Mounting the Nissan Leaf Inverter Underneath our Electric Porsche 996 - Porsche 911 EV Conversion

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Welcome to the channel, this is where we do EV conversions on fun and interesting cars and try to get as much power as possible from the mainstream OEM EV components currently available today. Our current project is to build an Electric Porsche 911 using the inverter, motor and battery pack from a Nissan Leaf. The subject of our Electric Conversion is a 1998 Porsche 996 Carrera S. I hope you enjoy following our progress through the project.
The previous version of the motor mounts I made for this Nissan Leaf motor were fine for test driving the car very short distances, but I need to make something more solid for proper on road use. We got a hold of a Porsche 996 Turbo part that we can use to fabricate a custom motor mount and get this Nissan Leaf motor securely mounted in my Electric Porsche 911.
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About the control system we're using:
The board I have chosen is the "Open Inverter" logic board with a Nissan Leaf adaptor board. Full details of this open source inverter can be found here:
openinverter.org
And the boards are available to purchase through the shop.
The one I am using is:
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There is also a community growing around these and associated boards built on the same architecture and software here.
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I have no association to this other than liking the design and simplicity of the product and I will let you all know how I get on with the boards in future videos.
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We do builds and projects with electric motors and on electric vehicles, with a focus on electric car conversions. The automotive world is moving towards electric cars at a great pace, but a lot of these are focussed on the mass market or are very expensive performance vehicles.
We want to see what can be done to create our own performance electric cars using the currently available components. We'll take you through every step of our projects (both successes and failures.)
Please come and join us on this journey.
A note on this channel.
While we try to make these videos as informative as possible, these are not instructions or how to videos. Working with high voltage electrical components is very dangerous and can injure, maim or kill. The same goes for working on cars and motorbikes. If these videos have inspired you to take on an EV project of your own, and we hope they have, we would encourage you to undertake the necessary study, education, training and/or investigations to familiarize yourself with tasks you are undertaking. Thanks for watching and we hope you have enjoyed the video.

[@EngineersFear]

Good to see another update!
Was just gonna comment about rubber between motor and chassis but it seems you already know

[@JustCrew]

Good to see you back. I'm putting a Leaf into a 2011 Mini Cooper, and your videos have been helpful.

[@xzivr4894]

Thank you so much for documenting your progress so well. I am seriously considering a similar project, and had a question about the gearbox. I watched the video where you tore it apart to evaluate the merits of mounting it upside down, and it looks like you have elected to mount it right side up. But, it also looks like you have it mounted 'backwards' (as in, it will be running in reverse). In the teardown video we can see an oil reservoir that the large gear is meant to sling oil into so it can drip on the intermediate shaft bearings. If it's running in reverse that won't work. I have seen others talk about mounting an oil pump and tapping into that reservoir to keep it full, is that something you have looked into at all? Or do you have other thoughts on the matter?

[@PerformanceEV]

It’s a good question. I am planning to run it for a short while without any additional plumbing to see how things go. With the main gear running in reverse it will actually be directing the fluid towards the intermediate shaft bearing, rather than away from it. I’ll then take another look at the inside of the box after driving for a bit and see how it is faring and if any additional plumbing is needed.