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so I'm just one cable short to link them all although I show two short leads extra here, I am using the #6 main positive lead as one of the links (to join modules 2 and 3)

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Down the line, how hard would it be to add more batteries?

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that question is on point as I am about to head out to pick up a second battery pack just like this one

let me start off by saying that there are two options

Option 1 - will allow me to run two of them in parallel meaning we add up the amp hours (but the voltage stays the same aka 350 volts) so I will essentially double my capacity from 9.1 kWh to 18.2 kWh to increase my range (this will put me in the Chevy Volt battery size range)

and I can keep adding battery packs until I literally run out of room on the truck

Option 2 - BMW makes a newer pack using more bettter battery technology that is exactly precisely the same physical size but they increased the capacity from 9.1 kWh to 12 so I can simply replace mine with the newer one, it will bolt right up to where this one went and hook right up with the existing connectors, (two of these would add up to 24 kWhs and would put me in the Nissan Leaf battery size range) hope that helps

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a short video on why I chose the Tesla onboard charger for my BMW batteries

Tesla Model S Gen 2 Charger EV Conversion

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super video on the guts of the Lexus GS450h transmission, not mine, I wish I was that smart

Разборка АКПП Lexus GS450H, планы на электро тягу :-)

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Sacramento to Los Angeles yesterday there and back in under 13 hours, got my second 2018 BMW 530e battery pack, paid $1,100 for this one (paid $900 for my first one, so $1,000 per pack average, for those of you good with maths, ha ha)

on the conservative side with zero testing in my truck at minimum one pack is good for 20 miles of range (now before you judge, this is a very conservative guestimate, and ten years ago studies have shown Americans on the average drive 40 miles per day, a similar study done recently revealed that number has dropped to only 25 miles per day, I realize that may not be you, but we are talking about averages, ha ha)

I am super happy

Fun Facts: (WoW)

• Wifes job is only 1.1 miles away from our house
• Grocery store is only 1.2 miles away from my house
• Target is only 2 miles away [and there's a friggen battery charger in their parking lot]
• Home Depot is 2.7 miles away
• Credit Union aka our bank is 2.8 miles away

Google Map yours just out of curiosity?

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If you work at Wal-Mart
you can charge your truck for free.

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you don't say

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Well, let's get the gratuitous joke out right off the bat. When you said you were going to do this I was //shocked//... You're really going to town on this -- you can go to the country later (that's a range joke ; ). Tons of progress and a huge accumulation of knowledge. I'll admit that I'm like 90% enthralled and 10% horrified. But Henry Ford said something like "if I gave people what they wanted, I would have just built a faster horse." I will also admit, that each page I turn, I picture that transmission sitting in there without an engine in front of it.. and think how crazy it would be to have a small block powered truck that looked completely stock, just with a barely odd-looking transmission. And that transmission was like a 300 horsepower supercharger. Anyway, I'm muddying the waters - unintentionally, but just letting you know that I'm not only watching, but it has engaged my thinking. Carry on my wayward son.. and while you're at it:

https://youtu.be/md3B3I7Nmvw

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your SBC idea has potential and not too long ago I came across a thread where a lunatic was asking what would happen if we mated that transmotor with an LS, my initial thought was what's your GoFundMe link, ha ha

anywho one more month(ish) of dreaded winter here in Nor Cal and I'll be de ICEing the truck as the cool kids say

ICE = Internal Combustion Engine

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so got the lugulators and I must say they pass the feel solid and hefty in the palm of your hand test and not light as pot metal, you know what I'm sayin'

can't wait to put them on and back the truck out of the secret facility code name "Mamas House"

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Fun Fact: did you know tow truckers won't tow your vehicle with anything less than three lugs per wheel? ask me how I know :devil: :devil: :devil:

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got a chance to clean the garage and here's a peak at the two 2018 BMW 530e high voltage battery packs and the 2010 Lexus GS450h transmission sitting waiting to go in to the truck, hopefully as early as next month (again the only hold up is me getting the '54 outta there

the two battery packs equate to the electric only range of the Chevy Volt (18 kW) as a reference the original Nissan Leaf had the 24 kW capacity, I think of the killa watts as fuel tank size.

March Madness baby !

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Nice circuit lug nuts. Even your purely mechanical parts are named after electrical parts.

