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on the subject of adding an electric motor to assit the ICE... Good thought SVO Boy.
Thinking out loud here... one of the problems you'll have is that the puny OEM V-belt or serpentine belts and pulleys aren't up to transfering very much power. That is to say, transfer any significant amount of torque (either driving or driven, or both) through a pulley drive intended for a PS pump, and I'd expect the belt to slip. The limitations aren't so hard to overcome, no harder than adding available street hot rod blower drive components (Search RCD for the pro stuff, Holley, Wieand, and maybe Dick Landy for the light weight street stuff), but not the plug-n-play solution we all hope for.
I am liking the trailer hitch mounted designs more and more, but small and short so downtown parking isn't such an issue, where EV makes the most sense.
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