EV Frontier Part 1 - Budget EV Conversion

Wanted to post an overview of my Nissan Frontier EV conversion that I have been working on for the last 6 months.
Special thanks to the following KZbinrs for inspiration and troublshooting assistance!
/ @dalasevrepair
/ @evswap
If you are wondering what I'm going to do with the battery, one of the possiblites is to stack them in rows of 24.
This would only take up 1/4 of my bed as oppsoed to 3/4 of the bed. Something like what this guy has done:
• RV House Battery Part ...
Of course I could also stick it under the bed, but I would need to remove the bed during construction....
Currently working on cleaning up the wiring, installing the brake booster and everything else on the inside of the truck. Hope to post that video soon.

[@BWilliam]

Player that drum almost flew off 😮

[@18avshalom]

A couple lug nuts can go a long way

[@meplyee]

It actually did! Edited that part out 😄

[@BWilliam]

@@meplyee Man , cool project by the way.

[@Odins-Dad]

​@@meplyee LOL! Great video!

[@roodick85]

Always buy the whole car when you do these conversions. It makes it so much easier 👍🏾

[@sergiojardon6725]

amazing video and effort thanks!!!

[@randallthomas5207]

Tip: if you have an iPhone with LiDAR, you can use it to scan the bell housing, and the motor face, and render them into 3D cad drawings to build the pattern for the adapter plate.

[@john_barnett]

holy shit that drum starting to fall off at the end there caught me by surprise, well done!

[@EVSwap]

Super cool project! We are basically both building the same vehicle! When we both are done we should drive them to Nissan HQ and tell Nissan to get their head out of their butt and build a small low cost EV pickup like this.

[@TreDeuce-qw3kv]

" build a small low cost EV pickup like this."... Somebody has to do this soon. In the mean time, I plan to convert my S-10.

[@thirdhandmotors4540]

Not sure why this doesn’t have 100,000 views yet but I’m sure it will! Very excited for part 2!

[@jondawes7921]

Awesome project. I'll be looking for the rest of the videos!

[@gomezelectro466]

very good GOOD INFORMATION THANKS FOR SHARING

[@meplyee]

Thanks for visiting

[@crywolfe210]

Wow! What a fantastic budget build! I think I might try a swing at this with a Chevette I have collecting dust.

[@Kirby1969]

Awesome project! These types of builds help give myself and others inspiration!

[@oddjobsandrandomprojects]

I love how you have done this conversion! Look forward to seeing how it progresses. I'm planning a conversation using the same components on my 1982 Fiat Spider. I figured the silence will be extra nice on a convertible and the car didn't have power steering or air conditioning originally so that will keep it simple. Thanks for the video!

[@christianpaulroldan4010]

Nice work

[@edsmith8831]

Great video. I have my 1994 Ford Ranger. It is in great shape. I understand the Engine 2.3L same as the Nissan. I have been thinking on doing the same thing you did. Good idea going to a recking yard to find the Nisson EV. Thank you.

[@JeremiasGarage]

Wow, cool project 🚗🙂

[@mrryanpratt]

Nice!

[@ptonpc]

Impressive :)

[@lintangprabaswara5265]

here before this vid gonna blow up😂

[@reyfetsalmo3346]

Wow i had the same truck but 1998 with auto transmission. I can't wait to see part 2 and how will perform.

[@danielandrews7329]

Did a 160v dc on a nissian d22 4wd... love your vid

[@randallthomas5207]

I’d recommend converting the truck to a flatbed, with the bed built over and around the battery.

[@David_Mash]

I'm guessing you figured out you need ac in the winter? Good documentation. Thanks!

[@BrianD146]

THANKS SO MUCH. IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW YOU PROVIDE THE VACUUM BOOST FOR THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER AND HOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE HEATER TO WORK IN THE CAR AND HOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE AIR CONDITIONER HOOKED UP. THEN FOR EVEN MORE COMPLICATED THINGS HOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET COOLING AROUND THE BATTERY FOR SUPERCHARGING? AND HOW YOU'RE GOING TO PROVIDE HEAT TO THE BATTERY FOR ICY SNOWY WEATHER.

