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Originally Posted by tasdrouille
That's good brainstorming right there. You sure have a lot of imagination.
75 kw peak won't get you 5s though, especially with the added weight from the batteries and the electric motor. HP is what makes a car accelerate. Torque makes it pull nicely, but HP does the work.
Edit: I didn't read carefully. ICE in the front + electric in the rear would indeed pull incredibly fast times.
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You may be right since we would be between 5-6s with ~180whp/~2200-2500lbs, depending on how much was done in the way of weight reduction. The motor/batteries/electronics would add ~400lbs, but that could be offset with weight reduction like a tall 4spd instead of a 5sp (~50lbs), decent sound insulation instead of the asphalt crap on the floor (~25lbs), a patch kit instead of a full size spare (~35lbs IIRC), yanking the starter motor (~30lbs, just roll start it), yanking the break booster (~15lbs), and so on... Going balls out can result in a ~1400lbs bunny IIRC, so there's definitely plenty of weight to drop.