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Old 01-13-2018, 03:42 PM   #193 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
This is why I was going on about the Lacrosse altermotor and my slant-four diesel.
Due to your ride being an old-school IDI Diesel, the hybrid approach might not be so effective for it. You know, they rely a lot on pre-heating through the glowplugs, and are more suitable to constant operation than the intermittent cycles that the engine in a hybrid usually operates.
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