IamIan, we're on about the same page for what motor is in it and what I can expect out of it, however it's worth noting that it's built without a clutch, so unless I get good at driving a MT, or do some serious software wizardry, I'm stuck in the gear I start in.
True .. but , I figure you have two saving graces
#1> The EV drive's torque and power output is not as adversely effected by RPM as the OEM ICE was .. for example WYE has peak torque available by 50 RPMs .. not the 5,500 RPMs the ICE needed for peak torque .. Even the delta has peak torque available by as little as 350 RPMs .. soo the electric drive has less need to shift than the ICE did.
#2> RPM vs speed
The EV drive is rated for up to 12,000 RPMs .. Soo , no trouble with the ~6,000 RPM the MT red line designed for .. even just 2nd gear gets you up to about ~70MPH by the time it reaches ~6,000 RPMs.
I'm totally up to reconfigure everything to be in wye mode, I do industrial maintenance professionally so it's not a huge deal to me.
It's your car .. but I think the little extra WYE will give you might be worth the effort to switch over to it.
IThe battery and how to manage it is the big mystery to me, and I'm rapidly figuring all of that out with the help you're providing.
What is needed by the battery is pretty straight forward. There are lots of ways to do it.
#1> Operating Voltage Range
The battery cells / modules need to be put in series to be in the voltage range for the mode (Delta/WYE) you configure the motor and controller to operate in .. those min and max numbers are on the previous pdf.
#2> Power
This EV drive system pushes these batteries less hard than the Volt system did .. soo no problem there.
#3> Program motor controller
So that is doesn't over discharge the battery
So that is doesn't over charge the battery, during regen.
#4> Charge Control
Program whatever charger you choose to not over charge the battery.
#5> BMS
Which ever system you use.
At a minimum a system that automatically monitors , gives error indicator / disables use if it detects a serious fault/issue.
Ideally it would also have the ability to do some small amount of correction on it's own automatically .. fix small/slow balance issues , take some protective action when battery is hot or cold , etc.
At this point, the big problem is getting the not insubstantial amount of funding I need to finish this project out in a reasonable timeframe. Considering pretending I can make a youtube channel about it and become popular out of nowhere and get thousands of dollars a month on patreon.
YouTube is free.. soo it doesn't hurt much to throw up a few basic videos .. if it pans out great .. if not .. no much lost.
Additionally even if nothing ever comes of the video as far a financial profit .. keeping records of things like videos can also be useful documentation .. or future maintenance , and such .. to refresh one's own memory years later after the project is complete .. or just as a help to show others out there who might also think about doing a similar project.
I would recommend waiting a little bit on worrying about the balance of the rest of the funding just yet .. additional funding will be effected by choices you make .. choices you make will depend on information .. One step at a time .. clean up / unpack what you already have .. then once you have better quantified what you already have .. maybe do some low hanging fruit .. then you can do some research weigh the pros and cons of different options before make some choices for any other additional major purchases.
like get the battery cells tested 1st .. before getting a charger or BMS for them.
or .. if you know you want to do the WYE instead of Delta .. you can work on doing that change over in the motor wiring and the controler software without any additional major purchases.
