People Who Have Purchased the Enginer PHEV conversion kit!!

[MJFrog]

Originally Posted by mrbigh

So, are you leaving work early to start playing with the install????

Was there any question about that?

Actually, no. I'll be making arrangements with Jack to have it installed in Troy sometime soon.

[krousdb]

Just got a email from FedEx that one of my packages is on the delivery truck and the other was returned to the shipper due to damage. The damaged package was the lighter of the two. Any ideas if it was the batteries or the box/charger/converter?

I guess it wil be another week before I can install it. :-(

[MJFrog]

Originally Posted by krousdb

Just got a email from FedEx that one of my packages is on the delivery truck and the other was returned to the shipper due to damage. The damaged package was the lighter of the two. Any ideas if it was the batteries or the box/charger/converter?

I guess it wil be another week before I can install it. :-(

I got my two packages yesterday. I ordered the 2Kwh unit. The larger box was labeled as being 80 lbs, but it didn't contain the batteries. The batteries come in a small wooden crate with metal bands holding it together. That box was listed as about 60-65 lbs.

My battery box had been dropped. It had several of the bands burst apart. A preliminary exam (without pulling them out of the crate) indicated the batteries don't appear to be cracked or leaking, but I will do a thorough exam tonight.

I'm scheduled for install on the 23rd.

[mrbigh]

Originally Posted by MJFrog

I got my two packages yesterday. I ordered the 2Kwh unit. The larger box was labeled as being 80 lbs, but it didn't contain the batteries. The batteries come in a small wooden crate with metal bands holding it together. That box was listed as about 60-65 lbs.

My battery box had been dropped. It had several of the bands burst apart. A preliminary exam (without pulling them out of the crate) indicated the batteries don't appear to be cracked or leaking, but I will do a thorough exam tonight.

I'm scheduled for install on the 23rd.

As always, delivery carriers do not like heavy boxed items, even if they are withing their company limits.
It is not the first time neither will be the last..............

[plugmein2]

Hello Everyone,

Whew, the Santa Ana installs where busy to say the least. It was cool to meet all of you. I just wanted to say that our preliminary test drives with our 2Kw system has been a positive one (soon to be 4Kw). Thank you to Paul for helping Shawn with my install. He was relieved to have your help.

So far, we are very pleased. There is nothing more gratifying than driving to grandmas in EV mode only, without the ICE EVER turning on!!
It was very easy to stay in EV mode because it was all city driving.

It is important to know that before driving in EV mode you should make sure the Enginer Pack is fully charged and the traction battery has at least 50% or more charge.

When you come to a stop light, you can flip the EV switch to the on position (this is why city driving is best for EV) then press the gas pedal gently and be careful not to kick the ICE on. Although, you are in EV mode the ICE is available anytime!! If you need to accelerate quickly, for example someone on your butt, even if you are in EV mode, the computer will kick the ICE on.

So far, the Enginer is producing about 15 miles more per gallon on the highway. We went 65 mph for about 15 min and the traction battery was on "green" after about 10 minutes on the highway. It stayed green for about 3 minutes then went to blue again before exiting the freeway. We then came to a stop and switched to EV for the rest of the trip. Our average mpg, including highway and EV mode legs, were about 75 mpg. This is about a 50% improvement over the regular Toyota hybrid system.

Of course, this is only one of our first tests. We will be providing more data as the days go by.

My brother, who helped me install my Enginer PHEV system, who loves his corvette, and is into high performance vehicles, is very impressed with the Toyota Prius hybrid, and more so now, with the installed conversion kit. He hasn't even given me my car back because he is having so much fun with it (and he's making sure everything is working properly). Now, he wants one too!! Maybe he'll trade in his 2009 Corvette for the Toyota Prius. Heehee.

So far, we would recomend the purchase of this system to others. The claim of 100 mpg is achieveable, it just depends on how often you can "PLUG-IN".

JOANNA

[jrmgkia]

It has been a couple of weeks since the last updates from those who have done the Enginer PHEV conversion. SO what the latest news, pros, cons, MPGs pre and post conversion, common give us something!

[eMileage]

Originally Posted by jrmgkia

It has been a couple of weeks since the last updates from those who have done the Enginer PHEV conversion. SO what the latest news, pros, cons, MPGs pre and post conversion, common give us something!

Not sure if you have been monitoring some of the other threads... If not, you might be interested in some of the Enginer info found in some threads listed here: Prius PHEV Plug-In Modifications - PriusChat Forums

(Has anyone installed the enginer PHEV? , Enginer PHEV Test Pilots: Mpg reports and important data , Enginer PHEV Technical Information , Enginer PHEV DC/DC Overheating issues , Enginer kit proper break-in charging cycles)

[mrbigh]

Originally Posted by Dssnake

I noticed my batteries are grey in color and say mottcell on them, all the other pics ive seen are yellow, anyone else have these batteries in there kit?,,,,Mac

The distributor, Automation Tech, Inc. supplied two kind of batteries, ThunderSky (40 Ah) and Mottcell (39Ah), you have the second ones.
All batteries should be at the beginning out of balance, that's the reason of the breaking even period until the full family of Li-FePO4 cell are in amicable order.