lol that line really lashed out at me too

These days, that is actually a sound decision. Maybe they will go to community college, get loans and pursue a trade cert or get apprentice.

Best comment I have read yet 😂😂😂😂🤣📖📖👍

@@timothynorman9170 i did the apprentice route, no debt collected and i earn the same as anyone who has been to university in my line of work so i agree with that

You've got to be a total moron to send your kids to college nowadays anyway. At least with buying a money pit car, it still gets you from A to B. All colleges and universities do is kill your kids moral values.

Take what you think it'll cost, Double it, and that's your lowball estimate.

Yup. For example, I'm building my second 3D printer and I already have used 220% of my expected budget..

More like [(2T+2$)^2=cost]×infinity You should practice with something "simple" like an LS Rx7 conversion😋

@@benjamn3618 so many variables, so few equations! 😭

Yeah I thought rebuilding the front end of my skylark would be about a month in a half instead 2 and a half and 2 extra grand because of a bunk sway bar

that depends on what you call 'ultralight' if you're talking US part 103, then there is indeed a speed limit (72mph I think?) :P Sorry, gotta be nitpicky for nitpicky sake sometimes.

Eh. I'd rather a kit-built LSA category aircraft. But I'm in a different country, so I don't know. XD I mean, those can be had for what would be the equivalent of about $20,000 US or less. Sure you need a pilot's license first, which will set you back almost as much in it's own right. But still... Speed limit below 10,000 feet is 240 knots. (about 275 mph) However, most small, cheap LSA category aircraft don't get much beyond 100 knots (maybe 110 to 130 if you've got a nice one, but those tend to be more towards the $200,000 price range.) That's about 115 mph. And yes, you can and will be doing that. In fact, it'd be unusual for an aircraft to be doing less than it's top speed except when trying to land or take off... Of course, now you're restricted to operating from airports... Also did I mention that your basic pilot's license only teaches VFR? So... Don't expect to go anywhere in bad weather or poor visibility. Or even just if it happens to be a cloudy day... (Clouds are the mortal enemy of the VFR pilot. IFR pilots don't care about clouds, but to a VFR pilot they're way more dangerous than you would ever think a cloud could possibly be...)

@@DFX2KX It depends. Pilots license or not? Without a license you can top at 120mph only and fly days only below cloud lines. No airports with towers. With a license, you can fly any time and at night any airport you please can be landed at

@@DFX2KX they'd have a hard time tracking you down to issue a speeding ticket to an anonymous ultralight which doesn't require ID numbers etc...

And where do you land it when going to Kroger's?

EV west?

@@vogueisdeath2176 ever look at their prices? Just mid tier batteries are too expensive

I think the real issue is trying to deal with the specifics of adaptation. Basically you would need to find a way to build a mount system for an electric motor and sell pre-built electrical harnesses, wires. Etc. and systems to reuse as much of the original equipment as possible, and it'd have to be on a car by car basis. Options packages add a while new level to that

@@draven4464 I think the conversion could simply start with an electric motor in place of the engine and transmission and you don't worry about the regenerative braking. Modularize batteries like Lego bricks fitment for easy upgrade. Older large bodied cars will be easier as they have room to spare.

No, stick to the money leave the poor penny pencher to gas cars. Batteries at $1000 per kwh are going to cost 10000 no matter what for decent range. Imagine it's zero in gas ever again. You need to pay for 15 yrs of gas upfront. It costs 30k to restore any classic lol you make way more money that way

The black guy with the fat white wife. Stopped me from converting my $375 2001 Deville, I bought from a police impound to electric.

@@eVOLUC I have a boyfriend. Do you want to see him?

or simply ... some of your questions answered / advertising for our garage... but found it very helpful just not too much interesting like the older videos. but still nice to watch the whole way threw .

It should be titled, Stick to Internal Combustion.

It should be titled, buy a base tesla model 3

Give it a couple years...

Well no, he didn't. He killed dreams of a VW bus with a 90 CD changer, 5 screens, and a bunch of other shit you don't need on top of an already expensive car. Fucking dumb. If you want to make your own tesla on top of an already manufactured car that at this point isn't really a car due to all of the manufacturer specific nonsense and then tried to make a Tesla from parts. Anyone that puts together old toys, cars, guitars etc will tell you putting a thing together as that thing is always more expensive than just buying the whole thing. Lots of ways around this price that if you were sane and not a fast and furious hype beast turd would cut thousands off that price. Batteries etc are gonna cost you but $200+ miles range? Maybe 20k aint bad. How far can most peoples gas cars make it before needing to fill up again? lol. Don't try and make your own Tesla kids, make your own electric car.....without cameras and monitors all over it. The fuck do you need screens for in a car again?

Not really, those conversions can still make sense. You own these classic cars because you love them, don't you? And spending money on something you love can sometimes be justified. I would love to have an old VW type 2 and to electrify it. This even if it would be far far cheaper to just buy the gas as needed for the few miles these classics normally run.

