Electric 318ti

[pnosker]

Anyone see this yet? http://mpkwh.blogspot.com/

[1996 328ti]

Nice find!

[tiFreak]

that guy was on here when he started his project, I meant to follow his blog but forgot about it until now

[ARti]

uhm, yes, I'm still out here. Thanks for the note PN
Getting close to charging and rolling. I've got a question for you guys though:

Now that I've added 960 lbs of batteries, it's quite the low-rider. It's not sitting on the stops, but a solid push on any of the four corners will bounce at the bottom. What sort of suspension upgrades should I consider?

There are 8 batteries in the rear (~640 lbs) with four at trunk level right over the rear axle and and four sunk into the floor behind the rear axle (bye bye spare).
That leaves 4 batteries in front (~320 lbs), forward of the front axle.

I'd originally thought about adjustable air shocks, but there's not really ever a time that I'll want to reduce the damping.

So whaddya think? Coilovers? New Springs?
Thanks, Phillip

[pnosker]

Wow that's pretty intense! How many miles can you drive? It looks like you have pretty good weight distribution so I would suggest coilovers with dampening control and a higher spring rate.

[b.u.ti-ful]

This is cool.