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Originally Posted by bennelson
Hey Big Dave,
My S10 has the 5-speed manual transmission.
The diesel I plan on putting in it is a Mercedes 616. Yeah, I know...it doesn't have a ton of horsepower - but I am more looking for fuel economy and renewable fuel use.
It's also a 2.4l displacement, just a tad more than my 2.2l 4-cylinder gasser. The engine is almost exactly the same size.
Netgain ( NetGain Motors, Inc. Home ) has some nice big motors that you can buy with a yoke on them to hook right up to a driveshaft. Unfortunately, they are not cheap, and you still need a controller, batteries, etc. which all add up in cost.
The "hybridization" that they offer is basically adding a motor right into the middle of the driveshaft. It's a neat idea, but I am not sure exactly how somebody would do a home version of it. |
Double-shafted motor with a yoke on each end, and two driveshafts.
For a single-ended motor (such as an AC motor), maybe use a differential with a locker turned sideways? Run one "axle shaft" end from the transmission, run the other "axle shaft" end to the standard rear diff, and run the AC motor off the yoke? That would have the benefit of allowing a motor with a single output shaft into the mix, and also provide a little gear reduction (AC motors rev high, so the gear reduction would probably help.)