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Originally Posted by mikehallbackhoe
I was conidering doing the alternator delete, but now I don't think so. what gets me. is that the new honda hybrid has a 1.3 liter engine, plus an electric motor and a bunch of batteries, and gets 48 mpg. why don't they drop that electric motor and heavy batteries, and just run the 1.3 like they did in 84? if honda could build a 1.3 in 84 that could get over 50 mpg, surely they could improve on that concept 28 years later.
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The EPA numbers for the insight are the newest numbers,
if you look at the 1984 CRX EPA numbers you see that it "only gets 38mpg" just like the insight "only gets 48mpg" yet people get 70+mpg out of the insight.
pretty sure that the "special" alternator is that it cut out under high engine load, same way the carburetor cut off the fuel when you let off the accelerator while in gear.