Isn't an airplane conversion outside the remit from the Original Poster?
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Originally Posted by Cobb
Has anyone really put much thought into this vs just tossing out makes and models of cars? Is there a car with better aero than the Prius? Is there a more efficient and clean GAS engine than what the prius comes with?
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Originally Posted by sidecar
Prius is perfect in some ways, it is already a proven aerodynamic shape of what is a full sized 5 seat aluminium car, and it conquers aspects of power brakes and power steering quite neatly.
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As I said in August, I'd drop the weight of the Prius (100s of lb?) by pulling the complete drivetrain and swapping in a 36hp VW boxer and transmission. You could even put it in the front, using parts from
The Blackjack ZERO. You'd wind up with equivalent-to-stock mpg; but that isn't disallowed by the remit, right?
I'll go further. Convert the boxer 4 to a
Miller cycle compressed air hybrid, and use GSXR 600 throttle body or port injectors and crank-fired ignition.
Performance would approximate a diesel Prius, would it not?
EDIT: Here, I Photochopped it:
