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niky · 11-24-2011, 11:15 PM

Not worth it. Better to do the ghetto hybrid. Replace the starter motor with an assist motor supplemented by a battery pack. There's an Indian group that's producing these "low cost" hybrid conversions where you have the assist motor attached to the main motor by a belt attached to the main crank pulley instead of going through the transmission.

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This way, you can have assist and start stop without a special transmission or a complicated hybrid conversion.

11-24-2011, 11:15 PM	#5 (permalink)
niky Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Philippines Posts: 2,173 Thanks: 1,739 Thanked 589 Times in 401 Posts	Not worth it. Better to do the ghetto hybrid. Replace the starter motor with an assist motor supplemented by a battery pack. There's an Indian group that's producing these "low cost" hybrid conversions where you have the assist motor attached to the main motor by a belt attached to the main crank pulley instead of going through the transmission. - This way, you can have assist and start stop without a special transmission or a complicated hybrid conversion. Last edited by niky; 11-24-2011 at 11:22 PM..