| Convert It! |  | Author: Michael P. Brown
Creator: Shari Prange
Publisher: South Florida Electric Auto Association (S F
Category: Book
Buy New: $24.95
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Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 290,207
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Pages: 128
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.4
ISBN: 1879857944
EAN: 9781879857940
ASIN: 1879857944
Publication Date: November 1993
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Product Description
This book is the leading how-to resource for electric car conversions. It combines Brown's years of professional automotive experience with down-to-earth language even an automotive beginner can understand. It is not written for the engineer in the laboratory, but for the home mechanic building his own car, and for the average person behind the wheel. Brown speaks to the reader as if talking to a friend in his garage. Before lifting a wrench, Brown answers the most frequently asked questions about electric cars: how fast will it go, how far will it go, how long will the batteries last, how pollution-free is it really, and many more. The conversion process itself begins with choosing an appropriate donor chassis, and stripping it of internal combustion components. Here Brown's experience provide numerous tips and tricks to make the later conversion process easier and more successful. Step by step, Brown leads the reader through the conversion. As each component comes up, Brown gives a little background on the different types available, and the pros and cons of each. He includes tips on layout, design and fabrication at each step, and discusses different approaches for different chassis, such as front wheel drive vs. rear wheel drive. By the end of the book, every part of the conversion process has been discussed. Brown wraps up with a procedure for testing and troubleshooting, and guidelines for normal driving, charging, and maintenance. The book is salted heavily throughout with photos and diagrams to illustrate its topics, and it includes a very thorough index. CONVERT IT has been chosen by the Department of Energy and by numerous schools across the country as the textbook for high school electric car conversion projects.
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 Convert it is a must before any conversion March 29, 2000
29 out of 30 found this review helpful
Convert it does not make to long process of car conversion a breeze, but it is an excelent resource. The book is full of excelent pictures that bring the informative writing to life. The information in this book can be easily appiled to every car conversion and is of great help.
A great grounding in the knowledge of electric car conversion July 19, 2005
C. J. Marriott (Northamptonshire, UK)
23 out of 23 found this review helpful
I have an interest in all environmental solutions, but from a more technical side and I was searching for an economical mode of transport, which could also be an ongoing project for the future months. "Convert It" is a great read and it really shows you the basic rules and tips in both technical detail but in a user friendly layout. I would recommend it as a great starting block and as an essential library piece for any future electric car-converting enthusiast.
Convert It. April 13, 2007
L. Thorson (Pierre, SD United States)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
The book is excellent for EV conversions. It shows technical points and educates as well. Web searches will bring you up to date on available equipment but the basic systems are explained well in "Convert It".
If you are going to build an electric vehicle...start with September 24, 2001
Marco Antonio de la Cuadra (Santiago de Chile)
22 out of 26 found this review helpful
If you want to build an electric vehicle, start with this reference. Clearlly the writter show that he built this stuffs and give us good proccedures and building hints.
Very Informative May 22, 2008
C. Fadden (sterling, va USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a great book for the EV enthusiast. I was a little surprised that the pages of the book seem like xerox copies. But the quality of the information is very impressive.
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