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Hi, rustygirl.
No updates on the sprag clutch yet. I'm still looking for someone who can fabricate a custom rim with the offset necessary to hold the rim. I'm considering putting it off until I get the new trellis frame built, as it's likely that'll require a different offset anyway.
Another thing I'm considering is sort of like what the Insight does... the engine doesn't idle, it turns off. Crack the throttle a bit, and it starts up again. That'd let me do pulse-and-glide automatically. Get up to speed, shut the throttle, the sprag clutch freewheels and the engine shuts down. When I've reached the lower speed, crack the throttle, the engine starts up, rev it up until the sprag isn't freewheeling anymore, and pulse back up to the upper speed. With an IVT, it gets even better, because you can put it into a really tall gear ratio and work the engine hard (throttle nearly wide open) to get up to speed, rather than revving its lungs out.
I've got to figure out something better than the OEM starter, though.
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