When the axles arrived from Dutchman we test fit them, removed them, greased them and then reinstalled them in the car. We also build out the cooling system. We used the motor, radiator, reservoir and hoses from the Nissan Leaf. We needed to purchase some clamps and hose barb couplers, but between ...

@MattsAwesomeStuff thanks for the comment. This car was headed to the scrap yard, so we feel like we are giving it another chance of survival.

@maboyce this channel has been very helpful with our project. The episode where they cut out the tire well and battery box to fit the motor helped us make the first cut.

Even a blind squirrel finds find a nut. The Nissan leaf AC charging cable is the right size to fit through a hole made by Porsche in the rear frame rail next to the existing fuel fill port. We used Sketchup to CAD out a bracket to attach the Leaf charging port and extended the existing bolts of the ...

As mentioned the motor to inverter connection could not be a direct mate like it was in the leaf. We needed to move it back and to the passenger side a few inches to allow for clearance. We started this part of the project like the motor mounts, taking measurements and iterating on the design ...

Another side quest was the rebuilding of a better description would be the clean up of and the connecting of the Volvo power steering pump to the Porsche rack. We used AN6 fitting and bango fitting adapters to build the high and low pressure lines. Designed a bracket to hold the pump and then wired ...

Around this point into the project we took on some side quests. My daughter is going to college next year for electrical engineering and we wanted to work on some of the ancillary electronics. Using inspiration from the forum and some GitHub projects, we build proof of concepts for a thermal control ...

Before I pulled out the transfer case and the transmission of the Porsche I measure the attachment points of the transmission to CV joints. I took these measurements on all three axis (X,Y and Z). I also knew the transmission was 12” wide. We were lucky because the Nissan Leaf CV cups were very ...

The Nissan Leaf wiki on the openinverter website made the configuration and the wiring easy. Thanks to the authors. Next up was making room for the motor in the Porsche by removing the battery well and the spare tire well. We strapped the motor and gear box in to its approximate location and mocked ...

We ordered our Zombieverter and spent a lot of time researching the settings we would use as well as documenting how we would wire the test best. We ordered buttons and switches for our test bed and some second hand control cabinets from HGRINC. Once the ZV arrived we build out the drive train along ...

We purchased a wrecked 2015 Nissan leaf from CoPart and began to remove anything we thought we might need. Removing the entire front clip was the easiest way to remove the stack.

Then we decided to buy a second 2015 leaf via copart. The idea was to have spare parts and to be able to keep the bench ...

Once the car was in the shop we could remove the fuel system, transmissions, torque tube, bell housing and engine. The harbor freight engine hoist we purchased was not long enough to remove the 928 8 cylinder engine, so we had to rent one.

The first order of business was to pick up the Porsche from my friend’s house, 10 hours away, and take it back to the shop in Ohio. We rented a uhaul trailer and borrowed my nephews truck and the adventure began.

IMG_3396.jpeg IMG_3596.jpeg My daughter and I decided to convert an electric car in July of 2025. We opted to use the Nissan Leaf Stack and Nissan Leaf Battery with a Zombieverter VCU in an attempt to keep cost low. The primary goal is to gain experience and knowledge in the conversion process. A ...

@danjulio 980 using pin 33 on an esp32 using the ledc api.

I have the pump and fan controllers controlled with an Arduino via PWM. The Ardunio also gets inverter and motor temp from the canbus. It uses a PID library to control the speed of the fan and pump for target temperature of whichever is greater, the motor or the inverter. I plan to only cool the PDM ...

I have build PWM controller for the Nissan Lead Cooling Fan and Nissan Leaf Coolant Pump. This controller can read the inverter and motor coolant temperature from the CANBUS on a Nissan Leaf stack. I am trying to determine optimal fan speeds and pump flow rate to optimize inverter coolant and motor ...

Is the break input on the zombieverter a 12v + input? I don't want to fry the input if it is suppose to be pulled to ground. Or is it a 12v+ analog input?

Bernie
1981 Porsche 928
Full Leaf Stack (2015)