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.

Saturday, March 10, 2012

PakTrakr for Android

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This post will be kept up-to-date about the PakTrakr for Android application I've written. It will represent the user manual, known bu...
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Friday, March 9, 2012

Zivan Overcharging

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I'm doing my 7th charge right now and have learned that I have to watch the Zivan 120V DC charger very carefully. The first couple of ...

4-wheel Alignment

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Earlier in the week I booked a time slot at John's North County Brake shop for a 4-wheel alignment.  My cow-orker Deb has all of her wo...
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Punch List

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I'm down to the point where I have a few things to finish off to call the car "complete".  I have driven it several times but ...
Monday, February 27, 2012

Windshield Installation

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In a breath of fresh air, the windshield installation went very smoothly!  I contacted Apex Auto Glass in town and arranged for them to inst...
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Dashboard Top Install

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The dashboard top had similar cracking problems to the targa bar.  I had a plan to adhere a new layer of vinyl to it, but the compound curve...

Tachometer Works!

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After finding that the tach wasn't displaying anything after installing the tach sensor unit from RechargeCar , I did some additional r...

Engine Cover

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I've been waiting for the body shop to replace the rear trunk hinges that they lost, but they're not the fastest guys ever, so I dec...

Targa Installation

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After I finished the targa top, I mounted the storage clips in the rear trunk.  I was worried about the fit due to the battery box moving th...

Targa Front Seal, Rear Trim Bar and Rear Seal

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It was time to install the front targa gasket across the top of the windshield frame.  The one that came with the car was in great shape, s...
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