Porsche 914E Electric Conversion and Tesla Obsession

This blog follows the progress of restoring and converting a 1973 Porsche 914 from stock to full electric drive, with an electric motor and half a ton of batteries. Now that the car is done and in storage while I live overseas, I'm adding descriptions and pictures of each Tesla location I visit.

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Building weatherproof boxes for the electronics

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The standard design from EA involves mounting some sensitive electronic parts and terminal blocks out in the open in the engine compartment,...

Final Parts Dribbling In

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When I got back from my trip to Infineon, I had a small box from ElectroAuto waiting.  Inside I found: The lug crimper.  I'm not going...

Racing 914 at Infineon Raceway

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I was up at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California to finish up the solar power monitoring system on Thursday and Friday.  Among the amazing...
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Warbirds, Wings and Wheels 2011

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The Estrella aviation and car museum in my town has begun to host a car show every spring.  I attended for the first two years, but this y...
Sunday, May 8, 2011

Firewall Reshaping

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The middle battery compartment fits in where the gas tank used to go, between a vertical wall on the front trunk side, and the firewall on t...

Finally Some Electrical Bits!

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Now that I've got my remaining electrical parts, I can get started.  I can't do the whole job yet because I'm searching for some...
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Sunday, April 24, 2011

I Saw A Leaf Up Close Today!

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My biodiesel club had a spot at the San Luis Obispo Earth Day event , so I drove down in my Beetle TDI and set up to discuss biodiesel with...

and More and More Parts

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As a result of my threatened visit to the EA seminars or EA's improvements in cash flow, I got a flood of parts which is nearly everythi...
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