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Aussie Electric MGF Conversion

Post by markymark » Fri Jan 22, 2021 2:34 am

Hi Everyone,

I'm from Australia (Geelong Victoria), I have owned my MG-F since new in 1999, back in 2015 the motor died and I decided instead of sending it to scrap yard or selling with a blown motor I would try to convert to 100% electric, lucky I found a local group of EV enthusiasts who helped me with advise and help, I did not have any engineering or electrical background before diving into this project, but happy to report my MG has couple thousand KM's on it now as Electric and it drives amazing well... very zippy :)

Battery: Nissan Leaf battery pack, salvaged from Japan wreck
Motor: Siemens Azure AC induction 3 Phase, capable of 150kw, 300Nm torque

I have some progress photos on my website below + specs, if anyone has any questions, happy to answer.

https://www.electricmg.com/

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cheers,

Mark

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Re: Aussie Electric MGF Conversion

Post by John SS » Fri Jan 22, 2021 9:51 am

Hi Mark,

I followed the progress of your build on your website with great interest. It is a great conversion.
Do you have any range / performance details and an idea of what it cost, please?

As the owner of both an MGF & ZSEV, I find the whole subject fascinating.

For anybody else interested there is an excellent series of videos on YouTube by Zero EV on the conversion of an MX5. The technical knowledge of these young guys is mind boggling to me!
Also there is a forum on DIY conversions https://www.diyelectriccar.com/forums/ with some fascinating stories.

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Re: Aussie Electric MGF Conversion

Post by colintf » Fri Jan 22, 2021 10:11 am

Hi Mark,
thanks for posting this. I am a petrol-head, and always will be, but I admire you for doing this!
cheers
Colin

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Re: Aussie Electric MGF Conversion

Post by talkingcars » Fri Jan 22, 2021 9:45 pm

Hi and welcome to the forum Mark

As you know from discussions on https://www.the-t-bar.com/forum/ev-conversions I have an interest in doing a hybrid conversion on my MGF.

I have been watching Vintage Voltage on Quest, it's fascinating to the extent that I put down the laptop to watch. They have covered so many clever little touches I would never have thought of.

James
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Re: Aussie Electric MGF Conversion

Post by markymark » Sat Jan 23, 2021 12:31 am

John SS wrote:
Fri Jan 22, 2021 9:51 am
Hi Mark,

I followed the progress of your build on your website with great interest. It is a great conversion.
Do you have any range / performance details and an idea of what it cost, please?

As the owner of both an MGF & ZSEV, I find the whole subject fascinating.

For anybody else interested there is an excellent series of videos on YouTube by Zero EV on the conversion of an MX5. The technical knowledge of these young guys is mind boggling to me!
Also there is a forum on DIY conversions https://www.diyelectriccar.com/forums/ with some fascinating stories.
Hey John,

Range 100+ km's, but depends on how I drive :) I was only able to squeeze 20kWh of Nissan Leaf modules into MG, without going over weight restraints, but in future it will be easy to replace battery with more energy dense cells, like Tesla cells or the like, happy to wait. I don't have 0-100km performance details yet... but judging from passenger face reactions when I take them for a spin I'd say the performance is impressive. Conversion cost $15k AUD. I believe future MGF / MGTF EV conversions could be done cheaper than that now with more EV components to pick from in second-hand market.

Cheers,

Mark

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Re: Aussie Electric MGF Conversion

Post by markymark » Sat Jan 23, 2021 12:33 am

talkingcars wrote:
Fri Jan 22, 2021 9:45 pm
Hi and welcome to the forum Mark

As you know from discussions on https://www.the-t-bar.com/forum/ev-conversions I have an interest in doing a hybrid conversion on my MGF.

I have been watching Vintage Voltage on Quest, it's fascinating to the extent that I put down the laptop to watch. They have covered so many clever little touches I would never have thought of.

James
Hey James, wow a hybrid conversion, very cool... I'll check out your thread discussion.

Cheers,

Mark

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Re: Aussie Electric MGF Conversion

Post by markymark » Sat Jan 23, 2021 12:34 am

colintf wrote:
Fri Jan 22, 2021 10:11 am
Hi Mark,
thanks for posting this. I am a petrol-head, and always will be, but I admire you for doing this!
cheers
Colin
Hey Colin, thanks!

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Re: Aussie Electric MGF Conversion

Post by jonny69 » Mon Jan 25, 2021 3:42 pm

Great bit of work. I had a read through the website a while ago, very interesting

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Re: Aussie Electric MGF Conversion

Post by markymark » Tue Jan 26, 2021 8:40 am

jonny69 wrote:
Mon Jan 25, 2021 3:42 pm
Great bit of work. I had a read through the website a while ago, very interesting
Thanks Jonny69!

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