BMW 3.0 CSE

Recall from the post on fitting the Tesla batteries, the cells are made of a nickel cobalt manganese aluminum oxide cathode with a graphite silicon anode.  The cathode chemistry of these cells is such that gives off free oxygen at a fairly low thermal temperature of perhaps 180C - very low by lithium battery standards.

You've read about the fancy digital dash app I've written that displays all sorts of information on a display in the hole that used to belong to the tachometer.  But that still leaves four other analog gauges in the instrument panel: The speedometer, clock, fuel, and temperature gauges.  These are old school VDO gauges that just look proper and cool so I want to make them all work with this new digital vehicle.

 The rear suspension on a BMW 3.0 CS is supported by a rear crossmember that spans the width of the car, with the trailing arms mounted to clevises and the ends bolted to the car via rubber bushings. As mentioned previously in the Brace up Boys post, the crossmember is normally triangulated by the differential, which is mounted to the floor of the unibody, but I cut the diff mount off of the crossmember since it is in the way of where the Tesla drive unit needs to sit.  I then fabricated a new forward-facing member to triangulate the crossmember securing the the car.  Seemed good.