HoorayTV21 Yours is the most real comment I’ve ever read

Volkswagen company is releasing electric Volkswagen bus. This comment didn’t age well.

No fucking way 🤣

yes, thats coming!

These are my favorite. He should fly to NZ and do a calab w Gavin, KiwiEV!

Yeah, I came here after seeing $2,300 conversion kits for old VW bugs, which aren't much more and thought, "$5,000 for a dyi EV? Iiiiiiinteresting..."

When this coming? You'll get a new follower The Day that video comes out!

I had an 316 e46 with brocken rod bearrings and a worn out vvt, i thought about a conversion... I dropped that idea after one Saturday of Research.. I knew it would not be cheap but the numbers you get are insane, when you want it on the road here in Germany...

This is why you pay a legit shop to do it, so you can go to sleep.

Nah who needs sleep? A shop might be an option for some people but not for me and not in Germany, the rules to get a car street legal are insane. And I also like to be in my shed and fiddle with cars, so paying for the fun part will never be an option :)

@@michihoffi69 everyone not capable of doing such work. Hell id say most aren't. That's why if u got the money be nice to pay for it.

@@sh0cktim3 It's to find a shop just to completely rebuild an old car much less finding one to convert to electric.

Jeodude, don’t underestimate your capabilities. Speak good things concerning your abilities. 🙏

BlueDrive Diagnostics 9:45 mark

That's a good one 👍

@@TradeAlgoPremier - He was Quoting the Reference in the Video, about Controlling the Robo Race Cars, through "AI Learning Systems!"

Wait... That's a thing?

@Robert Slackware you're thinking about it backwards. The vehicle wouldn't electronically unlock the trunk for outside access, because it couldn't tell if the vehicle was safely in park, or in reverse or neutral, putting in danger someone standing behind the vehicle. Trunks do indeed have manual emergency releases inside. Still surprised this is actually a thing though.

The tech in new cars is getting ridiculous. It makes me want to go back to the classics...

@Robert Slackware lol, that mental image is priceless.

If new technology it's so complicated, we should go back to free energy horse riding! Transportation, right?

or use up that combustion engine for a while :)

or buy something like ls430, a freaking house on the wheels! ..for $6-10k and enjoy the ride forever.

@@bullet_tooth_tony cool car, but in some countries putting a car like that on the road will easily cost thousands of euros (basically in Italy).

or buy a nice looking vehicle that has a blown motor and transmission for 2k to 3k and start off on the right foot.

@@DeerKoden Don't live in a shitty country then. PROBLEM SOLVED.

FWD would be easier....just sayin

@@greynolds17 sideways LS

Northstar driveline

@@philtmonx1446 NO! Worst piece of shit GM EVER Produced! The LS was in several different FWD platforms.... it's physically a smaller engine also.

Buick regal engine

Because it is.

If you can buy one and it is actually $35K. Good Luck.🤣

You can't compare buying a mass produced car to making a custom 1 off. The 1 off will always cost more.

It's not $35,000 it's at least $40,000, don't lie

@@eksine You can request the $35k car through phone or at a service center even tht it's not listed on the website.

Maxwell Rock are the electric buses faster?

name the company already

The Brown RAT awe

The Brown RAT ohh okay

@@jasenrock :O

Well, if he goes that path, then completely: Coal powered steamer 😙🎶

I'm afraid that could get you stabbed

haha agreed, that would be a sick show car. Like a big v8 or something like that xD

Ha ha, that'll get Elon musk wound up 😂

Well, he does have a nice Chevy 305 going spare......

Engineers are overrated ... You can do anything you put your mind to.

You sir are a pessimistic mind. Not an engineer I’m assuming?

I mean, he's not wrong. First rule of car modding is that you'll never truly get what you want out of selling it if you build it to your style and liking. That's why classic cars with all original parts can get millions after restoration. They are something that was massed produced and people with the money buy them for life memories or because the value will only increase. Tuner cars and anything you will diy to electric are gonna be in your style and taste. No one will pay everything you put into it. If you want that, just go buy a telsa or other electric car and keep it pristine until you're ready to let it go. Anyone can literally do anything they put your mind to, but unless you go into production, it's simply something you're doing for yourself.

@@McMukMuk That mindset is changing a bit though as the younger generations discover these old cars. Believe me when I say they have no qualms about stuffing whatever powertrain they feel like in there, and yes sometimes those cars are in amazing original condition. If/when prices come down on these EV parts you are going to see more rather than less of them regardless of any sell-on value. Having said that, resto-mod's at auction are doing quite well and I have to think that the 'mod' in Resto-mod will one day be EV.

Yes!...I Agree!...like the Tesla Model 3 Performance!...I am Just Saying!...God Bless!

And therein lies the point of this entire video?

