/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1250168
Pretty sure that preacher fuckt ur mum

>>1250174
...You are puttering around the shitty parts of a medium sized US city in a pink rectangle that says "team fuccboi" on the back of it?

>>1250174
How much are you paying for these things?
What happens when something breaks and they come knocking on your door?

Should tint the windows and sleep in it like a vandweller.

>>1250168
>he is hoping to get in gold
probly a Mammonist preacher

>>1250189
Yes sir, new orleans to be exact

>>1250189
He said he was on last thread.

>>1250198
Well the manufacturer told us if we had sold one they would give us parts whenever. So assuming its not a major part I would just replace it. but if it was something more intense like an axle or shock I would probably recommend going to a golf cart repair place. but pretty much all we told him is we arent saying he wont get a ticket or whatever all we are guaranteeing him is that a tuk tuk will come and he seemed pretty cool with that

>>1250198
Funny enough I want to take it camping because of the solar panel being able to charge it without power outlets. honestly the only issues with it I have i the lack of tinting... also I think it would be cool to put those sun blind things on all the windows. and th whole inside turns flat so you could very well put in a roll up mattress inside

>>1250168
KEK. Nice. Got any pics or info on that motor? Voltage, how many amps or watts?

Is it pretty "zippy?"

How much it weight?


>guy who wants to builf a CuckTuk

>>1250174
Does that say fuccboi???

>>1250189
OMFG I KNEW IT.

DON'T EVER STOP BEING YOU YA GLORIOUS FAGGOT.

I will mail you dicks soon...

>>1250294
yes, Yes....

>>1250295
Are they edible?

>>1250292
its about 400 pounds and its kind of odd sometimes i feel it goes a little more than 20. its a thousand watt motor. they limited it to 20 miles per hour so they could legally ship it into the country as a scooter, im sure taking the limiter off would be easy I just dont know how

>>1250320
Can i fug ur sisters pucci?

>>1250299
SURE.

what you want? Chocolate, mints, gummies maybe?

Prolly not homemade but the dick chocolate chip pancales we made were pretty good.

>>1250320
I had a 1,000 watt ebike tho. Acerage 25mph or so on flat ground. The tuckCuck is 400 pounds tho. You can check out the golf cart hotrod forums if you want performance. But with 3 wheels i would just leave it. Shit gets sketchy.

I used to spend a lot of time here http://www.buggiesgonewild.com.. time, money, and storage kinda put a halt on it for now. I want to build a sandrail out of one. Or maybe a 4x4.

>>1250334
...that was supposed to be cookies.

Might could do jolly ranchers.

I dont have any access to dry ice and hate to mail u a box of runny chockolate or melted shitty candy. Lol. I can just try it and if its fucked let me know anf i will try it again

>>1250172
nice touch

>>1250340
>might could

>>1250334
Awe shit lad, gonna goo with the gummies

>>1250339
Yeah honestly I got it because of the massive legal loop holes with its current configuration and i mean... it gts me and family or friends were we need to so why mess with it lol. really only thing i wanna mess with is the batteries because it goes sixty miles in a single charge

>>1250347
Dont forget the windows 98 sticker lol

Shine on, you crazy diamond. I'd buy you a drink at the blacksmith bar if I lived there.

>>1250251
>because of the solar panel being able to charge it without power outlets

Expect it to take days to charge.

>>1250168
Buy these off ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/201920561877?rmvSB=true
Rip them apart and rewire them for 12v (4s5p)
Or just wire them up to a buck converter set to 12v but make sure each one can handle enough amps such that hooking them all up in parallel can provide more than enough amps for you motor (how ever many that is)

>>1250348
>might could
>might could not.

I reckon i will find out, what of it yankee?

>>1250368
10-4 ghost rider.

Never made gummies but already have silicone ice tray molds for them.

You ever see that website "dicks by mail?" Same exact design. Some anon is just dumping melted gummies into silicone ice trays from the perv shop and making bank.

Will see what i can do and track you down if you lurk here much

>>1250369
60 miles. Is that good or bad? Lead batteries are heacy and you can add more but dont get carried away. If you only need 20-30 miles on a charge but a little more giddy-up you could buy smaller batteries of the same voltage.

What size batteries and what voltage you run? And if you could get the model of controller we may be able to fix your rev limiter problem. Or at least make a few runs for fun and see what it does and put it back.

>>1250446
>220ah

FFS! OP if that motor is 36 or 48 vokts just leave the pack as is and go. Shit will last a long ass time if it is quality. And lithum lasts longer in both run tume and life time. And it weighs whst like 1/3 or half of lead? Unsure.

>>1250446
>>1250452
>$1 per cell

Yeah, no way those are 'genuine LG'. They're probably only 20% of their claimed capacity, if that.

>>1250452
They say it is some kind of gel battery mind you I do really want lithium I just have to figure out what kind f batteries they are

>>1250189

And he's advertising more for sale.

jesus h. christ, it looks like a tricycle humped a shipping container and gave birth to it.

you need a "drive a tuk tuk, the world becomes your bathroom" sticker on it.

OP if you got one with corrugated paneling and marketed them as "mini mobile shipping containers" they would probably sell like hotcakes on this board.

