Thursday, November 10, 2011

Kaylor Motor Install

We got the Kaylor motor installed yesterday. I went out and purchased a nice new stock pressure plate for the beast but did not change the throw bearing shaft. For a stock setup there is just no need. I pulled out and did a basic setup of the controller as well. I am building another bench test to be sure every thing is working before placing them in position for going on the road. It is only a test and the road test will be minimal. I will be placing the cells in the rear seat area and will be strapping them together so they don't move. I still need to work on the brakes before venturing out on the roadway. This is one of the reasons for the bench test while installed in the car. I have no clue about the condition of the brakes at this moment. Those are easy breezy for me. The mechanical stuff my be stuck and be a pain in the butt but brakes are simple. I have enough stuff here to replace the soft lines if needed and the flex lines from the master to the brake fluid reservoir. I have new shoes and pads as well but they would come from the Buggy. That would put the buggy project back a bit again. Oh well. I did a quick video of the install.




One other thing I noticed while putting this thing together was that this particular motor has split brushes. The ones that Helwig sells with the rubber tops. These don't have rubber tops but they are split brushes. I thought that the Helwig split brush was a new concept but its not. I think that the rubber top is but not the split brush. It is also interesting that the other starter/generators I have do not have split brushes. Anyway I thought you'd all like to know that split brushes are not a new fangled thing.

Pete :)

5 comments:

  1. Pete,
    I like this video and love the karmann ghia projekt. You show nice interesting steps. Keep on runnig... You are doing great!
    Thanks Mat.)

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  2. Thanks. I have just about all the components installed for our bench test before we put the pack in the vehicle for an on the road test. Once we have the testing done we will remove the motor and controller and install either our GE motor or our Kostov motor. I have one other controller to test for someone and I will push that one until we break the controller. Then we will be putting back in the Synkromotive controller and will be playing with fast charging. And we will start the body prep for roll on paint.

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  3. Sounds good. Have you also thought about the Impuls9 Motor?? I tried once to buy a motor at Kostov in Sofia, Bulgaria, but it was very confusing...and in the end they had no motor in stock. I do not know where they realy are. In Bulgargia only a woman picks up the phone telling you nobody is ther, and you have to write an email. In Bulgaria they do not measure the lengt in inch. But on all the descriptions you will see inch and no millimeter. I don`t know... I go with Netgain now. Perhaps you know more??
    Mat.)

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  4. I had a Warp9 Impulse in my 77 MG. It is a good motor. Quiet and powerful. However I like the Warp9 and I like my 9" GE motor that was in my first conversion. I have never used a Kostov yet but I will. I have two of the 11" motors and they are the older style. Not the new HV versions. One of my Kostov motors lived in an S-10 Blazer and the other in a Hyundai. Now it will live in a Ghia for a time and then in my Bus.

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