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Originally Posted by Stubby79
I'm hoping to find time to do this. I have most of what I need to do it...
Personally, I would prefer the motor "between" the engine and the transmission, so it can run with the engine completely shut off when the load is light enough. And able to do regen, even with the engine disengaged.
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There's a thread on Insight Central about this very thing. It went dozens of pages before the minds there considered it too difficult. You'd likely need a second clutch and to move either engine or transmission to make room. The belt-drive will work well enough though, even if it's not ideal - this is (almost) how all of Honda's hybrids work, with the exception of the Accord, and Honda was all able to extract in excess of 50mpg (60+ in the hands of a hypermiler) from the Civic platform, and 70+ from the G1 Insight.