>>1250581

Thats actually a cool idea like... a shipping container with a small asymetrical cockpit on the top right of it so you can navigate it through freight yards or something. maybe it could move with belts under it so it wouldnt need big wheels and they could be stackable

>>1250168
whats the battery voltage?

have you thought about putting a wind generator on it?

they make them for sailboats.

>>1250634
Battery
Capacity
Standard configuration 40Ah*5
(continuous driving 60-80km)
Arbitrary choice based on
customer requirements
(45AH*

>>1250634
60V, 40Ah with options 45Ah, 50Ah and 60Ah
If the batteries shown in the image are used, then 40Ah is 5s2p with standard 6-DZM-20, 45Ah same with a 22Ah version (same size), 50Ah with a 24Ah version (same footprint but higher) and 60Ah may be 5s3p with standard 20Ah (more space required). This would be the easiest upgrade.
Charging and discharging is handled by the battery controller. Charge time (40Ah) is specified as 12h for the first charge and 8h after that. Charge current is limited to 10A (2p) with a max. voltage of 70V (5s). Lithium batteries can not be charged that way and would require a different controller.
>>1250646
A photo of the battery compartment to identify the battery type/model used, the electric connections and the available expansion space would be useful.

>>1250634
>they make them for sailboats
tuk will tilt

>>1250517
Idk man, people on various forums keep saying they're getting great performance out of them. Seller says they're from a "hoverboard" factory that went out of business. They have LG, Samsung and some sanyo I think. I'd be buying some if I wasn't broke from buying discount laptop batteries off ebay.

>>1250517
>>1250760
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7V9XQ34chc
This dude and other people have verified these packs are the claimed capacity, not sure if they can verify authenticity but these are definitely not Ultrafire trash

thanks Ill keep that copied for when i go to an engineer

>>1250755
honestly soemthing im looking into are those portable wind turbines you can buy for camping those look cool,

>>1250572
On the alibaba page for your tuk tuk it says your motor is 60 volts. So you'll probably have to rip those 36v lithium packs on ebay apart and arrange enough in series to get to ~60v. Those are the cheapest, highest performance batteries you are going to find, at least until Tesla releases their 21700 cells in 2020 for only $100/kwh

>>1250929
A key component is the battery controller which handles the mains adaptor input and the 72-cell solar panel. It generates 70V from the 36V panel and prevents over-charging as well as over-discharging of the 60V battery. Lithium toy cells are no match to the robust 6DZM20 batteries and reliable lithium car batteries are still very expensive. Charging lithium cells is much more delicate and needs a totally different technique (e.g. balancing and protection) that the LK1500AC battery controller does not provide.

>>1250833
May be they have it in pink.

>>1250936
Of course a high quality BMS will be required. But those 18650's are not "toy" batteries, they're high current 2,000mah that can put out like 17 amps or something. But they shouldn't since you'd put a ton of them in parallel with individual fuses like a tesla battery for an application like this. It's just like a bigger DIY e-bike battery, they're very common and are build with much cheaper cells than this with decent success. Just look around youtube. This guy covers most of the doubts people have about these ones in particular.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4jjt1qltwo

>>1250168
Is that Alibaba price accurate? $600-1300. And you are charging $5500 for one? Is shipping that much?

>>1250965
Options and volume, shipping, customs, men in the middle..

>>1250964
What would a 18650 configuration (?s?p) look like that offers 60V/60Ah and supports the existing hardware (solar panel, mains charger)?

>>1250965
Well its mostly to cover for hidden fees for example, we were hit with a 700 dollar "port congestion fee" or something and then there were other fees we had to deal with just to get it here. if we imported it for some one at say three thousand or 4 thousand and tha happened we would have been fucked. So its really a great thing we have a large flat rate fee like that for the thing because if anything happens we have the padding to handle it

>>1251005
16s seems common for 60volt e-bike batteries, but obviously at full charge of 4.2v each cell would be higher than 60v. So I'm honestly not sure if that'll work as is or if you'd need a hefty buck converter.

There are 16s 100 amp balance charging boards on ebay that would work, probably with same voltage converters already in it for the mains and solar panel.

Glad to see the business end of the tuk finally. Looks like a standard golf cart rear end - should be more reliable than the hub motors.
As I mentioned in the last thread, I do lithium conversions for lots of smaller EVs. Forget about 18650s, too man interconnects to fail, you'll need a tab welder, and that many parralllel connections makes a BMS worthless. On BMSs, they are almost always the point of failure when things go boom. Just get a large ah capacity, dont overdischarge, bulk charge, and manually check cells periodically.
Get a 'cycle analsyt'', a Meanwell HLG series potted/ip67 power supply to charge with, and some 60ah Nissan Leaf cells or HK 20ah multistar lipos, and a $5 cell checker.

>>1250368
Found a descent gummie recipe that should hold up. May have found a dry ice source ro include other shit. Email me yiu address anon and in a week or two i will order new morlds and properly sterilize them for food grade. They are made from food grade silicone bit lucky for yiu I'm a bit of a germaphobe.

Acornstu@gmail.com

>>1250517
...fuck.

Too good to be true.

Do i really have to spend $5 per cell on quality Panasonic's?

>>1250572
If its gell just measure your battery tray, see if you can make it any bigger, and hint down a quality sorce for AGM (absorbed glass matt) batteries. Biggest you can fit. Lead, but maintenance free amd yiu can mount them sideways all under the fram if u want. Lots of possibilities.

