The StartTear DownFront OffEngine PullFrame CleaningBody sanded & primedDirty InteriorInterior Clean upMotor Installed
OwnerCalutech Inc
LocationOrland Park, Illinois United States map
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Vehicle1987 Chevrolet S10 Pickup
This was one ugly truck. Needed complete
tear down, rusted out panels replaced with
new steel and frame cleaned and sealed
with blue color. Work in progress.
Motor Raymond Separately Excited DC
Raymond forklift motor, double shaft.
Drivetrain"WAS" 2.5L 4 Speed GM Engine
ControllerAlltrax DCX-500
Serial cable allows connection to computer
to program throttle curve, etc. for
performance.
Batteries48.00 Volt,
We used red top batteries for a test
run, performed nicely. Now it has 4
old car batteries that don't really
hold a charge. (had to give back the
borrowed red tops, nothing like saving
on the test drive!) With the old
mismatched batteries it only gets about
a mile, big difference good batteries
make!
System Voltage48 Volts
Charger 48 volt trickle for long slow charge
DC/DC Converter None
Isolating a 12V for lights, etc. with a
back-up 12V so we don't take power from
motor voltage supply, so no converter
needed.
InstrumentationReplaced fuel gauge in dash with voltage
fuel gauge (forklift 2" gauge style)
Top Speed38 MPH (61 KPH)
With brand new red-tops, now top speed is
about 20 with mismatched dead car
batteries in it, definitely needs to have
good batteries, plan for lithium in the
future, reduced weight and more power!
AccelerationSlow on acceleration, but not that bad.
Kind of like slowly accelerating with a
normal gas powered car.
RangeWe have no idea on the range, we only
drove it around town one afternoon and
that was it (we had plates from another
car on it for the test run, a little
risky). Trying to find the title, we
lost it somewhere.
Seating Capacity2 adults
TiresStandard
Conversion Time2 weeks conversion, and months on the
truck.
Conversion CostMOTOR: $1,300.00
CONTROLLER: $600.00
SOLENOID: 80.00
IGNITION: 15.00
BATTERY CUT-OFF 40.00
WIRE & CABLE: 200.00
TRANSMISSION PLATES $550.00
MOTOR HUB: $375.00
HARDWARE: $100.00
THROTTLE ASSY $85.00
NEW CARPET $65.00
NEW SEATS $120.00


$3,530.00

Above price is cost of conversion, does
not include the vehicle price or labor,
just the cost to buy everything to do
the conversion.

Additional FeaturesFOR SALE ON OA MARKETPLACE
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We want to move on to the next project, an entire vehicle,
brand new. This one was our learning experience. It's a
pretty cool truck.

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