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Originally Posted by mpg_numbers_guy
Does the IMA work?
Now you can do direct comparison MPG tests between the two in same weather, driving and road conditions! 
When you drive the "new" Insight, do you ever mash the gas only to realize you're not in your K-sight? |
IMA does not work. I actually helped the previous owner bypass and removed the battery, and he similarly (though less skillfully
) rebuilt the rear hatch area. It has a Mean Well power supply tucked away in one of the rear wheel wells.
I haven't driven it extensively, but I do have some impressions. The original motor, by comparison, is far more civilized. It's easier to drive, it revs up and down more slowly (probably a much heavier flywheel), it's quieter and vibrates less. It also feels more... maybe disconnected? You can really tell there's more soft rubber and parts with momentum between your foot and the road. The K series motor by analogy is like riding a wild stallion without a saddle, to the stock motor's fairground pony ride. I think this has more to do with my design choices than something inherent to the K series.
In other news, I tried to get an amperage measurement on my headlights and got no meaningful data from my clamp meter. Maybe a better way would be to measure at the battery cable rather than at the back of the headlight.