What is your current gel battery setup? Should have writing that says voltage and ah.

>>1251020
So 16s30p with 2Ah cells, 480x 18650? A thousand connections? Better add 5x 6-DZM-20 to the 45AH that are already there.
LiFePO4 looks good, drop-in replacement for SLA, but much too expensive yet.

>>1250581
LOL. Fold out misquito tent and cot.

>tiny home

>>1250618
Kek. I always wanted to turn a used semi trailer into a cabover truck. Aside from the front tires it would look like an empty trailer barelling down the highway.

Might cause a wreck tho ;(

>>1250755
>he doesnt have an 8 foot wide 20 foot long lead battery filled tuk tuk with a fold down wind turbine.

>>1250929
Nah, just run 66 volts in 2 packs and yiu good. You can overpower the fuck out of most motors and 6 wont do shit

If I were to get, let's say, a Piaggio ape, imported to Ohio, what I have to do?

>>1251139
>get shipping container
>get 1/3 ton imitation crab meat
>...
>ship it

>>1251152
Is that an offer?

>>1251083
I currently have about 5 of those batteries described im just not very mechanically inclined...

>>1250168
>how to install extra batteries
Walmart. 200$ for five 12V 20Ah SLA batteries. T6 terminals. Still no photo of the battery compartment. Is it 20Ah or 22Ah that you have?

>>1251139
www.google.com/search?q=piaggio+ape+usa
No need to import, buy a used one.
Electro version no longer available,
no passenger model.

>>1251161
I think they may be the 45AH ones I still cant get a clear answer out of the company

>>1251203
Easiest way to find out would be a look at the batteries themselves. If it says 20Ah you have 40Ah, if it says 22Ah you have 45Ah (rounded up). The other interesting part is the connectors, flat or screws.

>>1251226
they would seem to be knd of like screws with rubber protective caps ontop

>>1250168
UN-KEK THE TUK-TUK BRUH!

EIGHT THOUSAND WATTS OF POWER.

fucking 2 speed automatic rear axle assembly with an 8,000 watt motor.

...time to build a wheelie bar and order a 1,000 watt sticker.

https://www.uumotor.com/webstore/electric-tricycle-automatic-shift-rear-axle-motor-and-controller-kit

>>1251469

>>1251139
THIS KILLS THE MAN.

Ape Pentaro 1960-1968. This mutherfucker has a 5th wheel plate and a mini semi trailer. 10/10 would drive and will buy or build similar. Some of them have a fucking roll bar for kc lights.

My sides.

>>1251139

Mfw rice out a scooter. 250lb. Beard blowing in the wind. Shit eating grin. Mine will be a hard top convertable.

>>1251139
REEEEEE

>>1251139
Fuck this shit! I got an old Volkswagen and a bike frame. I'm gonna build me a cuck-truck and post build here when done.

>>1251161
Not a bad deal really. Cant save much online with the fucking shipping. And if one is a dud you can get a redund?

>>1251473
IMPROVED

>>1251139
Anon. Make friends with someone over there. Torch off front end. Disassemble. Mail it over here 1 piece at a time. Buy junk motorcycle frame and weld on front.

Is how i am tagging my fucking lawnmower soon. Moped frame for $50 with clear Kansas title. In state can tag with no inspections ;)

Needs an orange low speed vehicle triangle, head lights, taik/brake lights, ans blinkers. But i already have it all ready.

Pic related is moped frame mock up.

Cant descide if slow speed trike or cut up my 4 wheeler frame and mount 6.5hp briggs for lifted 4 wheel moped... i want the trike but the moped should float and i have a troller motor. Just throw a rope on it in case I swamp it. Borrow rescue air tank and go with friends in case it takes me under. Theres a big sand bar at the lake. Water is like 3-4 feet deep. If i can get 1 leg under me i can get air anyway.

What do you anons think?

>NB4 redneck retard. I already know. Hence the yard full of mowers and vike parts....

>>1251486

this is what they sent today so now we have an answer as to what the abtteries are, comes standard with 45ah lead acid batteries, 12V*5 pieces.
Please make sure the additional batteries is 12V for each. And one tuktuk needs 5 pieces of these batteries in total.

>>1251486
>orange low speed vehicle triangle
oh my god you glorious bastard

>>1251475
Has the cuck tuk become the national vehicle of the kekistani people?

>>1251469
>https://www.uumotor.com/webstore/electric-tricycle-automatic-shift-rear-axle-motor-and-controller-kit
as cool as that is... It might not be legal if i put that on it

>>1250174

>>1251016
You're padding a bit heavy, 4999

>>1251524
100% not ecen kidding. Got like $300 in chicken lights for a failed boat project if i can ever find the damned things.

My bro gsve me a good running 12hp John Deere mower with a fucked up deck.

Rather trike or. ...monster moped? It will bw street legal 100%. Only problem i see would be if the cops make me send in for a "severely altered frame" title or whatever.

Seriously considering calling it the meme machine and orinting off stickers of memes. Cover it with stickers and clear coat over

>>1251526
GOOD LAWD YES! WE ALL RUN GREEN KEKTUKs WITH THE FLAGS STRIPES FOR RACING STRIPES.

any clay artists here? 100% when my foundry is done around Christmas time i will cast and polish aluminum Pepe hood ornaments. Free to anyone that will mount it on their cucktuk and take pics ;)

>results for metal pepe

>>1251528
Yeah its illegal af vut are the cops gonna run a fucking multimeter and check it? Just do like i do. Dremel the stamp or tag off and slap a 750 watt sticker on it.

