[ausev] Up for a project?? Zap my Acura!

[Kevin Douglass]

Dan,

 

The Houston area has a chapter of the EAA called HEAA.  You can get info on
the website www.heaa.org <http://www.heaa.org/> .

 

There are some folks at HEAA that have conversions and experience doing
them.  If you are interested in asking the group let me know at
k.douglass at earthlink.net.

 

As far as converting your car, there is one problem.  The fact that it is
automatic does not lend itself to making a good conversion.  Unfortunately
the automatic transmission is set up to run with your gas engine.  It uses
the engines computer and/or vacuum to decide when to shift.  From what I
have researched and spoken with folks that have converted vehicles, an
automatic transmission does not lend itself to a good conversion.  You want
a car that has a manual transmission.

 

This is just my knowledge level to this point.

 

Good luck,

 

Kevin Douglass

 

 

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From: ausev-bounces at austinev.org [mailto:ausev-bounces at austinev.org] On
Behalf Of Dan Lewis
Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 3:59 PM
To: ausev at austinev.org
Subject: [ausev] Up for a project?? Zap my Acura!

 

  I'm at a cross roads point here - I can either have my beloved old Acura
(1988 Legend coupe, auto, 6 cyl) rebuilt or I can have it put through an EV
conversion. I put an ad in the 'EV Tradin' Post' to see if I could get any
takers in my neck of the woods. No responses.
I'm told that Austin has a bunch of folks who dig converting fossil munchers
into amp eaters.

  Is there anybody in Austin or Houston who is ready and willing to convert
my Acura to an electric Acura? Please speak up soonly!

Thanks,
Dan Lewis
Houston,TX 

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