John's site was posted, and Roland and Cor gave their experiences. But what I did not read in your inquiring post was exactly what capabilities do you want the converted truck to have: -what range at what speed on the road -what top speed will you need on the road -what range when plowing snow at slow speeds
By knowing what your EV needs are, you could determine if the pack voltage, motor and controller type you have would give you what you want. http://www.edmunds.com/ford/f-150/1998/ 1998 F150 http://www.weather.com/weather/monthly/18940?month=1 Monthly Weather Planner for Newtown, PA (cold,snow) >From what the members have posted and with no exact EV-needs stated, then I say yes, if you drop your EV components in the truck it will move. But my questions of will it satisfy your unstated EV needs will go unanswered, and you may have an e-truck that does not do what you want it to do. If I were in your position, and I were to assume that you would not want to spend too much on this EV-component reuse project, I would suggest you price an appropriate used manual transmission, and compare that to the cost of modifying and buying what is needed to use your existing automatic transmission. If replacing your automatic transmission was the less costly of the two choices, you would gain a little more range by going with a manual transmission. Since you said you would be using the e-truck for plowing/pushing snow, I will assume you would want to keep the 4x4 option, and the losses of lugging around the added weight when driving in 2x4 mode would be OK with you. If you could elaborate more on answers to my (above) questions, others with more experience than I could weigh in with advice/comments. {brucedp.150m.com} - On Tue, Oct 8, 2013, at 09:40 AM, Barry wrote: > Short version > Is an F150 with 4 x4 and automatic transmission possible? > > Long version > My current EV is a Saturn Vue, which I converted myself and have been > using as my daily car for almost five years. Given the appearance of OEM > EV's I am planning on getting an OEM EV in the next two years. This > means I will no longer have a need for my Vue. > > I could try to sell the Vue but the resale value of DIY EV's does not > appear to be high. Another option is I could try to sell off the parts > and use the Lithium batteries for my backup solar. But again the market > for used EV parts is limited. > > What I would like to do is re-task all of the EV components to my 1998 > F150. I put less that 2000 mile a year on this vehicle and primarily use > it for winter plowing and hauling stuff. > > Really long version > So I've looked over the EVDL archives, diyelectriccar.com, and evalbum > for similar conversions. Trucks have been done. Automatics less so. > Don't see any similar four wheel drives. > > Question: > 1. Will my 9" net gain and 1K Zilla be sufficient? > 2. Is it easier to swap the automatic with a manual or keep the > automatic and run a separate electric motor for any transmission pumps > needed? > 3. My understanding is that the hubs are unlocked (2WD) when vacuum is > applied and locked (4WD) when the vacuum is interrupted. Is keeping this > feature as simple as just having a vacuum pump for the 4WD? > 4. Other than this truck I've never had an automatic transmission > vehicle. Anything else I might be missing (transmission cooler pumps, > differential associated stuff, etc). > > Thanks in advance, > Barry Oppenheim > Wrightstown, PA - -- http://www.fastmail.fm - One of many happy users: http://www.fastmail.fm/help/overview_quotes.html _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