I have a bmx with 2 1,000 watt hub motors and i put 350 watt stickers on it. YEARS of riding. No trouble

>>1250189
>2017
>not puttering around in a V8 landbarge with a jesus fish and "honk if you heart dick" sticker.

BOIIIIIIII

>>1251541
>calling an ichthys a "jesus fish"

>>1251539
Pics? I want to build one using an old beach Cruiser.

How do I join team fuccboi and where do I get the stickers?

>>1250235
new orleans is pretty gay anyway.

>>1251537
>>1251526
fuck off back to /r/the_donald

>>1251575
Probably /o/.

OP, what was the cost of the thing itself and what was the total price shipped? I'm wondering if I can make some money selling these as a business in downtown Austin.

>>1251537
god yes, I already want a green one so i can kek theme it lol

>>1251537
omg yes, I already want a green one

>>1251566
Kek. Thanks for learning me almost satantrips

>>1251571
Its at my cousins and the shit is working on the road. I will see if he has any on his phone hub motors are great. Get a bag or build a case between nut crusher bar and peddles and stuff your lithum pack and controllers in there.

Tons on the interwebs. "Dual hub motor e-bike"

>>1251575
asking the important questions anon. Since a tuktuk is $5,000 i say anyone who wants to buy the stivker can be on team fuccboi?

>>1251595
>how will Drumpf ever recover???


2 scoops, 2 terms, 2 genders.

ART OF THE DEAL WITH IT NEWFAGGOT!

>>1251650

I voted for Trump and I am 100% endorsing kekistani faggots self-identifying themselves with cuck tuks

t. Superduty driver

>>1251600
Im fuggin building trike and flying the kekistani flag and handing out pepe stickers.

>>1251651
>t. Superduty driver

Sorry about your dick bro.

>>1251654

my daily driver is my miata, you'll need better than assmad roastie tier insults to get to me

>buy shipping container
>make 2/3rds of it a living area
>park the tuk tuk in the other 1/3rd of it

Prepper type shit right there

End goal:

Ever think about a small propane generator instead of more batteries to extend your range?
Not hard to imagine a camper version sharing a large gas tank (5 gal bbq or multiple smaller tanks evenly distributed) with a stove or even a fridge. Hyper-cars are all about on board generators over battery banks, im no expert. Jussayin.

>>1251710

Ooh, yeah, the Honda Predator knockoff by harbor freight that is so good and cheap that Honda is sueing them.. those are some good shits.

>>1251652
SHADILAY MY BROTHER

>>1251683
it's wierd actually the whole seat and back seat collapse so the inside is complately flat. what you could do is put a roll up mattess inside, it also has drillable metal walls so you could put blinds inside of it or shelfs

>>1251537
I cant find somethign to mount on it that is pepe but i did find the one true kek

>>1251772
Fair enough. Lol. Seriously if we can find a clay artist that ca. Make a legit pepe i can make a master and polish uo some cast aluminum hood ornaments. Bronze would look cool

OHHHH!!!! you can cast zinc in an aluminum mold and bronze plate it. O could really crank em out then!

>>1251656
Fair enough brother. Lol. I sold it anyway.

Here's my daily.

>>1252071

I'm closely watching that power wheels thread, did we just become best friends

I want to make a full on electric miata kart shell or dunebuggy with the tesla Vape On Wheels lithium battery pack method and just troll people with it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_WM_FlIFLM

>>1251663
The only way to truly commit to team fuccboi.

>that's it.

After this vidya i have decided to cut mymt VW in half, weld my bike frame to it, and make a tuktuk clone. Mutherfucking 100hp... MY MAZDA PICKUP HAD 98!

https://youtu.be/7y93MYaTx6M

>>1251685
FFS! LOL

>>1251710
Solid ide. Honda even makes a little 2 stroke generator that is quiet as fuck

>>1251767
SHADILAY!

>>1252073
KEK. My man! As close as friends as 2 anonymous strangers on a Mexican hat dancing forum can be i guess.

>mfw dreamt of an electric sandrail for over 15 fucking years anon...

http://www.stephen.engineer/project/electric-dune-buggy/

Getting closer to my goal every day!

>>1252069
There is lotsa artist's in nola maybe i can commision some one here and send it, your awsome dude XD

>>1252097
>dune buggy
Nice. I have a large kart thing running a ME1003, Nissan Leaf battery pack, 500A @ 72V, 500lbs, 45mph w/ a 3.9:1 gear. pic related.

>>1250168

finally tuck tuck fuck delivers, now get us any pictures with ID numbers

>>1251139

Will I be able to put a welding skid on the back of that? I need a portable welder for work.

>>1252663
APE 50 Pick-Up 200 kg 1.5 m3
APE 50 Van 170 kg

>>1252534
I'd blow you to let me drive that. And I'm totally straight.

solar power

This thread is interesting. The whole first thread was people shitting on OP hard, treating him like complete trash.
He ignored it, made a new thread with content and has turned everyone around.

Doesnt seem to happen too much on here

Remember the hybrid automatic drone delivery guy?