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oh wow, I didn't even notice that, that's meant to be

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we're getting closer to actually starting on the truck, I made it inside the garage for my videos, lol

Lexus GS450h Slow Race

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Nice work Professor. Never thought I'd see the advent of real-life flux capacitor workings...

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ha ha, haven't figured out flight yet though

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should I use a Chevy Volt battery charger and the DC-DC converter and keep it in the bowtie family?


Chevy Volt Onboard HV Battery Charger & DC-DC Converter (OBCM & APM)

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three reasons why I'm doing this:

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limped her home today from the remote site, now that Dusty is in my garage we can get started

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so naturally the first thing I do is try that fiberglass rear roll pan I bought neons ago

and maybe if I spread the rear quarters of the bed sum it will actually fit, but everything is polywhompus on this rig

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so I just dropped $150 on one of these hydromatic auto body frame repair puller things

and after minutes of research and careful consideration, I decided not to buy a red one

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Where'd you get that from? I like the compact kit-ness of it. Great progress, please continue!

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omg a fellow Forumner who speaks my langua "kit-ness" ha ha

AMAZONia

TCE TCE70401 Torin Portable Hydraulic Ram: Auto Body Frame Repair Kit with Blow Mold Carrying Storage Case, 4 Ton (8,000 lb) Capacity, Blue

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i was not told about this! ... thank god i'm not the only idiot with multiple projects ...

so this trans can be used with or without a mechanical input? no 3rd motor from a leaf or something?

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did you not see the memo about this, the TPS Report, it had the new cover sheet on it

Office Space: TPS Reports (all scenes)

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Ok, I bit! Subscribed to YouTube and posting to this build. I am not a fan but do realize they can be powerful power plants. I don't know enough about them but will be learning here.

Also, we need to increase your vocabulary, Rusty, Busty and Dusty? How about Larry, Curly and Mo for the next three.

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thank you so much, unfortunately this may be my swan song

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Captain's Log: March 2022 B.C. [Before Conversion]

commencing operation March Madness (aka a simple 4 step EV Conversion)

Step 1. Remove hood

... feel free to follow along at home, any car will do preferably your exes, ha ha

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Step 2. deICE

in this step we liberate any and all systems pertaining to the Internal Combustion Engine

here we removed the exastulators and weighed them for those on a strict diet

Note: we included the Ram Horn exhaust manifolds for a complete exhaust system

Total Weight: 71 el bee eses

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next we removed the Pavement Lubrication System aka SBC

Note: it broked the scale, which only goes up to 660 lbs

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this left an empty engine bay cavity, which I am telling myself repeatedly:

you will not strip
you will not clean
you will not paint

as this is an Electrification and not a Restoration

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Wait! is that flippin' purple?

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we went after the fuel tankulator next, and for that we had to remove them buckets, which gots ta go to the upholsterererer anyways

I think that's a 16 gallon tank, any guesses how many Home Depot 5 gallon buckets it took to drain it?

We also weighed the tank: it came in at 35.0 lbsers dry as a bone

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so what is that? 71 + EE + 35 = 100 or so and since the scale craps out at 660 lbs we are talking about North of 7 fiddy

don't forget that The Greg drained all the fluids, and a 16 gallon fuel tank alone would add 16 x 6.3 = just over 100 pounds

since the new transmotor will obviously hold trans fluid just as the old one, we will call that a wash

same goes for water/coolant, the new components (Inverter, Charger, Converter) are liquid cooled so we will call that a wash as well

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Next it was time for a little Stare and Compare

190 hp on the left over 300 hp on the right (Lexus GS450h dual electric motor transmission) you're welcome!

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Hm, it's a Torin! Have to do some consideratin' on this!

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Hmmm is that code for craptacular?

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so on a bit of a tangent, remember that this is a '71 cab, but it came with a '72 driver door which I replaced with a proper '71 door, but it don't fit right

[for those not familiar with these trucks, GM likes to monkey around with things every 2 years or so, so in 1972 they redesigned the doors ever so slightly and changed the inside door panels from metal to plastic, and we can't have plastic on a truck]

well after driving it with literally a string holding it tide to my seatbelt, yes I know super safe, I finally decided to pull the fender off to get to them up and down door hinge bolts to try and adjust it