EV Conversions

Regarding wiring, I didn’t use the 3rd (square one) of the 3 connectors on the outside of the battery that supplied the car’s hvac stuff. I just cut that section including the socket off the aluminium metal work. So any wiring that connected to that on the inside of the battery was left out in my build. It’s possible in the future I may get back to wanting heating, but I’ll cross that bridge when I get to it.

Pictures are always good. Please post! Single biggest time sink for me was the complication of more than 1 battery box. I don’t know LR architectures, but if you can consolidate to only 2 instead of 3 you’ll appreciate it.

Hi! The Resolve controller and leaf BMS have can termination. Unfortunately some older OLEDs also have can termination. but this is removed in newer versions. And it has not caused any issues for any customers as far as I know. So a tap in from the wires between the controller to the BMS is best.

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[image: 1768010126117-21212-resized.jpg] [image: 1768010249925-31313-resized.jpg] Donor car is a 2015 Nissan Leaf, shown above before and after removing the motor and drivetrain stack. Final design will use the original Corvair transaxle and forgo the Leaf differential.

The coolest ever 🥰 Well done!

@Sebbe1337, yeah, that's the plan. Since the torque box I found is expensive, it's also good for weight balance.

Hi Moha, the progress is not that fast. I started about a year ago. Its not much left to do, but I'm just sharing what I did here whenever I have some time. Ground clearance changed a bit. But the lowest part isnt the battery pack. Its the engine stack. Despite the height of the battery pack it itsnt the lowest point as there is so much space for the gas cyliners. They have a diameter of 30cm. [image: 1765709896866-20250331_140604-resized.jpg] To increase the ground clearance I changed the springs. The multipla had 30mm lowered Novitec springs. They were a bit old as well, so it was more than 30mm lowered. Now it got stronger springs from diesel/natural gas versions plus additional springs at the back to compensate the additional weight on the rear axel due to the battery pack. Here the old setup [image: 1765709904853-20250313_194959-resized.jpg] old vs new [image: 1765709918937-20250325_165856-resized.jpg] and the new setup [image: 1765709931562-20250313_194950-resized.jpg]