First Test Drive of my Tesla Powered 1976 MG Midget - Part 13

[@danfalley9296]

Need a better phone mount for sure. That consistent ticking should be more than casually looked into.

[@gusalbers3002]

straight fire homie

[@reyalPRON]

that ticking cant be good.

[@edwardlarossa4053]

YES!!!!!!!!!

[@pauld6967]

Nice to see a classic modified to EV. I am considering doing the same with my "ancient" vehicle but it won't be a DYI job. I know my limitations & will have to get a professional to do the conversion. LOL

[@zuccamachine]

If you're near Utah and want help, let me know!

[@pauld6967]

@zuccamachine I truly appreciate the offer but alas, I am on the East Coast.

[@KD2HJP]

Fun build to watch..Glad to watch it progress.73 DE KD2HJP

[@rhalison397]

Awesome fun. Can’t wait to hear 0-60 mph time and up.

[@zuccamachine]

The motor has 2X the torque and 40% more power. 0-60 should be much faster, if I can get better at Rev matching on the fly (there is no clutch anymore). It has enough torque to take off in 4th so I leave it in 4th usually. 3rd is more peppy for the city. 1st and 2nd are for burnouts and the track (hopefully a fun edit in a few months).

[@billbayer5526]

Brushed motors are slightly louder than AC motors. Both have the waaaaaaa noise when you accelerate but the brushed motor has an additional sound of the brushes.

[@billbayer5526]

I just watched your other videos because I wanted to know what display that is. That's cool you're using the EVTV system. I worked there 2015-2016. Our shop truck was a converted Tacoma using the same motor you're are.

[@zuccamachine]

@billbayer5526 That's cool! I love how easy it is to see the real time data and adjust parameters with the EVTV system.

[@wumbl3]

Officer: Do you know how fast you were going?

[@mundanestuff]

If the rears arent working well, adjust them using the adjusting bolt on the backside until the brakes grip, and then back off a smidge. Then take up the slack in the parking break cable. If they're spongy, its air probably. Bleed em. Not sure how familiar you are with the old car systems, so not sure what to recommend.

[@kingcosworth2643]

Adjusting drums is an ancient art these days

[@kingcosworth2643]

It shouldn't be making the clicking sound, brushed or not.

[@zuccamachine]

@@kingcosworth2643 What do you think the issue is?

[@cobra02411]

@@zuccamachine I would look for something rubbing somewhere. If you use different gears in the transmission the input/output will be different and you can isolate if it's on the motor side or axle/propshaft side. Just drive at the same speed - 3mph say, in 3rd and 4th. If it makes the exact same clicking sound it's on the output side of the transmission. If it's a faster click then it's on the motor side. You can also try revving the motor in neutral. If you hear noise it's on the motor side. Maybe a bolt that's a hair too long hitting something, maybe a wire rubbing against something.

[@kracticuspotts9686]

Just started restoring a 76 mg midget. My plan is to convert it to electric and i just found the same motor and controller you have in this. My last conversion was a 1934 international pickup with a Nissan leaf motor. I would like your opinion on if you would recommend the motor you have, and would you recommend deleting the transmission?

[@zuccamachine]

The ADC FB1-4001A is not a great motor to be honest. If it's cheap and you are set on it, I would still keep the transmission because it's fun to have the crazy torque in 1st and 2nd gear. If you deleted the transmission, you'd have to fabricate a drive shaft extension because I don't think the motor would fit in the transmission tunnel at the transmission output. You'd also loose reverse gear, so you'd have to add a forward/reverse contactor. But it would be nice to shave the ~70lbs of weight and gain space in the front for batteries.

[@kracticuspotts9686]

@zuccamachine the used motor controller and everything except for battery from a previous conversion for $1000. Would that be a good deal in your opinion?

[@zuccamachine]

@kracticuspotts9686 Totally! I would do that in a heartbeat. Start building to that ~140V architecture, and in the meantime keep your eyes out for a cheap AC50 or Hyper9.

[@kracticuspotts9686]

@@zuccamachine thank you for your time and input. Check out my build if you get a chance. Mostly shorts but some videos

[@lloydsumpter7735]

How's the weight? One of the things that made the Midget special was it's light weight.

[@zuccamachine]

@@lloydsumpter7735 Pretty close to stock. Watch for a new video to drop in a few days for the weigh-in.

[@troublebreathing8648]

are you using the original prop shaft?

[@zuccamachine]

@@troublebreathing8648 Yes. The motor mates directly to the transmission input shaft.

[@SevenSixTwo2012]

Awesomely cute car for picking up all the guys in the village. 😂

[@choppergirl]

I hotwired and stole a rubber bumpered abandoned MG Midget back in college, and drove it half way across the US with my girl friend for Thanksgiving vacation. Stole the car battery out of a Mustang down the street as the one in the Midget was flat dead. In restrospect I should of just taken the Mustang, but it was still being actively driven, and I have ethics. The MG... not so much so... there were at least 5 parking tickets on the windshield and it was full of leaves from the back window being out. It was a regular Thelma and Louise adventure before Thelma and Louise existed, ending in Kentucky and a bus ride back home. Love those mountains, I'm guessing you're somewhere out in Colorado or thereabouts. I've always looked into buying another, to the point of looking at one for sale and sitting in it again, only to find I no longer fit... Once while driving on a dirt road through the swampy areas of Georgia, I told her to hold the steering wheel and while the car was in 2nd gear, I climbed out over the front windshield, held on to the 3 windshield wipers, while she yelled at me to get back in the car LOL. I was just that much in tune with the car by that point.

[@dysnomia-anarchia]

It looked like this: Mine looked like this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4rbk6Smicxmiqc

[@dysnomia-anarchia]

Module 2 needs to be balanced with a charger. I got a refrigerator full of lithium battery packs I made for quadcopters.... Replace it eventually with a newer one

[@dysnomia-anarchia]

Back then I had no idea where reverse was at first when I tore out out on that journey, so I think I ended up avoiding reverse, or just pushing the car... backwards? It was so light to do... I had forgotten all about that. I'm sure I figured it out eventually, but still... most of the work involved was cutting off the steering keylock which took all night long and several trips across town to fetch tools. The original owner got the car back, in a fixed and running condition. Next Christmas I took a flight home instead as my folks gave me airline tickets.

[@zuccamachine]

I sourced a newer module locally and its already in the car. I'll feature it in the full range test video coming up next.

[@choppergirl]

@@zuccamachine Nice. If you can get the range up to 30-50 miles, it would make a great grocery fetcher, but you don't even need that far since you live in town. I use a Honda Shadow Spirit cruiser motorcycle with pickup truck bed and duffle bag on the back just for that purpose. 95% percent of my vehicle trips are to a grocery store 15 miles away, and I imagine for most Americans who no longer work, it's the same. I hope you can find an affordable brushless motor for it. If it was custom built from the ground up you could have a hub motor on each rear wheel (or all wheels), and it'd eliminate a lot of the weight of the transaxle. Building ultralight aircraft, I started to pick up the mentality of... building light... for things you have to move around. Otherwise, I overbuild everything (buildings) so they will last 100% neglected until the end of time (wishful thinking). They use a lot of Aluminum, aluminum tubing, rivets, aircraft grade steel bolts, and plexiglass (instead of glass) in ultralight aircraft, so keep that on the brain when swapping out parts or adding new ones to your EV vehicles. More expensive but lighter weight than steel.

[@rb30e]

That cable throttle is jank AF.

[@zuccamachine]

@@rb30e Agreed. It needs to be upgraded.

[@choppergirl]

If you could get your hands on one of these bodies... Saab Sonett kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWawgHmkbrWGhrs