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@brucepick:
See, a Bumblebee battery or Linsight, they sound really appealing, but if you're saying you're barely even using your BB battery because of EOC and Dw/oB strategies, then like what's the point of the IMA if one is trying to super hypermile? My personal best tank, at 78 MPG, was done without IMA assist because the battery was basically dead.
When I get another G1, I might just do the IMA bypass with an Arduino sending fake signals to the ECM so the car thinks the battery is there. That way I can still use one of my Auto-Stop chips for EOC and then I'll be saving 40 pounds. I did kinda like using the full-regen brake switch I had when going down hills though... but that's something I can live without. Then again, having the power of an IMA might be nice. But do we do damage to the IMA by giving it such a light duty cycle?
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