>>1253053
XD thanks yeah if you egt offended the internet is not for you and omg share

>>1252175
FUCK YEAH. Let me know price guess ahead of time so i can front it for ya

>>1252534
NICE! you build it?

>>1252663
Anon with a welder and a cutting torch anything will fit anywhere. Might wanna beef up the springs. You know how mch it weighs? Is it a bigass pipeliner?

>>1253053
It's been roughly a year since I heard anything about him. He was supposed to get a patent for his shit at the turn of year.

I guess there have been some unexpected delays, but I'm sure he'll soon show Amazon how drone deliveries are made.

>>1252926
Get in line mutherfucker...

https://youtu.be/-xitMWUfeLk skip to the 50 second mark. Mske sure your volume is cranked up

>>1253053
Agreed. Hands down the best thread in a while. Good work OP. I will be sure and make a fuccboi bumper sticker top priority on my street legal cooler trike.

>>1253548
Anyone have screencap? Genuinly interested. Me and some bros are trying to network a bunch of solar landing pads for puddle jump delivery.

>mfw have a shitty day
>bro says i got you anon
>5 minutes goes by
>doorbell rings
>its a drone eithba stick on the front carrying an ice cold tallboy

This is the future i can no longer wait for.

>>1253548
>show Amazon
Hijacking and drone-crashing will be fun.

>>1253550
>https://youtu.be/-xitMWUfeLk
>> sheds a single tear with a smile as the russian national anthem blairs

yes... yes...

>>starts to clap and wheep with happyness

>>1252097
>http://www.stephen.engineer/project/electric-dune-buggy/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q7OQecAtmM

I have to do this now. I have to build an electric dunebuggy. How can I have the motor make this swirl of sparks ALL THE TIME when is providing force? I want the swirl to be bigger and more visible as well.

>>1253551
>>/diy/thread/S889680

>>/diy/thread/S908396

>>/diy/thread/S971500

Threads are brutal, not sure youll find any useful information.
The second thread was some of the most fun ive had on /diy/ though, on the level of Geodesic Dome guy

>>1253819
Also did THIS guy ever keep making threads?
This was a cool thread

>>/diy/thread/S1202520

>>1253820

He did it but his drone didn't have any ECM countermeasures and was shot down by an antiquated soviet man portable SAM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnI7ebtIBfI

>>1253784
You really don't want that. If you get it to work somehow the arcing will wear down the commutator brushes more quickly. I doubt those motors are cheap to replace. You could probably fuck with the brushes to make them spark more but don't.

>>1254152

Aw, man. I'll have to rig something with LEDs then.

>>1250170
What's that stuffed in the corner of the dashboard?

>>1250168
>Tuck Cuck.

kek.


lost

>>1253563
#BATTLEDRONES

>>1253577
Ahaha! No shit building an electric S10 drag truck. Show all these old school hotrod mechanics (my dad included) the future is here.

You will never beat the sound of a cammed out or stroked lopey big block.

But nothing on earth neats brushless electric and lithium. Not yet anyway. Maximum horsepower at fuck near 0 rpm...

Skip to 1:15 https://youtu.be/TUDX5MmulF0

...my fuck they all plug in. Why? I mean having one for emergencies is fine i guess but why would anyone spend thousands of dollars and many man hours and not bluild some sork of charging platform or at least a lever activated spring to a metal pad. Ffs

Why would you pay 5k for this when a full blown JDM kei truck is the same price

>>1253784
Hrmm... maybe dummy it? Put a dust protector on back of a dual shaft motor. Spring pressure ring and titanium plate rotating with the motor? More rpm more whit sparks?

>>1253784
Beautiful. It looks like they used an old VW transaxle and love-joy coupled the motor to it.

Prett fuckin sweet. Perfect for nice days. Like riding a bike only my wife would go with me and i dont bounce my dome on the highway again.

Yup, selling some shit and stocking uo on trojen T-105.

Moving the rack back our mounting a few behing the motor for sweet wheelies

>>1253819
Already excited anon!

>>1253819
>get heavy lift fpv drone.
>snag rc car
>fly 2 miles away and land
>go buy a new body and transmitter for your new rc car.

Alternatively just start mowing your yard at 9pm and straight pipe the muffler

>>1254152
Hrmm... find a burned up motor, break it loose so it spins good. Lovyoi to back of dual shadr motor. Make brushes from titanium and put like 6 of them on?

>>1253820
I WAS THERE!

>>1254593
>s10
>nastalgia

>>1250168
The new molds finally made it. And I gota say this is well worth it just for 2 new molds. Better quality and different sizes then I have seen in the perv shops.

Should have you a mess of dicks in hand in a week or 2 anon!

>>1254628
I mean the tuktuk.

>>1251084
A thousand connections isn't that much work if you use a spot welder like you're supposed to. Lots of people use solder but the extra heat degrades the batteries and it takes a lot longer. Properly done, you could fit a lot more power on that tuk tuk with a lot less weight, for less money too (as long as you're time isn't too valuable to you, lol)

Actually, as the other guy pointed out, you might not need to assemble the batteries at all. The 36v hoverboard packs can probably be used in 2s configuration as is, you'd just need to wire it all up.

>>1254593
Oh, i wouldnt. But i hands down would cobble 1 out of an old golf cart. And plan to

>>1254659
This anon is correct op.

>longer lifetime
>lighter
>more power.

