Took the cart out and ran it around with the turbine running. Tachometer fixed, rear bushings and shocks replaced. Having the engine running makes a difference, under heavy acceleration I think the drive is browning out a bit but with the engine supplementing the battery I dont have any issues.

I have a philodendron that’s been blooming. I heard they emit heat to attract insects at night so I pulled out a thermal camera.

Shakedown cruise of the Turboencartulator. And boy howdy did things shake. The old rear shocks started leaking, motor mount came loose, e-brake cable pulled loose. That was the first day. Then went to shoot some video of the thing running with the turbine on only to find the engine wouldn’t start. The tachometer died which controls the startup sequence. Guessing the ignitor EMPed the input from the magnetic pickup.

Picked up some more appropriate wheels for the cart. I have new tires on order. These are pretty shot. Front brakes are going to have to wait a bit. Found out the backing plates I have won’t fit. Got the stuff for the headlight and got them wired in.

Got a new, smaller diameter master cylinder and new drums for the brakes. They are going to take a bit to bed in with the shoes. Also installed a thermostat on the radiator fan to keep it off until it gets hot enough. Much quieter now. I need to find some new wheels/tires for it.

Seats mounted and rear lights wired in. Need to figure out headlights. I'll probably get a couple 7" bucket lights. Ordered a 3/4" brake master because the brakes SUCK.

It’s alive. I think I should call it the Turboencartulator

Finally got the pack fully charged and balanced out. Finished balancing at 3.482 average with a 9mv delta. Now on to seeing if i can make this thing move.

Added a charge port for the pack and started charging at 1 amp. It’s slowly coming up to voltage. Found out the Orion BMS’s output to trigger a relay to turn on and off the charger isn’t not working. I know this model had some options deleted, I may need tonpopnitnopen to see if I can add it back.

Hooked up the BMS to the pack. Bunch of cell banks are a little lower than then rest. Hopefully they will balance out. I’m rigging up a slow charger to get them balanced with the Orion BMS. Crossing my fingers there are no major issues. I really don’t want to take the pack apart.

Obligatory eclipse pic

Made some mods to the wiring for the center console and got it wired in. Tomorrow I’ll get a meter out and verify everything does what it is supposed to. Then I should be about ready to heck the back off the ground and see if the wheel turn.

Battery pack installed in the cart. Still have not connected the cell taps to the BMS but I think it should be fine. Need to the external wiring now to the control panel and drive inverter canbus. But I’m feeling lazy.

Battery pack for the turbine cart is almost done. Wiring is mostly finished. Need to power up the zombieverter with the ISA shunt to initialize it. Also need to put the foam in place to direct the fan air flow.

Crammed the battery in the box with everything else. Ended up having to move the standoff for the negative terminal to make room for the Anderson connector. It’s a tight fit! (That’s what she said)

Got the plate drilled to hold the BMS, zombieverter, recharge resistor, and fans. Also got the mount done to hold the battery box down to the rail. It’s being held to two of the crossmembers using some structural epoxy and two pieces of DOM cut in half. This fixes another issue as well.

Mounted the contactors and the shunt last night. Cut a piece of aluminum to mount the BMS, recharge resistor, and fans on this morning. When I’m not feeling lazy I’ll work on it some more. The new enclosure seems to be slightly larger than the other one I have. Barely fits. Mounting strategy is going to have to change a little too.

Oh boy this is going to be a tight fit.

Finished turbine control panel. The box itself is an off the shelf Hammond enclosure. The top I had cut and bent at @OSHCutInc. It did come about 1/16” narrower than print and between that and I measured a little short, it didn’t fit. I was able to mill off the ends of the enclosure which makes a nice fit

Modeled the odd ball key for the buggy in car and resin printed it. Works great. Spares are about $75 each otherwise.