Sorry to hear about your dad. Fathers are irreplaceable. I still miss my parents after 30 years.
David
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Ordered the electric motor for the MX-5e and the Thunderstruck VCU. We have gone for Nissan Leaf power, to avoid making structural changes to the rear sub-frame.
Fitted the front lip spoiler from Bofi Racing today too.
How many kW?
Interesting.
I wouldn’t have guessed what it is
Whos doing the fitting or are you going to get your son to give you a hand …??
The detail is described here. Already stripped down to the base motor and inverter for testing. Using a Thunderstruck VCU for the control. OSSEV - MX-5e Motor & Transmission
Another “test drive” up to Orford Quay. Dynamically, we are really happy with the car now. The new wheels and tyres have improved the ride and the grip levels are really good.
Enjoying driving the car in the sunshine whilst we do more research and buy more bits for the conversion.
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Can’t stop driving it 
Tinted side repeaters fitted. Tinted LED front lights being built 
Black cars are hard to photograph!
Imagine how it will feel soon.
Electrifying! 
WOW!!
Very close to starting the bench testing of the Nissan Leaf motor. We have all the required connectors and cooling system bits in place now. We are using the Thunderstruck VCU for motor control but we are developing our own open-source Driver Control Unit (DCU). The DCU does the wireless security, keyless entry, data logging, personalised driving experience, etc. It is also inteliigently controlling the Tesla cooling pump (for now) based on various temperature sensors installed in the cooling system.
We are still enjoying driving the car under ICE power whilst the weather is good but, the plan is that the ICE comes out in October. We then start the one-way journey to electrification
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Lovely photo.
Excited to see the next phase of the conversion.
It sounds remarkably complex and complicated.
It is a steep learning curve but, we are doing it to learn new stuff 
The actual EV motor parts is fairly simple inverter module is essentially a black box that the VCU talks to via the CAN Bus.
In preparation for our bench testing of the Nissan Leaf motor for our MX-5e we have been developing the Driver Control Unit (DCU) using open-source hardware and software. This enables keyless entry and start, a personalised driving experience, different driving profiles, data logging, a real-time clock, CAN bus integration, GPS poitioning & speed sensing, a digital compass and a 3-axis accelerometer. It also intelligently manages the cooling system for the batteries, charger, inverter and motor.
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We also have our self-build vehicle scales working now, so we plan to start weighting the MX-5e this coming week: OSSEV - Vehicle Scales Project
Very much enjoying this project 
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