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Originally Posted by alexshock
From the description it looks like Honda's IMA.
Strange choice, as Honda nowdays uses something similar to HSD, while IMAs does not prove significant economy.
(According to this community, Insight becomes more efficient when you remove IMA  ) |
On my 1st-gen Insight, without IMA, the car will not negotiate any amount of road grade without down-shifting, even to 2nd-gear, on an interstate highway.
The car WILL get the mpg my CRX got ( 52-mpg ), at 10-mph faster cruising speed ( 65 compared to 55 ), with AC-'ON', where the CRX couldn't do 52-mpg WITH air conditioning 'ON.'
The minimum $1,600 it would take to restore the battery, I'm going to bank for a used EV.
And for the little I'd get for the Insight, it may just become a shade-tree, mini- RV trailer body.