Part Costs - Kraln's RX-8 Blog

Apart from the battery packs, I probably won't be so lucky to get other stuff inexpensively or free. This will serve as a list of running costs of compontents (but not labor or other services, just things)

Thing	Description	Date	Cost
Battery Testers	Four channel 18650 testers, https://www.banber.com/banber/6374be9b2ee0e200077ec156	27.08.2023	(2 x 72) 144 RMB
Battery Spot Welder	Glitter 802B, for making battery packs	28.08.2023	689 RMB
BMW PRNDL	BMW Part Number 10027276-00, https://openinverter.org/wiki/BMW_F-Series_Gear_Lever	3.10.2023	49€

About

I bought an RX-8 with the intention of converting it to run on Hydrogen. Conveniently, the hydrogen fueling network where I live was shutdown shorly after I brought the car home. After driving the car around with the original drivetrain for much longer than I originally intended, it started to lose significant power. Rather than simply replacing the existing (fun, but unreliable) drivetrain with a rebuild, or a different (boring, but more reliable) gasoline engine, I'd want to return to the original goal of making my RX-8 zero-emissions.

The goal is an RX-8 that, from the outside and inside, is indistinguishable from stock. All safety and comfort features should still work, and the car shouldn't gain too much additional weight. The original structure should stay as intact as possible, and the handling and dynamics should be as close to as-delivered. It should still be fun to drive but reliable as a daily, and it should still zoom-zoom.