IMPORTANT: Watch the whole film in sequence on our youtube channel, there you’ll find a playlist that contains all published parts.

Subscribe to our Videos to get notified for new films.

It’s highly recommended to use the high quality option when watching.

As promised this is the film about our trip to the alps, in search of the best driving road for the three sportscars
to find the best driving road.
The parts to be published (weekly) are:

1. Passo San Pellegrino and Fedaia
2. Passo Giau and Kai’s parking exercises
3. Nightlife and Passo di Valles
4. We’re going astray
5. Back in business: The Race
6. The End of the Race
7. The best road ?

Btw: Best regards to the Opel Speedster and Lotus Elise Club

The cars in our film:
Porsche Boxster 987 S
Engine Flat-Six, 3.387 ccm
Power 217 kW, 295 HP at 6.250 /min
Torque: 340 Nm at 4.400-6.000 / min
All Data for manual gear box
Top Speed 272 kilometers per hour
Acceleration 0-100 km/h in 5,4 sek
Avg. Fuelconsumption 10,6 litres/100km

Audi TT 3.2 quattro roadster
EngineV6, 3.189 ccm
Power 184 kW, 250 HP at 6.300 /min
Torque: 320 Nm at 2.800-3.200 /min
All Data for manual gearbox
Top Speed 250 kilometers per hour (restricted)
Acceleration 0-100 km/h in 6,7 sek
Avg. Fuelconsumption 10,7 litres/100km

BMW Z3 3.0i
Engine In-Line-Six, 2.979 ccm
Power 170 kW, 231 HP at 5.900 /min
Torque: 300 Nm at 3.500 /min
All Data for manual gear box
Top Speed 240 kilometers per hour
Acceleration 0-100 km/h in 6,0 sek
Avg. Fuel consumption 9,5 litres/100km

Duration : 0:8:10

Read more… »

Technorati Tags: 3.2, 987, alpen, alps, audi, auto, Awesome, best, bmw, boxster, Car, cars, Challenge, Clip, dolomites, driving, free, gear, heads, Hot, motor, porsche, Review, road, roadster, roadtrip, speed, Top, tt, uphill, vehicle, video, Z3

IMPORTANT: Watch the whole film in sequence on our youtube channel, there you’ll find a playlist that contains all published parts.

Subscribe to our Videos to get notified for new films.

It’s highly recommended to use the high quality option when watching.

As promised this is the film about our trip to the alps, in search of the best driving road for the three sportscars
to find the best driving road.
The parts to be published (weekly) are:

1. Passo San Pellegrino and Fedaia
2. Passo Giau and Kai’s parking exercises
3. Nightlife and Passo di Valles
4. We’re going astray
5. Back in business: The Race
6. The End of the Race
7. The best road ?

Btw: Best regards to the Opel Speedster and Lotus Elise Club

The cars in our film:
Porsche Boxster 987 S
Engine Flat-Six, 3.387 ccm
Power 217 kW, 295 HP at 6.250 /min
Torque: 340 Nm at 4.400-6.000 / min
All Data for manual gear box
Top Speed 272 kilometers per hour
Acceleration 0-100 km/h in 5,4 sek
Avg. Fuelconsumption 10,6 litres/100km

Audi TT 3.2 quattro roadster
EngineV6, 3.189 ccm
Power 184 kW, 250 HP at 6.300 /min
Torque: 320 Nm at 2.800-3.200 /min
All Data for manual gearbox
Top Speed 250 kilometers per hour (restricted)
Acceleration 0-100 km/h in 6,7 sek
Avg. Fuelconsumption 10,7 litres/100km

BMW Z3 3.0i
Engine In-Line-Six, 2.979 ccm
Power 170 kW, 231 HP at 5.900 /min
Torque: 300 Nm at 3.500 /min
All Data for manual gear box
Top Speed 240 kilometers per hour
Acceleration 0-100 km/h in 6,0 sek
Avg. Fuel consumption 9,5 litres/100km

Duration : 0:8:19

Read more… »

Technorati Tags: 3.2, 987, alpen, alps, audi, auto, Awesome, best, bmw, boxster, Car, cars, Challenge, Clip, dolomites, driving, free, gear, heads, Hot, motor, porsche, Review, road, roadster, roadtrip, speed, Top, tt, uphill, vehicle, video, Z3

IMPORTANT: Watch the whole film in sequence on our youtube channel, there you’ll find a playlist that contains all published parts.

Subscribe to our Videos to get notified for new films.

It’s highly recommended to use the high quality option when watching.

As promised this is the film about our trip to the alps, in search of the best driving road for the three sportscars
to find the best driving road.
The parts to be published (weekly) are:

1. Passo San Pellegrino and Fedaia
2. Passo Giau and Kai’s parking exercises
3. Nightlife and Passo di Valles
4. We’re going astray
5. Back in business: The Race
6. The End of the Race
7. The best road ?

