In the states the four cars most converted into all electric are
triumph spitfire
miata
VW camper
a big pickup (in which i have no interest)
so does anyone have any info on getting a mx5 converted to electric
Have you tried the Miata OC website, they’re USA.
I found lots of information really easily.
http://www.evalbum.com/type/MAZD
theres a forum related to EV conversions…
not my bag but if you think its worth it
Rich.
The Miata Owners Club folded 15-20 years ago. Miataforum.com is not a club, but effectively a business run by Gary Fischmann. There are regional clubs. The Miata Club of America collapsed due to a former Miata engineer, selling on that club’s mailing list to Mazda, who started a Miata Owners Club, but subsequently shut it down after 12 months due to poor renewal rates.
Someone in the UK converting a Eunos Roadster
My hunch is we are 5 years away from mainstream conversion “kits”. Right now, there seems to be a high turnover of companies trying to offer DIY kits (coming and going), but these kits require a fair amount of “engineering enthusiasm” to make them reliable… Or you hand your car over to a specialist, with a big cheque, and they do the work, largely from scrapyard parts. I think such kits are coming, as soon as the technology settles down a bit, because they are probably essential for the long term prospects of the mass classic car market.
Jaguar’s approach is expensive, but interesting, in that they thought very much about what they were replacing (a 6-cylinder engine), with respect to the vehicle’s dynamics (maintaining the weight distribution) and ensuring reliability (incorporating I-Pace systems). It seems that a lot of Miata conversions to date are less about producing a EV Miata, but more to do with the Miata provides a cheap and convenient platform to produce a DIY EV car, and to hell with how it drives (Miatas are cheap, simple, and lightweight).