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Originally Posted by JSH
Yes. Unless you have a huge budget for someone to fabricate it from scratch just for your car. Even then hub motors have severe limitations for road vehicles.
If you want a hybrid RWD car the economical way to do it is with belt-driven replacement for the alternator. Economics and ease of installation is why GM did this with their mild hybrids in the 2000's.
The MOST economic thing to do is leave the muscle car as is and get a cheap commuter car for commuting. I realize some people want a challenge but the economics don't work.
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Well, if the hub motor idea is a no go, then I will have to suffer with an inline drive plug-in hybrid system and a BAS hybrid system! If I can't do it, I can't do it but goodie, this is money saved to pour into other modifications!
I will tell you this, after my car emerges from her fiery ashes into a new Phoenix, she will be so much more better than when she was brand new from the GM factory in Canada back in December of 1996. Furthermore, she will likely be built so well that she will last me another 30 or so years before I require a resto-mod then!
The economics of this beats the crap out of buying an overly priced new car every 10-years! It's not the fuel savings that saves me money, it's not having to trade up cars, and trading up to cars that I will never enjoy as much as I do my LT1 F-body Firebird.