Yeah. Or I can swap my dinky civic and actually makes something bad ass out of a normally slow car. I think it would be easier to convert it to rwd too, if more expensive

But what if you don't want a Tesla? I think the point isn't the power, but the conversion of a car they already like/love..

El One Mac Bong Nice if you have that kind of scratch laying about.

I was looking into to doing this right now only in early stages of research what were the main problems with doing this did u have an estimate price you ended up with at all this would be my first project car

Hey I remember my old 56 Chevy I could not push the clutch in and just turn the key and the starter motor would make the car move, that's just like an electric car but in slow motion : )

you don't need to do a ton to have some fun, especially with an MX5 .. and you can carry Gas in a can.

Converting a Miata would defeat the whole purpose of the car anyway. It's supposed to be a lightweight sports car that handles well, and batteries are very heavy.

@@DobroPlayer12 While that is true, I think you are ignoring that an easy compromise technically to preserve all of that is range. Even with a gas range extender onboard, the early BMW i3 is under 2900 lbs. 80 miles of range is what you get for the generator-free version at 2635 lbs.

Lucjan Wilczek true that - but try to buy 2014 or newer Leaf -

badchefi Actually it’s 2013+

badchefi Oops, it depends. If you want to drive a leaf, get a 2013+. But if you want to use it for parts, the older ones are better because less integrated. 2010-12

When are they gonna start selling it, who are they, and in which part of Europe?

Dude hook us up

And that Delorean was sweeeeet!

Well said Sam!

Isn't Rivian planning to do something, somewhat, kinda like what you said in your last sentence; offering skateboards to anyone to do whatever? Edit: Atlis, not Rivian.

I'm actually working on making a cheaper electric drive system that'll also be far easier for converting cars and having all the accessories work :)

@@garystorm799 working on it

@@calebharris292 I'm going to hazard a guess and say... DC Forklift-style motor with already-mounted controller and a selection of pre-made adapter plates for different makes/models? I mean, just a mass produced adapter plate selection for common engines would make it an intriguing option with some of the perfect-body-but-doesn't-start cars I see around here.

Doesn't look like it'll fit out the back.

It didn't get welded in there, that's for sure. Drop the frame or lift the body. Those sparks near the tank amlost gave me a heart attack

It makes for an interesting vid but it was a completely ignorant way of going about it. Pulling the body off isn't difficult whatsoever. Poor ole thing didn't deserve that sort of butchery

Things like "soon" and "should" are not something I would suggest anyone to base their future plans on :) Add labor cost and you are also back at 30k or more - that gives you 150-200mile working used EV that has more features and is safe to use :)

@@gelisob I'd be doing the swap myself of course. Not that I don't trust a shop, it's just that it's much more satisfying that way. Of course, it'll take 6 months to a year , which I'm expecting.

Well that was the 2015 price range. In reality the Hover conversions never really caught on and never worked.

Isn't it a 307??

Same here

greenhometony no, the 307 has a thin balancer, this has the thick balancer to offset the 3.48 crank throw mass.

Are you kidding life is short amp much shorter with a pissed women

This is going to be a running gag isn't it? How is Rich going to get out if this one, while also working on his full time job?

I have the answer, she's PHAT! Only the best for Tio Rich

I saw the legs of his wife in one of the videos and she's skinny as hell. probably a hottie

"disco"

EV West have lots of drop-in VW conversion kits. I like their VW kits because they are designed to bolt in, no cutting, and someday (if you decide to swap stuff around, or switch to a different body) the original body is uncut and can be sold to another VW masochist, erm, enthusiast...

They had Ford Ranger EVs in 1999.

Joshua Upham That is such a lunatic project-I support it fully!

Salvador Magallon no, unless you drop a whole Prius unit in there.

You mean it has a motor? lol, that's like saying a petrol engine works off sparks. I mean you're kinda right but come on lol

Watch your mouth young man. Lol! Jk

Yo, dude, wrong site post. There's no fucking in these videos. Close your other browser tabs, 18 y/o.

Well you’ll be waiting for a long time

open beta when

Great idea man, I bet that could be popular even with selling licenses to up and coming indian and chinese brands etc in the future.. if it ever get real good, so make sure to pick a license which allows some license money for big companies if in 10 years its top of the line good while still being free and open for everyone else.

Slavko Glamočanin Nice! But don’t make the mistake of designing it to work on standard PC components. The electronics in a car are built to stand up to a harsh heat and cold environment. The entire board and screen has to built to this spec or it will fail.

@@alliejr Well maybe thats more so up to the user of the software? Do you know which cpu's etc are common for those types of setup? I know QNX used to be common but that run on anything so dont say much about the cpu.. :P

I work on these things all day they rip. Each battery weighs from 3000 lbs to 6000 lbs. Great for a yard truck

@@e36blur holy shit.. that is a ton of weight