Cannot lose tuktukbro

>>1254593
>5k for this when a full blown JDM kei truck is the same price

try 2.5k FOB price

What the lithium windbags are unable to understand is that it's not about installing a completely different electrical infrastructure but about adding capacity while keeping the existing SLA charge/discharge controller that also generates 12V and handles the power of the solar panel allowing charging while driving.

>>1254900
Hrmm. Well shit. Stick with lead and maybe build a little solar trailer to drag around

>>1254599

I want to find a Fugitive frame (unlikely, I'm in the southeast US and it's a west coast style sandrail frame- although for some reason it has a strong UK following: http://fugitives.co.uk/ )

Failing that, I'd have to build one from scratch. But it's not a very big buggy, and a tubing bender can be bought at harbor freight. Same with a welder.

Then I want to stuff a motor in it that will make people shit themselves on launch.

>>1250189
I see you don't have the balls that OP does

>>1256999
Sandails weigh dickall. I am a fan of this frame man. Building your own is insanely difficult. But hey, go for it.

>shit pants on launch.

Junkyard 3.2 liter JDM. Plenty of power for the buggy. Easy to replace if u somehow manage to grenade it.

I had one for a work beater car. Every day first gear to the floor around work.
Beeeeeeeebeeeeebebebebeeeeeeee

>>1257371
>. Building your own is insanely difficult. But hey, go for it.


I know I could probably muddle through it but I'd rather just find a Fugitive frame. Fucking things pop up here and there on craigslist but always half a continent away, and you can imagine what they cost to freight, assuming I could get a seller to ship.

>>1257485
Well, i kbow a guy with a descent sized trucker fb page. Maybe someone could get it close enough you can go pick it up.

>>1256999
>scratch. But it's not a very big buggy, and a tubing bender can be


bro: http://rodpenroseracing.com.au/parts/324-off-road-chassis-kits-mild-steel-kits-in-a-range-of-styles.html

if you can't find on in your country i'd be surprised

>>1257867
Didn't even think of a kit...

$1,300 isnt too bad but i fucjibg hate this style. I reckon i would give $2,500 or so for a descebt kit i like or for tubing to modify 1 until i like it.

>>1258039
>>1257867

Yeah that's the near-vertical windscreen Berrien buggy style frame. I hate it too. For some reason, the Fugitive just resonates with me. I guess I could get a kit builder who offers modifications to make me one.

Or maybe I could find one of the old Chenowth desert racing chassis, the ones that fast attack vehicles were built off of later. Altho race chassis = $$$ for some reason

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie7qvo-aC5k

I won't be able to afford that but TWO FUCKING MOTORS IN TANDEM WITH A GODDAMN POWERGLIDE

HNNNNNNGHHH MY DICK

>>1258256

Imagine that setup in this frame: >>1258039

If the torque didn't twist the frame apart, you'd have one hell of a good time

>>1258109
chromeolly or however you spell it tubing and battle tested shit.

>i build a mud buggy
>buddy builds a mud buggy

both look and run about the same


"hur durr muh 3 second pass"

i work on mine almost daily.

he works on his maybe one or 2 times a month

Sharing some of my hunt for a Fugitive frame. Pic related is what Bongs do to Fugitives- they seem to use them as bargain Lotus clones.

Found one in north michigan with a VW motor in it already for $2500 obo
https://nmi.craigslist.org/for/d/sand-rail/6290876130.html
TBQH not a bad price considering it comes with a VW motor that I could use for something else, but it's all the way in fucking michigan. Look at those lovely clean lines tho.


https://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/snw/d/fugitive-sandrail/6328850830.html
>all the fucking way in washington state.
>a fucking 2.3l Pinto engine
>i guess it makes sense for a sandrail? it wouldn't be my first choice
>not running, asking $3k


https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/snw/d/23-ford-fugitive-sandrail/6312851887.html
Another 2.3l Pinto engine. Priced too high for what it is and again, washington state. Why are people in WA obsessed with putting Pinto engines in sandrails?

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=650868&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
I bet this guy has posted on /DIY/ before.

https://chattanooga.craigslist.org/cto/d/corvair-powered-fugitive/6339473420.html
Closer to me, but is built nicely and not cost-effective to break down. Also, where do they find sand in Georgia? But it's probably a nice fast suicide machine with that Corvair engine.

https://roseburg.craigslist.org/snw/d/fugitive-sand-rail-frame/6307048474.html
Finally, a bare frame! Except it looks like a Berrien Buggy in the windscreen pillars. I don't know if that's really a Fugitive. And it's too far away.

https://nashville.craigslist.org/cto/d/vw-rail-buggy-sand-rail-no/6330888893.html
Close to me. Berrien Buggy looking windscreen but I can always change that with an angle grinder and welding. Part of why I want a Fugitive frame is I think it's lighter and that will help.

>>1258389
>https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=650868&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

You really have to read the thread for pic related, he put spikes all over it because he "really, really hates trees."

