Duane's 1989 Acura Integra

Owner	Duane
Location	Independence, Oregon United States ^map
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Vehicle	1989 Acura Integra
Motor	Advanced DC Series Wound DC 6.7" #L91-4003 72-120VDC 13 HP Double Shaft
Drivetrain	Standard transmission. No clutch
Controller	Curtis 1221C-7401 72-120VDC
Batteries	10 Alcatel-Lucent 12AVR145ET, 12.00 Volt, Lead-Acid, AGM Upgraded to 145 amp/hour. AGM is MUCH better than Gel by far!
System Voltage	120 Volts
Charger	Quick Charge 120V 10A With Select-A-Charge On board charger
Heater	Ceramic heater core from space heater. Not done yet.
DC/DC Converter	HWZ Series DC/DC 120V to 12V 300W
Instrumentation	Pak Trakr battery monitor
Top Speed	70 MPH (112 KPH) 70 is faster than I will need it to go for my commute. It works pretty hard to get there.
Acceleration	Probably fairly slow.
Range	34 Miles (54 Kilometers) I would have liked a few more miles for cushion as my commute is 32 miles round trip.
Seating Capacity	5 took the family for a ten mile drive just for fun over the weekend.
Curb Weight	3,200 Pounds (1,454 Kilograms)
Conversion Time	This has been a hoby not a priority and I haven't kept track of time on it. I have been working on it over the last 6 years though.
Conversion Cost	$400 for the car $2500 for the electronics $1600 for fist batteries $400 for new batteries
Update - 7/11/2013 I have been driving this very regularly to and from work on a daily basis. It has been working good but last night I had what I think was a coupling failure. It started sounding funny then started losing power even though the motor was spinning. I was able to pull it into my driveway(barely) and I will have to dig into it this weekend. I am feeling quite frustrated and worried that I will have to have a new coupling made and maybe have to replace the shaft going into the transmission. Update - 5/6/2013 I have been driving it to and from work for a little under 2 weeks. Everything is working good. I can now officially call this my commuter! Yes, I am pleased as punch! Update - 4/15/2013 Driving at higher RPM (around 3000) made all the difference in controller heat. After a ten minute drive at 60 MPH the controller was cool to the touch. Update - 4/12/2013 Just got some larger, possibly newer batteries. The test run got me a good 21 miles. The controller overheated some so now I am learning how to keep it cooler. I plan to do another test run this weekend then I will start building the new mounts for the bigger batteries. I am done with the basic part of the conversion but I am not getting the range I was hoping for. I am getting about 5 miles to a charge so I am looking into possible problems.

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