Asinine Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 Anyone know what the curb weight of the cool Volvo's is? Things like the 850, 242, C70, etc. I'd especially like to know body weight excluding drive-train.I'm shopping for a car to convert to electric, was thinking a bettle, but should at least consider the Volvo I'd be giving up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Burnsy Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 Anyone know what the curb weight of the cool Volvo's is? Things like the 850, 242, C70, etc. I'd especially like to know body weight excluding drive-train.I'm shopping for a car to convert to electric, was thinking a bettle, but should at least consider the Volvo I'd be giving up.What exactly is your criteria that the car needs for converting to electric?And moar info on this conversion process please!You can also find most curb weights on cars.com under research.http://www.cars.com/go/crp/index.jsp?aff=national Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudge_Brownie Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 A little while back there was someone who posted up something about an 850 that had been converted to an electric car. Anyone remember what I'm talking about? Got some links to share? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Betty Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 A little while back there was someone who posted up something about an 850 that had been converted to an electric car. Anyone remember what I'm talking about? Got some links to share?it was a craigslist link probably dead no info reallyi would find a car that has the option for no power steering ie 240 because i can imagine converting to electric steering might be a bitch. But then if i had no power steering i would sure as hell find something light like a bettle or crx or civic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudge_Brownie Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 Couldn't you run the PS pump off the electric motor?But I guess running without power steering is the most energy efficient way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Betty Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 Couldn't you run the PS pump off the electric motor?But I guess running without power steering is the most energy efficient way.yes but like i said IMO it would be a bitch, i dont even think there are specs out for the pressure the pump putts out. if you could find the pressure specs it would not be as hard. Im sure there are conversion kits out there to convert from mechanical to electric but probably none for the volvo so you would have to find something close to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProdriveMS Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 You could always use an electric power steering pump out of a car that came with one from the factory. Toyota MR2 comes to mind though there are others. Would be a big drain on the batteries though.Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikS Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 A little while back there was someone who posted up something about an 850 that had been converted to an electric car. Anyone remember what I'm talking about? Got some links to share?Yep.http://evalbum.com/1825Guy who does these conversions lives here in Houston. I think the one for sale on here was asking $14,000.Curb weight is 4300 lbs (this vehicle with the electric conversion) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zulu Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 I was 3350 with 1/4 tank and me in it. 98 S70 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asinine Posted February 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Yeah, there are obvious choices other than a Volvo for sure.One I really want to look into would be this:http://kitchener.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles...QAdIdZ107063160Since the performance of any electric car doesn't compare to that of a ICE car, there should at least be a cool factor to the vehicle!Thanks for the info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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