Kept searching, found something way out of my price range BUT:
>fiberglass panels
>FRONT A-ARM SUSPENSION WHAT
>comes with a trailer worth 2k or so
https://nashville.craigslist.org/snw/d/dune-buggy/6285831897.html
>TEMPTED

Then I found this:
https://nashville.craigslist.org/cto/d/chenowth-rail-buggy/6335196814.html
>Definitely in budget.
>ISSA CHENOWTH (very high build quality frame)
>motor is failed, good negotiating point + lowers price
>red wunz go fasta

https://greenville.craigslist.org/cto/d/rail-buggy-part-out-chenowth/6339282504.html
>a naked frame
>kinda close to what i want
>chenowth, good quality
>ehh


and some comedy listings:

https://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/cto/d/1985-subaru-4x4-rail-buggy/6338235239.html
>official car for /pol/

https://columbusga.craigslist.org/snw/d/350-rail-buggy/6334433346.html
>i don't understand this i think it's a stock car frame with no fiberglass

https://knoxville.craigslist.org/cto/d/rail-buggy/6309088412.html
>this actually looks excellent for my purposes since it's priced way below market
>title status: missing
>dammit jamal

>>1258389
>>1258396

Thinking I could get some prebuilt modules like these instead of DIY 18650 hackjobs or whatever, if I catch some on sale. Haven't started price comparing yet.

http://www.evwest.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=329
>Tesla Smart Lithium Ion 18650 EV Module - 57 Volt, 3kWh [18650-3] Price: $690.00


This guy's shit seems overpriced compared to that:

http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?e=&u=e0622e44428987d22191af56c&id=f8a253f520

If I can keep the rail light enough, I can probably get by with less battery.

>>1258256
Samesame brother. MFW reinforce the limbo frame and stuff a tripple motor and cab full of batteries. 300 miles and plenty of power ina 43 year old shitbox...

>>1258284
Chromoly or however u spell it is pretty forgiving. A few braces and you should be good to go. Highky recomebt long travel front end kit for sweet wheelies

>>1258389
Bruhhhhh.

Those little pintos are great hopped up in stock cars and sand rails. I bought an alchahol burner and threw it on a sandrail.

For shits and gigs i built a big "drag plate" on the back. Had cut brakes on it.

Pop it up onto the plate. Cruise around the Little Sahara vertical.

>>1258389
You should see the ambulance dune buggies. You fuck up at the dunes and a turbo 4 banger flys out there, straps you on the back on a flat aluminum plate, and rides a fucking wheelie to meet the amberlamps at the gate.

Got to watch a new guy learn how to fly. Looked fun af!

Also, if u find like a 60s beetle you can sell the body and just have a roll cage built. Maybe stiffen up the frame?

>>1258396
THIS

Is what i need in my life

>>1258396
>buy shitbox 4x4 s10 or s10 blazer
>sell computer shit and motor
>sell body
>3" suspension lift
>33" mud tires
>throw stock 350 or 400 sbc in
>build roll cage
>profit?

>>1258396
>stock car.

I don't think so anon. And stock cars use sheet aluminum.

>mfw shredder is almost complete for near free countless aluminum skins and radiators

>>1258407
You could. But honestly a spot welder is like 200-300 bucks and you can replace every battery in your life. Fist thing i am doing is modding all 6 of my cars stock batteries.

>>1258550
with your size and weight you may want to just fit it with a diesel DC generator and go full on locomotive diesel-electric

>>1258560
yeah yeah stock car isn't the right term, it just has the boxy look that i've seen on dirt track cars with their facade removed, but homemade

>>1258561
maybe there will be some killer battery deals on black friday? i really need to learn more about what the best shit is for this.

>i could just get a miata kart shell for $350 and build off of that for my first electric car

if you guys aren't familiar with miata karts, pic related

>>1258703
ANON YES!

THANK YOU FOR THIS.

Pretty sure Tesla owns panasonic or at least their battery branch?

At any rate they use thousands of 18650 cells. They are only $2 or $3 each bit then you have to tab a BUNCH together and wire a bms. There are a shit ton of guides. I woukd link some but i have to pkan my miata cart build. These are fuggin sweet!

>our system thinks your post is spam
>bitch your faggot system bans me like 3 tines a week for shit i ain't even do
>suck my fucking dick

>>1259195
yw
>>1259205
this group is awesome plus if there's a good miata shell deal on craigslist someone usually posts it

>>1259291
Fuck yeah mang. I live smack in the middle between wichita and tulsa. The drive sucks bit being in a 1 horse town that close to a million people with a car trailer? Shitbox blown up miatta carcass when! I got a fucking vw motor and transaxle i can use while i build the rest of it and swap it all out when i get the new drivetrain done.

>>1259341

just gotta watch for when these show up:

https://greenville.craigslist.org/cto/d/miata-project-car-trade/6335178716.html

i've seen running miatas for $800-900 but usually theyve been Weinsteined in various ways such as lowering, stripped interiors, lots of stickers, a krylon paintjob, cracked windshield, etc

>>1259414
Well, the gutted interior would save me money cause i dont need it. They are probably a fucking unibody arent they?

>>1259414
That would be about perfect. Any specific years or models i should try for or just buy the first ratted out shitbox i can find?

>>1259642

IDK ask /o/. You could also go by the donor car guide for Exocet body kits for Miatas.

They made one with a Tesla powerpack..

https://www.eddymotorworks.com/the-electrocet/

>>1261333
Yaaaas

>>1250242
It's EASY to work on anything like a golf cart and the parts and labor are profitable, not to mention customising. Lots of golf cart outfits in the South make bank. You could do both after learning.

>>1251487
>Torch off front end.

