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19bonestock88 · 09-08-2016, 02:43 AM

So, I read about one of GM's hybrid systems and it looks easy to implement... They have an electric motor attached to its serpentine belt system, which provides additional power to supplement the output of the gas engine under high load conditions... Such system was briefly used in Buick models for a mild boost in fuel economy...

Now, if my L61 never had an A/C compressor, it would be as simple as getting a belt for A/C and mounting the motor in the A/C location, but since I'm not ditching my functional A/C, I'll have to go a different route, using LSJ tensioner, alternator, and idler pulley assemblies, and mounting the motor roughly where the supercharger snout would be on a Cobalt SS(or my Ion Redline)...

The key is finding a motor potent and small enough to fit... Opinions?

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19bonestock88 Master EcoModder Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: KY Posts: 1,352 IGL - '04 Saturn Ion Team Saturn 90 day: 56.19 mpg (US) Thanks: 63 Thanked 366 Times in 269 Posts	GM's eAssist... So, I read about one of GM's hybrid systems and it looks easy to implement... They have an electric motor attached to its serpentine belt system, which provides additional power to supplement the output of the gas engine under high load conditions... Such system was briefly used in Buick models for a mild boost in fuel economy... Now, if my L61 never had an A/C compressor, it would be as simple as getting a belt for A/C and mounting the motor in the A/C location, but since I'm not ditching my functional A/C, I'll have to go a different route, using LSJ tensioner, alternator, and idler pulley assemblies, and mounting the motor roughly where the supercharger snout would be on a Cobalt SS(or my Ion Redline)... The key is finding a motor potent and small enough to fit... Opinions? __________________ My current Ecotec project... My last Ecotec project...