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He's using an auto trans at the moment. He said he was considering swapping out for a manual.
Auto trans are pretty junky as far as efficiency goes and I can't really see something else along the drive train sucking up more than 5+% than a box full of fluid rotating gears meshing.
I'd go with what Christ said. If you drop all the ICE components and do some body work you're a ripe candidate for EV. Maybe even more so because to have a large shell to put batteries around the car to keep it from being polarized around them.
You've also got lots of dash and rear window space for solar panels(where they are harder to steal and don't affect aero). If you rework the hood you could leave sections for stiff panels on the hood and the trunk. You'd never get as much power as you were using but with two stiffs in front and one in back you could recovery .6 kwhr or .9hphrs. Also would let you recharge it while you are getting groceries or at work for extended battery life and less recharge cost from the grid.
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