History

Formerly a Supercharged 396 with a T-trim Vortech Supercharger the motor was producing 10 pounds of boost at 5500 RPM’s

With the extreme California emissions standards, it was difficult to keep this car in a position to meet the changing emission laws.

This age covers the journey in converting this car to a certified BEV Battery Electric Vehicle.

Batteries

The batteries powering the car are XS Power XP1000  16V AGM batteries which are capable of producing 2400 Amps. The most I have pulled from them to date is 900 Amps.

The Battery Pack consists of 18 of these batteries for a nominal pack voltage of 288 volts ( 306 V float)

Controller

The Controller is  a Zilla HV 2K capable of producing 2000 Amps at 300 volts.

Motor

The Motor is a Netgain 11HV capable of 288V and up to 1400 Amps. It is an 11.5” diameter motor.

What’s new with the 1996 Electric Corvette?  

A new Netgain  11HV is installed.

After two years of flawless driving with the 1996 Electric Corvette, I decided that it was time to amp up the car’s performance and ordered a Netgain 11HV  11.5” motor to replace my 9” ADC FB1-4001A motor. With the battery and controller combination it was strikingly clear that the motor just was not up to delivering the desired punch i was looking for.

I had thought about going with a two motor design and felt that the machining cost and frame modifications were a bit too aggressive for what I was looking to do.

So I ordered up the motor with the anticipation of having an aggressive battery powered street machine. The motor is capable of a peak 540 Electric HP considering my battery pack I am expecting at least 325 HP, with at least 600 ft/lbs of torque at 0 to about 1600 rpm’s....

 

Stay tuned-

1996 Chevrolet Corvette

3645 Lbs.

288V Nominal Battery Pack

Zilla 2K HV Controller

Netgain 11HV Motor

ZF6 Six Speed Transmission

QA1 Coilover Suspension

XSPower XP1000  16V 2400A Batteries Batteries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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