| Owner | Peter McWade | ||
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| Location | Marysville, California US map | ||
| Web/Email | WebPage | ||
| Vehicle | 1964 Volkswagen Ghia clean but not perfect 1964 VW Karmann Ghia Sedan. | ||
| Motor | General Electric 9 Series Wound DC GE 9" DC Series Motor | ||
| Drivetrain | Stock VW Transaxle with attached GE 9" DC Series motor with built in adaptor plate and utilizing the stock clutch and pressure plate. | ||
| Controller | Synkromotive 156 Volt 700 amp series motor controller. | ||
| Batteries | 16 Energizer GC2, 6.00 Volt, Lead-Acid, Flooded Energizer 6 Volt GC2 Golf Cart Batteries. | ||
| System Voltage | 96 Volts | ||
| Charger | Military Battery Charger up to 150 volts Gotta be careful with this until I get my new Kelly Charger. | ||
| Heater | Not hooked up. | ||
| DC/DC Converter | Kelly HWZ1 Series DC/DC Convertor 96V to 13.5V @ 25A New DC/DC installed | ||
| Instrumentation | Stock/amp gauge where fuel gauge once lived. | ||
| Top Speed | 80 MPH (128 KPH) Excellent acceleration ramp up. I'd like maybe a bit more aggressive ramp up so some programming is in order. It is pretty darn nice, more like I expected. | ||
| Acceleration | With the upgrade to 96 the acceleration and top speed change was impressive. | ||
| Range | 25 Miles (40 Kilometers) 25 miles with power to spare. Not yet sure the total I will be able to go reliably but we will soon know. | ||
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| Seating Capacity | 2 adults | ||
| Curb Weight | 0 Lead Sled | ||
| Conversion Cost | 3800 | ||
| This has been a great project and an excellent learning experience. :) | |||
1964 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia
“gottdi”
(under construction)
Last Updated 09-04-2009
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