Mike's 1991 Chevrolet Sprint

Owner	Mike Greig
Location	Victoria, British Columbia Canada ^map
Web	WebPage
Vehicle	1990 Geo Metro Picked up the car for free from a friend.
Motor	Advanced DC 6.7 Series Wound DC Picked up the motor and controller for $1000 used!
Drivetrain	5 speed manual transmission
Controller	Curtis 1231C
Batteries	8 Deka Dominator Gel, 12.00 Volt, Lead-Acid, Gel Bought the batteries from a friend of a friend. His boss has several EVs and I was able to get a good used set for scrap value....$10 each!
System Voltage	96 Volts
Charger	Soneil 12V I am very happy with these chargers although they get COOKING hot when they're plugged in. Even after the batteries are charged they continue to produce heat. I'm going to have to set up a fan to cool them.
Heater	I have installed a ceramic heater core into the stock heater core and run wires under the hood. I now just need a fuse and a switch to get some heat. I'll probably get to that sometime in mid-November. Update: 96v and a ceramic core produces almost no heat. Next is a fluid heater.
DC/DC Converter	Never bothered, just charged my 12v accessory battery with the traction pack.
Instrumentation	Multimeter
Top Speed	65 MPH (104 KPH) Still has lots to go but it really drinks amps at high speeds so I try to stick to secondary roads.
Acceleration	About what it was stock.
Range	30 Miles (48 Kilometers) 30 miles is no problem at all. I wouldn't push it much farther than that until I get the rest of my batteries in.
Seating Capacity	2
Tires	Stock
Conversion Time	18 months of part-time effort. The odd evening and weekend and I took the winter off.
Conversion Cost	$2570
November 2012 Electronics now mounted under the hood. Battery racks built and secured. Won't be long now. UPDATE July 2013 I have been driving the car full-time for around 3 weeks now and am thrilled with it. I'm currently running 96V as the car just won't handle 700lbs of batteries without at least upgrading the rear springs. I will get them all in eventually. Haven't really had any issues with it other than the clutch slips a little when the motor heats up. Lesson learned about cheaping out and re-using an obviously worn-out clutch disk. Update May 2014: My battery pack suffered a sudden and unexpected death. As I need a new pack, I'm going to start hunting for a new donor car as well. This car has been a great project but has a few to many issues and things I would have done differently.

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