| Loved by enthusiasts everywhere, the Pontiac | | | | in place. Be sure to mark this wiring carefully. |
| Fiero is a great little American car. It is also one | | | | Keep the original clutch and flywheel, as well as |
| of the most inexpensive and practical electric car | | | | the transmission. This produces a functional car |
| conversions you can find. The right amount of | | | | chassis that works other than the fact that the |
| work and determination can allow you to create | | | | engine and all related systems are missing. Then, |
| an Electric Vehicle (EV) with up to a sixty-five | | | | clean the chassis to remove all the old dirt and |
| mile range at highway speeds with a driving speed | | | | grease from the old engine. They won't be |
| of fifty-five to sixty miles per hour. This kind of | | | | coming back, after all. |
| EV can achieve a top speed of more than | | | | Most conversions use a manual transmission |
| eighty-five miles per hour. You can even | | | | vehicle for its simplicity. With the internal |
| commute in this great electric vehicle to work, | | | | combustion engine and related components gone, |
| groceries shopping or just plain driving on a lazy | | | | it's a simple matter to bolt an electric motor in its |
| Sunday. | | | | place. One conversion used a nine inch advanced |
| If you were to send a Pontiac Fiero to be | | | | DC series wound motor, which is bolted to the |
| retrofitted into an electric car by a professional | | | | flywheel. The original four speed transmission is |
| workshop, prepare to invest upwards of $4000. | | | | left in place. To remove drag on the Fiero, the |
| An alternative is to do the conversion yourself at | | | | starter ring is bolted to the flywheel. It is |
| your home garage. How do you retrofit a Fiero | | | | important to balance the whole assembly before |
| into an EV? This article will provide some useful | | | | you put it back together. The conversion process |
| information on the conversion process. | | | | literally replaces every part that has fluid running |
| Step one of the conversions is removing all | | | | through it such as the gas tank, fuel lines and |
| internal combustion engine components of the | | | | radiator with electrical wires and connectors. |
| Pontiac Fiero and leaving all wiring for the chassis | | | | |