Btw: Best regards to the Opel Speedster and Lotus Elise Club

The cars in our film:
Porsche Boxster 987 S
Engine Flat-Six, 3.387 ccm
Power 217 kW, 295 HP at 6.250 /min
Torque: 340 Nm at 4.400-6.000 / min
All Data for manual gear box
Top Speed 272 kilometers per hour
Acceleration 0-100 km/h in 5,4 sek
Avg. Fuelconsumption 10,6 litres/100km

Audi TT 3.2 quattro roadster
EngineV6, 3.189 ccm
Power 184 kW, 250 HP at 6.300 /min
Torque: 320 Nm at 2.800-3.200 /min
All Data for manual gearbox
Top Speed 250 kilometers per hour (restricted)
Acceleration 0-100 km/h in 6,7 sek
Avg. Fuelconsumption 10,7 litres/100km

BMW Z3 3.0i
Engine In-Line-Six, 2.979 ccm
Power 170 kW, 231 HP at 5.900 /min
Torque: 300 Nm at 3.500 /min
All Data for manual gear box
Top Speed 240 kilometers per hour
Acceleration 0-100 km/h in 6,0 sek
Avg. Fuel consumption 9,5 litres/100km

Duration : 0:8:53

Read more… »

Technorati Tags: 3.2, 987, alpen, alps, audi, auto, Awesome, best, bmw, boxster, Car, cars, Challenge, Clip, dolomites, driving, free, gear, heads, Hot, motor, porsche, Review, road, roadster, roadtrip, speed, Top, tt, uphill, vehicle, video, Z3

Officially, we’re only at the battery rack building stage of the project. But while waiting to get a welder to finish the job, Spring Fever struck and against better judgment we piled 6 batteries into the car, hooked everything together and went up & down the street a bunch of times.

(Oh – and by the way, if you enjoy spotting continuity errors in movies, you’ll have a field day with this one!)

Again, apologies for the video quality – 20 year-old video camera, makeshift way of getting the pics into the computer for editing.

In case titles are hard to read, here they are:

1. a BIG ForkenSwift milestone
2. Officially… we’re at the stage of the project where we’re making battery racks.
3. The racks will hold four batteries up front, and four in the hatchback.
4. (Cardboard mockups – help figure out positioning and clearances.)
5. But while waiting for a welder to finish the trays… we got SPRING FEVER
6. and decided to “set up” (ahem) the car for a little test drive
7. Here’s the forklift pot box, modified to talk nicely to the golf cart controller
8. Surplus forklift battery charger.
9. Umm… Don’t try this at home. :-O
10. Darin’s actual first drive …
11. Shhhh… Listen…
12. Listen to this: unsolicited feedback from a guy fixing a car in his driveway…
13. “HEY – WHY’S YOUR CAR SO QUIET?”
14. ” BULL$#!T … REALLY ? ”
15. ” AWESOME! ”
16. THAT WAS NOT MADE UP
17. Ivan takes a spin.
18. Coming up: more comments from the peanut gallery, in … 3 … 2 … 1 …
19. ” Can you turn the muffler up a little bit, Ivan? ”
20. An impromptu car show with the car repair guy and his friends …

—

Project ForkenSwift is an electric car conversion made using parts from a Suzuki Swift, Geo Metro, Baker electric forklift and a golf cart.

http://www.forkenswift.com

Duration : 0:5:27

Read more… »

Technorati Tags: auto, Car, conversion, electric, EV, LSV, NEV, vehicle

Here’s the Forkenswift’s motor being spun up (and down, and up, and down) with a used golf cart controller. (Thanks to the EVDL folks for help with connecting the oddball Curtis.)

Apologies for the poor vid quality – this was shot with a 20 year-old camera.

Titles are hard to read in some places, so here they are:

1. Another Forkenswift milestone…
2. First CONTROLLED electric power-up
3. No more welded jumper cables, like last time…
4. This time we’re hooked up to a DC motor controller
5. From a 48 volt golf cart
6. We’ve got more juice this time, too
7. 36 volts — three 12v batteries
8. And, last but not least,a potentiometer …
9. (What is it about motors that makes people want to rev them?)
10. Here’s the actual potentiometer we’ll connect to the car’s “gas” pedal.
11. Out of the old Baker forklift.
12. We also have the forklift’s motor controller.
13. But we’re going to try the golf cart controller first.
14. Tee-off time is approaching …

—

Project ForkenSwift is an electric car conversion made using parts from a Suzuki Swift, Geo Metro, Baker electric forklift and a golf cart.

http://www.forkenswift.com

Duration : 0:2:7

Read more… »

Technorati Tags: auto, Car, controller, conversion, electric, EV, LSV, NEV, potentiometer, vehicle