It's sure quiet here. No one has Tropica news? Mark, Are you making any progress on getting the prototype on the road? Brian, Any racing news? Shawn, Have you...
No batteries yet. The car is still sitting up in Matt's garage. We were tinkering with ideas on re-engineering the drive motors/controllers, but as with the...
Steve, Well, first off we haven't done anything in quite a long time. The car has really been just sitting. But, we had talked about modifying the motor mounts...
Shawn, Well, I live in the bay area, I'm married with 2 kids and I'm the sole supporter. Extra cash? What's that! We're in the process of getting estimates for...
I've always wondered where the current sensor that drives the bar graph is located. I just installed a CD changer in my Tropica which required me to remove the...
I've aways tried to keep my speed on the freeway at around 60. I don't want to trigger that over speed sensor which shuts down the motors. For those of you who...
Another solution is to adjust the over-speed, by tuning one of the pots on the over speed board, I got to 71 MPH (downhill) with it tuned, thus I could safely...
Scott, Good to hear from you. I'm not sure what speed I was going as it didn't see the light come on, only that it was on. At some point I would like to remove...
Well, for me the quickest way was to remove the bolt for the card cage, drop the cage, and push the reset button. For me, I could do it, and get the cage back...
You've got a fancier pocket knife than I do! Steve ... cage, drop the cage, and push the reset button. For me, I could do it, and get the cage back into place,...
Nope, after I loosened the bolt with a wrench I could do it with my fingers. It was only the bolt closest to the battery tunnel, that I fiddled with. That was...
I have vin #2.....make me an offer! ... From: airpowernow Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 2:41 PM To: tropica_ev@yahoogroups.com Subject: [tropica_ev] tropica...
The car has about 500 miles on it and it ran 4 years ago when it went into the museum at the riverside in laughlin nv.....i am sure the batteries are history...
Hey Everyone, Matt and I are in the process of cleaning up and getting out Tropica (#3) back together! (yeah...finally). We are going to be putting new batts...
Hi Shawn, I've got some packages of the original watering system that are unused and you're welcome to them. However, my advice would be to replace it with the...
From my recollection: The pumps just needed to put 12PSI of water into the system and the caps would autofill and then stop when the float raised and turned...
Scott, I know the guy that has the "mini" system. It didn't come from Flow- Rite. It's a step stool toolbox! Put a submersible fountain pump in where the tools...
Yes, it was quite hokey, but fit in the trunk of the Tropica. Officially that was THE watering system from RCI. Scott ... Subject: [tropica_ev] Re: Battery...
I'm having some trouble with my odometer stopping counting. These seems to happen on major rollovers from 4999 to 5000 for example. Has anyone seen this? Steve...
Yes, I have seen this, it happened in my old Tropica. The problem is the voltage that is sent to the odometer, it really NEEDs more "oomph" to get over rolling...
Scott, That's what I was thinking. I'll pull the odometer and see if I can get the specs for it. I've got the schematics for the driver so I should be able to...
I ended up getting a replacement from Zebra and strobing it until iit reached the right mileage, but since they are dead, and then the new odometer did the...
Scott tried to email you directly but don't think you got it. Here is ... Scott, Good morning. Well after getting a used pack of batteries in the Tropica for...
Please do. Although I no longer have my Tropica, I am still a huge fan and supporter of the car. Any of my images/movies/details are available for any and all...
After a bit more detailing, we think we are going to ask around $10,700 and see what happens. We have it registered with current FL tags and insured. We also...
Shawn, Sorry to hear you're going to sell your Tropica. Too bad it's not our here though. During the summer when I worked EV shows I can't count the number of ...
