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First Post-
Here's another approach to this idea:
I have an old saab900 which has a bad crank pulley (harmonic balancer) Which I will fix one of these days. Since I ride my motorcycle most of the time I havn't got around to fixing it.
The crank pulley is what allows all the "Accessories" to run (water pump, power steering pump, AC Pump, Alternator). I would imagine these things all added up together would be a significant load on the motor.
What if I was to create a Hybrid, which would utilize a small amount of batteries (perhaps lead acid, perhaps Nicd) which could run the accessories with the use of a small 12V brushed DC motor.
Hell, I could remove the harmonic balancer completely...
Naturally you would have to charge the batteries at night, but it wouldn't be very hard to get enough battery power to run the car for any given day.
I wonder what kind of fuel economy gains could be achieved from a setup like this?
Should I try it?
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