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orange4boy · 02-04-2010, 02:46 AM

The Toyota Previa is a shoe in for IMA because it has a second driveshaft going forward that could be replaced with a motor and a bunch of batteries. It's function is to drive the PS pump, alternator and the A/C so you'd have to live without those or fab the motor into the shaft.

That and it has a pretty good CD to start with. .34 It has great modding potential. Mine is now better than my stock 2003 Prius which is listed at .29

I've been dreaming of this for a while. Time and money.

02-04-2010, 02:46 AM	#16 (permalink)
orange4boy Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: The Wet Coast, Kanuckistan. Posts: 1,275 The Golden Egg - '93 Toyota Previa DX 90 day: 31.91 mpg (US) Chewie - '03 Toyota Prius 90 day: 57 mpg (US) The Spaceship - '00 Honda Insight Thanks: 100 Thanked 306 Times in 178 Posts	The Toyota Previa is a shoe in for IMA because it has a second driveshaft going forward that could be replaced with a motor and a bunch of batteries. It's function is to drive the PS pump, alternator and the A/C so you'd have to live without those or fab the motor into the shaft. That and it has a pretty good CD to start with. .34 It has great modding potential. Mine is now better than my stock 2003 Prius which is listed at .29 I've been dreaming of this for a while. Time and money. __________________ Vortex generators are old tech. My new and improved vortex alternators are unstoppable. "It’s easy to explain how rockets work but explaining the aerodynamics of a wing takes a rocket scientist.