Final Preparations

Now it's down to the wire. The competition is tomorrow, and the team is still rushing to make final adjustments and finish all of the wiring. Most of all of the rest of the components of the vehicle are in place and ready to go. Right now, Mr. Butler and the rest of the team are working on finishing the wiring process before this afternoon. The trouble shooting and oral presentation teams are studying their individual fields in order to be ready for tomorrow, while some of the others are working on finishing the car. The whole team looks forward to attending the EV Challenge this weekend, and competing with schools from around the United States.

Mr. Butler, Hunter, Eli, and Tyler check out new wheels and tires purchased for our car.
The tires are Kumho Escta XS in size 255/40/17 and were purchased from Claybrook tire in Stoneville, NC. The wheels are 17x9 SC wheels w/ rivets purchased from cruizin concepts

Hunter installs the new wheels and tires.

Clinton installs covers onto the battery terminals for added safety as well as to make the car look better.

Tyler and Clinton making safety labels for the on/off switch and for the battery banks.

Spencer studies for the troubleshooting portion of the EV Challenge. Spencer will be assisted by Eli in the final event this weekend.

Quentin finishes wiring the DC/DC converter to the batteries.

The team placed a carpet cover over the batteries in the trunk to make the car look stock. The carpet is from Latemodel Resotation and fit great.

Chase shines the wheels for this weekend's competition.

Mr. Butler finishes up some of the main wiring left on the vehicle.
Notice the sweet miners headlight!