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Originally Posted by wickydude
I swear, I believe you have not driven a diesel in the last 15 years 
I'll take my 120hp, 270Nm diesel (common rail, turbo charged) any time over a spendthrift gas burner. My car uses 5,7 L/100km, where a comparable petrol engine uses 7,5 to 8 L/100km.
The diesel would use far less fuel than a hayabusa engine. |
I know he has, and so have I; I even went out to buy a Seat 1.2 EgoNumbing diesel until I test drove it. So glad with my hybrid now
Diesels rock, stink and make a lot of noise. But hey, it's a man thing!
Sadly the Miev is, put mildly, not the manliest car on the planet.
Also it is specifically built for electric drive, so any replacement engine needs to be small in size and lightweight as to keep some kind of balance. Diesels are no match.
A Hayabusa engine would be spectacular, you might stretch the ratios so that first gear goes to 60 mph or you'd spin the wheels uncontrollably.
My feelings are that the best way to power the Miev is with the very thing it was designed for. If the cells are good, the BMS boards repaired or replaced, the wiring sorted out and all is cleaned up and working again, who would still want to change it then?
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