That's retarded. Use a recip saw, zip discs etc. to minimise kerf, Before cutting SCRIBE many alignment marks across the cut line. Scribing makes thin marks easy to align for reweld.

That's how you build one unibody car from two wrecks BTW and it's older than anyone reading this, or me.

Since it's technically a motorcycle with less than three wheels an engine pull and two separate shipments should do nicely. I'd only cut as a last resort.

>>1251532
Bravo!

>>1252663
Fuck no. You need a lot more capacity for a welding skid. If you are talking skids than you presumably have an engine drive welder and do multiprocess so need storage, gas cylinders, OA outfit, grinders, hand tools.....

Go to welding forums, not here, for welding questions because no one is going to write you a book in a thread that will vanish in days.

Go to Weldingweb and the Miller forums. Not here. Then look at skids in the projects sections which hold the equipment you want.

Of course you don't mention precisely WHAT you are doing, so mention it there, not here. Want professional opinions, go there, not here. You'll see why and be delighted you did.

Consider those forums the new Welding Sticky. Read the sticky!

A Ranger or Bobcat would be far too heavy and extremely tippy for a junktuk.. They'd overwhelm the pathetic drivetrain and tiny brakes. A Ranger or Bobcat plus cylinders, stands, reels and tools is 3/4 ton or better territory.

You could cheat on any pickup truck doing local work (no DOT scales) by installing 3/4 ton or better rear springs from salvage and welding stop blocks to the overload leaf pads on the frame so they remain in contact with the overload leaf. Old wrecker trick I've done several times.

If you have a welding business, buy a real truck (not a junker you'll lose money on when it's down). Many begin with a trailer if their truck sucks for easy swapout.

You need to study what rig welders do for ideas because there's nothing new to invent. To succeed, copy success.

Keep an eye out for a liftgate once you have a truck. They are very simple to install and great for picking and placing heavy shit. They are also heavy but I've had a 1300 to 1600 lb loads in my F150 with liftgate (and coilovers, Timbren urethane springs and Hellwig overloads).

>>1258039
>>1258389
>>1258396

i just love how this thread rolled from a gay ass tucktuck to manly dune buggy's. Way to go /Diy!

Dune buggys always fascinated me and i plan to build one - one day. Thank you for the links, i learned a lot with these anon.

One stupid question thought, as most buggy use VW motor for the Rwd, would it be manageable to modify a Fwd engine to make it Rwd without fuck tons of modifying?

>>1264522
Well in all fairness, half of us dunebuggyposters want to build badass electric ones.

It would probably be possible to get an adapter for the engine transmission/transaxle. People put Hondas and Subie engines in dunebuggies all the time.

I want a tuk tuk now

>>1264522
Drive train and engine ate 2 diferent things lad.

>>1264980
Meh, not really on an old vw. Motor monts on back of transaxle.

Modify the drive train would be a cock muther...

You can mod the shit out of vw motors or toss a 3.2 jdm on and wheelie

>>1264609

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJVtGmEUOpQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHR3a7mCiEk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGkzqqOYHt4

I wish I could afford a fuckload of 18650s.

Bumping for a Tuk Tuk Cuck update?

>>1265702

me too, guess I'll have to get a spot welder and a shitload of dead laptop batteries?

what about power tool battery recycling boxes at hardware stores? do they have 18650s?

>>1265755

I would assume so. But probably if you wanted to get serious about a lithium powered dune buggy you should go looking on craigslist for used Nissan leaf battery packs.

You can get some remarkably good deals and the huge hardback book sized individual cells are easier to work with. You would need thick rubber gloves to avoid lethally electrocuting yourself and you'd need to add a new BMS (unless it comes with one in the pack? idk)

>>1265767

hmm considering it.

http://www.diypowerwalls.com/t-Average-Salvage-Success-Rate-18650

>Also, if you want the best deals possible, skip ebay. Go to your local scrapyard. I was able to purchase laptop battteries for $1.25 PER POUND. not per battery, PER POUND. Even after fully testing all the cells it means I paid only about 30 cents per cell. You are never going to find a price that good on ebay.

>>1265772

I found out about after market nissan leaf batteries from my uncle who lives year round on a lake with some other more distantly related relatives.

He has a little aluminum dinghy propelled by a 12 volt trolling motor running off 4 Nissan Leaf battery modules in series with no BMS (he individually charges them when they need balancing)

The dinghy is just to go a few hundred feet between his dock and the neighboring docks. I think the biggest gap is only a little over a thousand feet and he never does more than 5 miles in a day.

Apparently it runs for fucking ever on one charge. It's optimized for lead acid so lithium is huge overkill. He once didn't charge it but kept using it to see how long it would take to run out.

It finally ran out after 12 days of average usage, just making quick runs between docks.

>>>/b/749200187 adventure....

>>1251139
Don't import a tuk tuk, get something like this.

>>1250372
ILLUMINATI CONFIRMED

>>1265702
U and my both brotha. Trying to get a sawmill up and running for a side job to buy them. https://youtu.be/zI0TNk5gLbU

>>1265772
HOLY SHIT ANON YES

>>1265342
I never knew a drive train was an internal combustion engine.

>>1267059
WINDOWS 98. KEKTUCK ANON IS BEST ANON

>>1267157
U dense fuck i said it mounts directly to the transaxle.

>>1267172

You said it was the same ;) >>1265342

You're not dying to a container troll thread