have kept it for 15 yrs, but how many of them did you actually get to drive it?

T1 Terry

 

[decrep]

More of a shock than a big surprise ..... that it drove out the yard and returned under it's own power without being in a workshop for a few weeks in between .... you might have kept it for 15 yrs, but how many of them did you actually get to drive it?

T1 Terry

The big problem with this model, was people just driving around the burbs, it was designed for Italians. If it wasn't given an "alpha tune" regularly it would coke up and ping like buggery. I think unscrupulous mechanics, would advocate for pulling the head off for a decoke. As long as the car was driven hard for a bit, mine anyway was very reliable.
Was never in garage, I did rebuild the engine once, having nothing better to do, cut a lot of rust out and repainted.
Gone are the days when working on cars was fun!

 

[T1 Terry]

The big problem with this model, was people just driving around the burbs, it was designed for Italians. If it wasn't given an "alpha tune" regularly it would coke up and ping like buggery. I think unscrupulous mechanics, would advocate for pulling the head off for a decoke. As long as the car was driven hard for a bit, mine anyway was very reliable.
Was never in garage, I did rebuild the engine once, having nothing better to do, cut a lot of rust out and repainted.
Gone are the days when working on cars was fun!

Certainly no fun without a big workshop and a hoist. When I eventually get this Winnebago finished and registered, I think I'll have a few weeks of from working on cars ..... doubt I'll last longer than that though

T1 Terry

 

[Ian Key]

I would have a Volvo P1800 converted to an EV or perhaps a Triumph GT6.

 

[Black estate]

Escort MK3 and make it all true hot hatch with the MGS5 motor

 

[Gomev]

Triumph Stag.

 

[MG Clive]

Triumph Stag.

Good call.

 

[T1 Terry]

Triumph Stag.

I guess they must have been popular in the colder climates, they were known as tea kettles over here. I guess taking out the ICE would solve that problem, but where do the batteries go? They aren't known for being particularly light weight either

T1 Terry

 

[T1 Terry]

I would have a Volvo P1800 converted to an EV or perhaps a Triumph GT6.

A Volvo would probably be a good choice, I always thought that diesel powered (I use the term loosely) Mercedes wagon would be a good choice as well, it could only go better .......

T1 Terry

 

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