I bought another car (Page 7/12)
gen2muchwork FEB 26, 12:28 PM
citicar commuting.





top speed flat 33mph
range increasing each cycle.
LitebulbwithaFiero FEB 26, 03:24 PM
You are a teacher, correct? If so hopefully not a high school teacher. Otherwise some students may carry yourcar off as a prank...
gen2muchwork FEB 26, 06:36 PM
I could be called a teacher of many things, but I'm an operating engineer at my job. Boilers, air handlers, taking pictures of citicar when retrieving footballs on the roof.
gen2muchwork MAR 08, 07:02 AM
Well, nearly 100 miles of citicar. Now I have an idea of the things that just need to be better. My charger takes too much attention. Its a simple lester with a timer and its time consuming to ensure its not over or undercharging. Enter the Delta Q Quiq charger. Not a cheap charger, built for onboard use, fully programmable hi frequency charger. It should arrive today, I'm excited. Should provide a plug it in and walk away type deal for me.

Next on the list is a modern speed control. I really think the contactors are cool, but terrible. No matter what I'm going to destroy the contacts. The micro switches for the gas pedal have proven to be somewhat unreliable, and having only 3 positions of throttle are kind of a pain, and inefficient. I'm going to order a ching chang copy of a curtis 500a, and a pb-6 throttle to provide the go. My service manual states that all the contactors should be replaced with a solid state controller. Turns out that is solid advice. My F/R contactor should still handle the job with that.

Aux battery. Once I mount the charger, I have room for a 12v aux battery to run the lights/controls. I'm getting an imbalance in cells from running a 12v tap of my battery pack. to me, it makes more sense than running a buck convertor off the traction pack. As is, at full throttle accelerating, I don't have much for lighting or stereo until I'm up to speed. Those headlights dim right out.

Heat. No heat. I might hack up a 12v electric heater somehow. Not having a defroster is not all that great. Don't breathe out of your mouth when its cold or rainy or you can't see. Technically, there is a duct from the motor to the cabin and windshield, but the motor has to be hot to get anything useful out, and my ducting is not so great either.

Everywhere I park I return to a group of people surrounding it waiting to find out what it is. It seems to make people happy when they see it, and that's been fun.

As parts are installed I'll update.
LitebulbwithaFiero MAR 08, 07:43 AM

I like the way you got it running the way it should of been, and now are going to upgrade the controls to the way they should be.

Out of curiosity, how does the insurance on it compare to your other vehicles?
gen2muchwork MAR 08, 01:51 PM
I know right!? I really thought I'd be able to live with the contactors, but jeez are they stupid. If middle speed would just be 25 instead of 20, It wouldn't be so annoying. Its like a constant faster-slower-faster-slower. With the lights on, its like dim-bright-dim-bright. Good news is the future has cheap solid state speed control. It hurts the nostalgia effect, but enjoying the ride helps keep it alive.

$400 a year through Haggerty
gen2muchwork MAR 08, 03:03 PM


Sweet. This thing is cool.
gen2muchwork MAR 10, 03:50 PM



So small and light
Patrick MAR 11, 09:45 PM

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Originally posted by gen2muchwork:

On a side note...
The Edge, On the paperwork in the glove box. Look at this guys name!





Dick Waack
gen2muchwork MAR 12, 12:28 PM
I wonder what his middle name was?

I've got new charger installed. Its great! I think I gained a mph from the weight savings, and more room for passenger feet. I now have room to mount an aux battery to separate the 12v side from the traction pack.

I'll be ordering that speed control shortly.

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