ACEGOLFCARTGUY
Cartaholic
These are some pictures of my electric powered Honda Civic project. The electric parts are from a 2001 Club Car Villager 4. Eventually I want to upgrade this car or build another one with a 96 volt system and D&D ES-31B motor. Im not able to afford a new 96 volt EV system right now which will cost $4000+. Since I already have the golf cart parts, I decided to use them in this conversion as a learning experience.
The 25 year old engine came out easy.
Laying out the wiring and electronics after stripping from the golf cart.
The motors spline shaft doesn't match the transmission input shaft. So in order to adapt the motor shaft to fit the trans input shaft, I cut apart the clutch plate and welded it's hub to the motor shaft. The clutch isn't needed with an electric motor. Depending on how it does during the test run, I will probably remove the shifter and lock the trans in 2nd gear because from what I read most don't need the other gears. Since the motor turns in two directions, reverse gear would come from the golf cart shifter lever mounted in the car or if there is a way to convert it to the rocker switch I want to do that.
If I ever upgrade to a new EV motor I think I'm going to have a machine shop make an adapter coupler for the shafts. I wouldn't feel comfortable welding on a new $1200 motor. LOL Hopefully the weld will hold. It was easy to get the clutch plate and motor shaft perfectly centered as they are the same diameter.
There ya go the motor now slips right on.
Now I need a way to mount the electric motor to the Honda transmission. I began with a 20 x 20 x 3/8" steel plate to form into an adapter plate.
The 25 year old engine came out easy.
Laying out the wiring and electronics after stripping from the golf cart.
The motors spline shaft doesn't match the transmission input shaft. So in order to adapt the motor shaft to fit the trans input shaft, I cut apart the clutch plate and welded it's hub to the motor shaft. The clutch isn't needed with an electric motor. Depending on how it does during the test run, I will probably remove the shifter and lock the trans in 2nd gear because from what I read most don't need the other gears. Since the motor turns in two directions, reverse gear would come from the golf cart shifter lever mounted in the car or if there is a way to convert it to the rocker switch I want to do that.
If I ever upgrade to a new EV motor I think I'm going to have a machine shop make an adapter coupler for the shafts. I wouldn't feel comfortable welding on a new $1200 motor. LOL Hopefully the weld will hold. It was easy to get the clutch plate and motor shaft perfectly centered as they are the same diameter.
There ya go the motor now slips right on.
Now I need a way to mount the electric motor to the Honda transmission. I began with a 20 x 20 x 3/8" steel plate to form into an adapter plate.