Okay, so I have the cv axle adapters mostly finished. The side that interfaces with the EM57 drivetrain still needs the oil grooves (do they need to be helical?). I also need to heat treat them (4130), but otherwise they fit pretty great and have all the features I think I'll need.

On to mounting ...

I'm pivoting to a mounting the motor behind the rear axle, in order to solve a problem where the brake caliper sits way too close to the ground for my comfort (6th picture). If I flip the axle and rotate it around, the caliper gets tucked behind the tube of the DeDion weldment (4th picture). The ...

Are you going with something fancy like a hob, or just a module rotary cutter? Or the classic shaper with bespoke hand-ground cutter?


I'm just using a basic double angled 90 degree chamfer cutter. Plenty of hot rodders have been doing this to make their custom half-shafts and it precludes me ...

nice motor mounts :)



Thanks! I got a real hank for counterbores and raw steel in my designs. I finished welding them up this weekend. I experimented with similar aesthetics when I built the swing arm for my electric scooter build.

I'm definitely sold on the zombieVerter and placed one on ...

I'm excited to see how you get along with this. I have a Daihatsu Hijet that I might want to convert someday, but it comes with a conventional live axle and all the pakaging problems that entails. I was actually thinking of using a stock Acty rear axle turned backwards, which lets me build a motor ...

Welcome! Did I see something about this project posted elsewhere? Seems familiar in some respects.

Couple thoughts:

-The Tesla charger isn't sealed around its perimeter FYI, so you'd have to do something so nothing gets under the lid. I designed a printable part that fits on the HV end of the ...

I would have suggested running a Zombie + Original Leaf logic board + Leaf Pack with OEM BMS and Contactors. Then a Charger that can be controlled by the Zombie.

This way you system would be more joined up and interactive.


Shoot, I've already lobotomized the EM57 inverter, but it looks like ...

Hi guys! My project is coming along and I'm at a place where I feel good about sharing my project, lessons-learned, and to try this out as sounding board.

My project is an HA3 Honda Acty with a busted motor. I've been a fan of kei trucks ever since a trip to Japan. When the opportunity came to get ...