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I don't think anyone's going to prove you wrong until someone actually drops an aircooled drivetrain into a Prius.
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That's the essence of my cunning plot: get someone else to do the work.
The theory is based on drag coefficient more than BSFC. The original Beetle is 0.41 and the Prius body is 0.26. That's 5/8ths of half of the total drag.
The challenge would not disallow crank-fired electronic ignition and fuel injection. I had trouble finding drivetrain weights when I wrote that. (100lb for the Prius battery? 400lb total?). To keep things simple it could be frontwheel drive
I was just trying to prompt some vigorous discussion.