[@lucasmedia592]

Nice

[@meplyee]

Thanks

[@grandtheftauto1233]

With such a clean manual example of this truck I’m not sure why do the EV conversion

[@TreDeuce-qw3kv]

Thanks for this. Gives me a plan to convert my 98' S-10 for the street and 85' Nissan 4X4 for running on the property. What kw battery pack did you use?

[@meplyee]

24kwh, but currently shopping for a 40....

[@bratindustries]

awsome! glade to see the parts worked out for you, with the PDM, did it not fit the engine bay because the cover was too tall? the newer pdms have slimer covers, might be worth making a new one and having it stacked on the inverter like stock!

[@meplyee]

The transmission was too far back. I would have had the PDM pushed up against the firewall and I would have no room for the cooling hoses. The other option would have been to make a bigger spacer, but I thought the coupler would then be too short. Maybe something for the future, as that would look a whole lot better!

[@scott5747]

I had to mute the audio because of the constant droning music. How much info did I miss just looking at the image?

[@EddieEntwit-yp6wy]

I'm just thinking here, wouldn't it be simpler just to take the whole front end out of the leaf and with the motor and everything and put it on the truck. They're both Nissan so, maybe it would work, you would have front wheel drive then though

[@NFPC06]

I'm covering my 96 Nissan D21 with a Leaf motor, Zombieverter, and brat industries adaptor. Did your coupler fit in the transmission unit shaft without issue? Mine seems to have shrunk and didn't want to fit.

[@meplyee]

Yes it fit onto the shaft fine. I had to trim a little nub off the transmission input shaft to make it a little shorter but it fit without issue. Was a little snug though, so I applied a little assembly lube. Did you use the original clutch disc? Maybe got compressed when press fit?

[@NFPC06]

@@meplyee I had to cut the tip of the input shaft as well.

[@why78yu]

Is this Paul Yee from Jamaica?

[@lucasmedia592]

Where to find resolver kit

[@meplyee]

You can find it at www.resolve-ev.com/

[@Magicinstalls]

The worst choice you could ever make as far as a donor vehicle! Range was only 80 miles to begin with and now you're hooking it up to a gas dry train? You'll be lucky to get 50 miles of range on that car.

[@80spodcastchannel]

so you killed your range, lost cargo capacity, and added more complexity....pass

[@oddjobsandrandomprojects]

Sounds more like he reduced his maintenance, fixed the balance, and eliminated trips to the gas station.

[@turkeybait7605]

Connectors that are nearly impossible to find😅 not ideal

[@erictuffelmire6826]

Why would you take a perfectly good vehicle and then waste all the money and resources to make it electric. Diesel has a whopping 56 times the energy of lithium ion batteries per pound. You're literally going backwards in technology .

[@EVSwap]

Diesel is from the 1800s and gives you lung cancer unless you have a horrible, expensive DPF system. No thanks.

[@davidstewart1153]

My house generates free electricity. Diesel isn't free. Some prince in Saudi Arabia needs more billions and diesel costs more. Russia invades Ukraine and diesel costs more. A hurricane in the gulf and diesel costs more.

[@18avshalom]

Do you power your house with a diesel generator or from a utility company?

[@erictuffelmire6826]

@@18avshalom Almost all the energy powering our houses day and night comes from coal or natural gas. So yes, we're running our houses, and EVs on fuels like diesel indirectly.

[@oddjobsandrandomprojects]

You are only looking at it from the range aspect. He also fixed the balance issues, reduced his maintenance, made it silent, and eliminated trips to the gas station. The guy obviously knows what he is doing since he already owns a BMW I3. I love it!

[@lucasmedia592]

Where to find resolver kit

[@meplyee]

I actually have a spare that I might let go of in the spring...

[@brianadkins9203]

I am currently working on similar build for small truck w 2014 leaf stack and presently looking for used resolve controller for right price.