Dont forget you need to house the batteries in watertight enclosures, they will take up space.

also keep in mind you need to achieve at least 72S(300V fully charged) for the outlander voltage range to be happy with the batteries a maximum of 96s (400V charged) is possible.


That would mean 21 ...

Any welding or drilling done to the mini body will invalidate your V5 if the DVLA check your vehicle. This had happened to @turbopete

Was that the opto mini, what did they fail it on, did they allow it to be corrected??

If by ‘latest’ you mean 60 or 62kWh, just be aware that the modules shapes are different to the earlier 24 / 30 / 40kWhs. So not as easy to work with. Also the polarity of the different sizes changes around. There’s a thread I made with dimensions etc somewhere in the Leaf section if it helps ...

The build begins, I have recieved my motor this morning so I am ready to start fitting it into the subframe, exciting times. I'm still stuck on the controls/vcu side of things, it baffles me at the moment. I am waiting on some arduino kit arrive so I can try to learn how that all works. it will ...

very nice, did you look at the rev counter for the 3 clock setup??

any mitsubishi drive shaft experts out there, i was wandering if any other driveshafts fit the pot joints/cups, i searched for the tripod hub and each manufacturer list 6 or seven part numbers.

I just watched your videos.
Really sorry this didn't work out for you, apart from the grief for you guys it would have been a great way to keep more Mini's on the road and usable.


i agree, i also enjoyed the build, such a shame as there was a good chance that with the gained knowledge and the ...

Charger and inverter landed today, collected mock up subframe yesterday along with spare driveshafts (justincaseifuckup) Whats everyone’s thoughts on vcu, acc pedal, anything else i need to get the thing spinning????

PEDR0 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 06, 2025 11:28 am Agreed, read this last night, https://www.hagerty.co.uk/articles/main ... assic-car/

Isn’t this ironic

Agreed, read this last night, https://www.hagerty.co.uk/articles/main ... assic-car/

correct tom, i believe can use hi-lo's or coilovers on the suspension as they are replacement aftermarket parts and are fully reversable. i can pretty much do anything with the subframe if i use coilovers, won't need to though with the outlander, basically no cutting drilling or welding to shell. im ...

so next job is batteries,
is there a post/topic that has battery info with dimensions capacities etc. if not it might be an idea to set one up,

Jacobsmess wrote: ↑Sat Jul 05, 2025 8:01 pm Glad you bought the outlander motor I linked. I was getting the desire to buy it and I have no need for it!

i had to, they offered me it for £99, i got all 3 for £225, all 2016 and all grade a so less than 60k, some even come with hv cables

I’m in northwest england, The Lake District,

So we’re all in on the outlander
Rear motor, inverter, charger purchased.

Thanks to all for your help and input so far, going to be a bit of head scratching to do and then start collecting parts.

Alibro wrote: ↑Fri Jul 04, 2025 3:59 pm This guy did a nice job so worth a watch

https://www.youtube.com/@haand001

Yes, seen this also, I skipped the painting episode so didn’t realise it was an outlander

Thanks Ian, watched ben nelson, i’ll have a look at johannes. I think he does stuff with Damien(evbmw)

That’s what i thought, tremelune turned the inverter 90deg and used 3rd party gear to replace the leaf top box.

Ive watched both, the opto mini turned out really nice, also read this through the build thread for this
https://openinverter.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=6478
I really like the leaf platform but I don’t know how difficult it would be to split the contents of the top box (charger etc) so it wouldn ...

Hello all, Having just had a couple of heart attacks i have found myself with a lot of time on my hands, The upshot of this is i came across Damien on youtube, don’t worry Damien, I have NOT liked or Subscribed.
This has caused we to rethink my abarth mini project and go electric!!
Due to the ...