Attendence: Graham Powers
Work Done: Controller Mount
In Progress: Charger Mount, Controller Wiring, Throttle Ordered

Attendence: Graham Powers
Work Done: Motor Mount
Started: Controller and Charger Mounts

Attendance: Graham Powers

Work Done:  Attached flywheel and Clutch, Motor mount fully built

What needs to be done:  Paint and fully install motor mount, Mount controller, Mount Charger, Mount Throttle, Wire everything

Summary:  Sorry for not posting for such a long time, but with the tight deadline on the Albemarle car, as well as having to find parts, not much has been done until this past week.  Sebring and I got the motor mount fully welded and cut.  It fits in the car perfectly and looks like it will work great.  We also got the flywheel and clutch assembly mounted to the motor and bolted the motor to the transmission.  This week, we will figure out if we need to weld anything to the motor mount, such as a controller or charger mount, and then paint everything.  We should also be able to finalize the mounts for the controller and charger.  The throttle has been ordered.

Members in Attendance: Graham Powers, Ben Carroll

After last week I bought new machine keys from McMaster-Carr.  They fit just fine and the coupler fit on easily.  We then put the adapter on the motor and discovered that the flywheel for the Jeep wouldn’t fit.  I called the company that manufactured the adapter plate and was told that the adapter was designed for a Chevy S-10, but that the Chevy and our Jeep (along with a bunch of other vehicles) share the same transmission. So this week I am going to have to purchase a new flywheel and clutch package designed for the Chevy S-10.

We then positioned the motor in the car and realized that the adapter plate was actually a bit smaller than the transmission, as was the original Jeep motor. The original motor had an aluminum plate that fit to the bottom of the transmission and covered the area of the bell housing that wasn’t covered by the motor itself.  It was too thick to use with our adapter plate so we will have to fabricate one out of thin aluminum sheeting.  We also got a feel of where the motor would sit in the engine bay and started to plan a mount.

Hopefully next week we will be able to get the aluminum cover fabricated and get the flywheel and clutch in.  This will allow us to finally mount the motor to the transmission and finalize the design of the motor mount.  At this point it looks like we might fall about one to two weeks behind schedule, but barring any problems we should have the motor mounted by the week after spring break.

Members in attendance:  Graham Powers, Ben Carroll, Jordan Morris

After cancelling the past two build sessions waiting for parts, we finally got everything in.  The motor mount and the adapter plate/coupler kit came in.  We started by checking that the adapter plate was the correct size and shape for our vehicle, which it was.  We then tried to attach the coupler to the motor shaft.  It turns out the the machine key that came with the coupler was .002″ too large.  This made it impossible to get the coupler all of the way on.  I ordered new keys from McMaster-Carr and they have arrived.   We also looked at possible options for attaching the motor mount.  Next week we should hopefully be able to get the motor attached to the transmission and come up with a design for attaching the motor mount.  If we can get the motor mounted by spring break, we will be back on the schedule set forth at the beginning of the semester and the aux guys will be able to start mounting their parts.

Members in Attendance: Graham Powers

What was done (specifics): We fabricated a ring to lift the motor, and then took it from its box to inspect it. We discussed possible mounting options for the motor and settled on a sling hanging from the existing motor mounts, and we are checking with Evolve to see if they can manufacture this part. We then checked on throttle options and decided to use the Evnetics potbox as it is of very high quality and made to work with our controller

What was not finished today: Nothing Started

What actions items will be dealt with next week: Mounting the motor

Needed supplies/support: Motor mount, throttle, wiring