Drive train coming soon
I have not been doing much work on the conversion for the past month. For a couple of weeks I was building and testing GEVCU 4.2 boards that I built for my friends Collin, Charles and Michael. They now have updated hardware to work in their conversions. Then I was travelling to Japan for my day job and last week I was on vacation for a few days. This week I will be travelling to San Diego. I hope to have time to meet with the guys at EV West while I am in San Diego. For my conversion all the drivetrain components are ready. A new racing clutch was received from Summit Racing. The flywheel clutch face was resurfaced and the flywheel and clutch plate were spin balanced by Lindskog Balancing. The 5-speed transmission had all new seals installed. The motor adapter for the Siemens motor is being shipped by RebirthAuto sometime this week. The adapter will make it possible to assemble the drivetrain and place it in the 320i to design the motor mounts. Photos of the adapter plate can be seen here.