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I briefly considered using a large truck alternator with the rectifier and voltage regulator removed as a sort of hybrid drive experiment. it could, with appropriate switching, be utilized as both a 3-phase generator, as well as a motor, but the battery, charge controller, and variable frequency drive would cost as much as an engine rebuild.
I do really like the idea though. I think i could make an adapter plate to bolt one down in place of my a/c compressor, and allow it to apply torque to the drivetrain through the crank pulley.
I'd probably torch off more than a few serp belts before I got all the bugs worked out!
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