My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck

[Gregski]

saving a spot for them finished winderz pics

[Gregski]

Going to integrate the aftermarket Intellitronix digital gauges with the EV BMW Lexus GS450h VCU ver 2 hardware

[Gregski]

can't wait till she get's new bed sides next year, SUMMIT Road Trip anybody ?

[Gregski]

Range Test #3 - didn't quite hit 35 miles and I babied the hell out of it, No Freeway driving at all, mostly residential and kept it under 45 miles per hour, gentle and took me well over an hour

so I am calling this the 30 mile battery pack, and NO I aint saying run a 9 kWh battery back, of course it is too small, but you know what for a quick install for a Proof of Concept it is absolutely brilliant and makes for a functioning "One Errand At A Time Truck" aka the OEAaTT

"hey dad, can we go to Subway?" yes kid, no problem, "hey honey can we also go to Target?" ... tomorrow baby, tomorrow, ha ha

[yuccales]

Dash is looking good! BTW, the bacon and coffee I understand. The rest however is way over my head!

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by yuccales

Dash is looking good! BTW, the bacon and coffee I understand. The rest however is way over my head!

LoL, me too !!!

[72 tigger]

Target tomorrow- funny!!

[notsolo]

It's the cut off wheel trivot on the kitchen counter that got me.....I think Gregski should start an ask "Mr Wizard " Youtube show, try and explain to slow brains like me how ya do that.....(not the trivot.....the whole battery/ Lexus fundamentals of wiring.) "Bacon on the side" is also a good catchy title.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by notsolo

It's the cut off wheel trivot on the kitchen counter that got me.....I think Gregski should start an ask "Mr Wizard " Youtube show, try and explain to slow brains like me how ya do that.....(not the trivot.....the whole battery/ Lexus fundamentals of wiring.) "Bacon on the side" is also a good catchy title.

baconOnTheSide.com hmmm ???

[Gregski]

TOP SPEED TEST #1

82.7 MPH

so took her on the Highway for the first time and OH MY GAWD she drove like a dream, effortless! I just jumped on, on one entrance and did not stay on too long cause I had no idea how far she could go on speeds upwards of 65 MPH, but she did fine. Keep in mind she has no side windows yet and that creates drag, and I didn't fully commit on this first test, so this is just a start. Also only running on one motor in that Lexus GS450h transmission aka MG2, we are not sending any torque commands to the smaller motor aka MG1 at this time, this is on purpose.

My truck Specs:
215/65 R17 tires
3.73 rear differential

Speed tests should be performed on a closed course / private road.

Update from Me in the Future: I did NOT have my torque set to Max on this test, I forgot about that!

[biketopia]

Originally Posted by gregski

top speed test #1

82.7 mph

so took her on the highway for the first time and oh my gawd she drove like a dream, effortless! I just jumped on, on one entrance and did not stay on too long cause i had no idea how far she could go on speeds upwards of 65 mph, but she did fine. Keep in mind she has no side windows yet and that creates drag, and i didn't fully commit on this first test, so this is just a start. Also only running on one motor in that lexus gs450h transmission aka mg2, we are not sending any torque commands to the smaller motor aka mg1 at this time, this is on purpose.

My truck specs:
215/65 r17 tires
3.73 rear differential

speed tests should be performed on a closed course / private road.

update from me in the future: i did not have my torque set to max on this test, i forgot about that!

nice

[yuccales]

Gregski, that is awesome! Glad to hear it ran smooth! Here is my analog version of your "all time maximum speed". Never ran Goldie any faster then this. Got kinda spooky.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by yuccales

Gregski, that is awesome! Glad to hear it ran smooth! Here is my analog version of your "all time maximum speed". Never ran Goldie any faster then this. Got kinda spooky.

Wow, I luv it, she done did 95 MPH? was there wobble or a whole lot shaking going on?

[Gregski]

Reason Number: 5,499 to convert to electric

[yuccales]

Originally Posted by Gregski

Wow, I luv it, she done did 95 MPH? was there wobble or a whole lot shaking going on?

Had good tires balanced well so pretty smooth. What was worrisome was the faster I went, the free play in the steering box seemed to get worse, plus the engine sounded like it was going to let go. It didn't. The truck let me know driving with one hand, working a camera with the other was a pretty dumb thing to do! As for gas prices, $5.25 per for the cheap stuff today!

