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I've figured out how he could have a "free" lunch.
Get a couple deep cycle batteries put in the car. Install a switch to turn off the alternator while driving. And charge the batteries with a windmill/ solar panel array.
Were it not for the likelihood of extreme low efficiencies of air flow to power, this could have been a good idea. I think you would have to be a commuter traveling around 75-80 average for a long time for this to have any viability.
I consider talldude a friend, so I hope he realizes sometimes this forum is a good place for inserting a dose of reality into ideas that may not work as well as hoped.
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Originally Posted by jamesqf
I think you missed the point I was trying to make, which is that it's not rational to do either speed or fuel economy mods for economic reasons. You do it as a form of recreation, for the fun and for the challenge.
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