[Gregski]

I will never understand why dingleberries block out their PUBLIC license plates when they list cars for sale for instance, it makes zero sense

[biketopia]

Originally Posted by Gregski

Reason Number: 5,499 to convert to electric

Originally Posted by yuccales

Had good tires balanced well so pretty smooth. What was worrisome was the faster I went, the free play in the steering box seemed to get worse, plus the engine sounded like it was going to let go. It didn't. The truck let me know driving with one hand, working a camera with the other was a pretty dumb thing to do! As for gas prices, $5.25 per for the cheap stuff today!

Yikes $3.42 for us here in VA.

[Gregski]

so been working with a friend from the East Coast on my digital gauges


EV Converstion: Artur K of MotoArt, digital gauges, introduction

[D.B]

Originally Posted by Gregski

so been working with a friend from the East Coast on my digital gauges


EV Converstion: Artur K of MotoArt, digital gauges, introduction

I noticed you have Temp, Oil and Fuel gauges. What are these actually reading.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by D.B

I noticed you have Temp, Oil and Fuel gauges. What are these actually reading.

very good question:

Temp is coolant temp just like in a regular vehicle, a lot of the EV components are liquid cooled, so this truck still has a radiator and a cooling loop that goes from the liquid cooled battery charger to the liquid cooled inverter to the liquid cooled motors inside the transmission. The coolant is circulated using a Tesla electric water pump.

Oil is what we are using to monitor the transmission fluid that circulates through the automatic transmission and the oil cooler which is integrated into the stock GM radiator just like with a TH350 transmission.

Fuel is actually showing us remaining battery capacity at the moment simply based on remaining voltage level. Since the gauge is only a two digit unit we are doing a little trick and simply subtracting 300 volts from the total and just displaying the remaining voltage which ends up almost perfectly coinciding with 0-100 percent charge as the full charge of this battery pack is 398 volts, so it works out great.

[D.B]

Originally Posted by Gregski

very good question:

Temp is coolant temp just like in a regular vehicle, a lot of the EV components are liquid cooled, so this truck still has a radiator and a cooling loop that goes from the liquid cooled battery charger to the liquid cooled inverter to the liquid cooled motors inside the transmission. The coolant is circulated using a Tesla electric water pump.

Oil is what we are using to monitor the transmission fluid that circulates through the automatic transmission and the oil cooler which is integrated into the stock GM radiator just like with a TH350 transmission.

Fuel is actually showing us remaining battery capacity at the moment simply based on remaining voltage level. Since the gauge is only a two digit unit we are doing a little trick and simply subtracting 300 volts from the total and just displaying the remaining voltage which ends up almost perfectly coinciding with 0-100 percent charge as the full charge of this battery pack is 398 volts, so it works out great.

Thanks for explaining it. I get the fuel gauge showing 59 percent. But the temp showing 23 degrees and the oil showing 35 psi. Those readings baffle me. Why so low?

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by D.B

Thanks for explaining it. I get the fuel gauge showing 59 percent. But the temp showing 23 degrees and the oil showing 35 psi. Those readings baffle me. Why so low?

I think in that pic we had certain things turned off so that they would not make noise in the video we were shooting and talking over and so the 23 is the minimum temp the gauge can show so 23° F the 35 is not PSI it is the PWM percentage that we are sending to the oil pump to control it's speed, that is dynamic based on torque.

We are editing a video with more detail and should post it shortly.

[D.B]

Originally Posted by Gregski

I think in that pic we had certain things turned off so that they would not make noise in the video we were shooting and talking over and so the 23 is the minimum temp the gauge can show so 23° F the 35 is not PSI it is the PWM percentage that we are sending to the oil pump to control it's speed, that is dynamic based on torque.

We are editing a video with more detail and should post it shortly.

I understand, thanks for telling me and I will be looking forward to seeing your video.

[1970 CST Short Wide]

My truck has had a SB 350, A BB 454 and now an LS1. My wife asked me if I finely had the Engine I wanted. I told her “ There’s always Tesla”. LOL

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by 1970 CST Short Wide

My truck has had a SB 350, A BB 454 and now an LS1. My wife asked me if I finely had the Engine I wanted. I told her “ There’s always Tesla”. LOL

that would be an Excellent Choice! lemme grab my Volt Meter and I'll be right over to help you get started! and I'm sure we'll make a lot of friends on here ��

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