06-16-2009, 03:53 PM
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If you have a 4wd truck, you could keep a battery pack in the bed and attach an electric motor to the front differential. You'd use the motor to get moving, then bump start.
This would be a *really* low-tech hybrid.
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Come to think of it, I am running on deep cycle batteries already, and the neutral switch has never worked in the truck.
So I could just keep the fuel cut off and run the starter in gear and drive around that way.
My starter does have a lifetime warranty afterall...
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Originally Posted by Piwoslaw
A few months ago I returned home just as my neighbor pulled into his driveway. It was cold (around freezing) with some rain and sleet, and he yells to me: You rode your bike? In this weather?!?
So the other day we both returned home at the same time again, only now the weather is warm, sunny, with no wind. And I yell to him: You took the car? In this weather?!?
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06-16-2009, 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by JacobAziza
Come to think of it, I am running on deep cycle batteries already, and the neutral switch has never worked in the truck.
So I could just keep the fuel cut off and run the starter in gear and drive around that way.
My starter does have a lifetime warranty afterall...
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I'd be interested to fast the truck will go when running on the starter...
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06-16-2009, 05:34 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JacobAziza
Come to think of it, I am running on deep cycle batteries already, and the neutral switch has never worked in the truck.
So I could just keep the fuel cut off and run the starter in gear and drive around that way.
My starter does have a lifetime warranty afterall...
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big starter, bad engine. It is a famous saying for those that know better.
Uh oh. now i have to post relevance...
you know you're an ecomodder when, you junk the car because the starter is too big.  |
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06-28-2009, 09:40 AM
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YKYAEI...
... you start wondering if you could take some French courses at the local community college so you can read the French section of the forum.
What are they talking about in there?!?
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06-28-2009, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Tango Charlie
... you start wondering if you could take some French courses at the local community college so you can read the French section of the forum.
What are they talking about in there?!?
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06-28-2009, 06:55 PM
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Hello -
... you put off fixing your A/C (for passenger comfort, not me!!!!!!!!!!) for 4 years.
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07-06-2009, 02:24 AM
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YKYAEM if...
... You drive around with tufts of yarn taped to your roof and rear window.
... You drive around with a camera to see your tufts in action, or to see if your grill block opens/closes.
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[Old] Piwoslaw's Peugeot 307sw modding thread
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07-06-2009, 02:47 AM
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YKYRAE if...
you EOC behind a Maserati to enjoy its engine noise
(yesterday after-noon under a temporary sun light).
Denis.
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07-06-2009, 11:25 AM
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YKYRAE if...
you EOC behind a Maserati to enjoy its engine noise
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That's good
YKYAEM if...
...You have lots of gauges, levers and buttons all around the wheel and trans for controlling everything in the car, BUT all of it has an 'AUTO' mode since the car has other drivers.
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e·co·mod·ding: the art of turning vehicles into what they should be
What matters is where you're going, not how fast.
"... we humans tend to screw up everything that's good enough as it is...or everything that we're attracted to, we love to go and defile it." - Chris Cornell
[Old] Piwoslaw's Peugeot 307sw modding thread
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07-18-2009, 09:03 PM
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...Someone posts the following picture:
And your first thought is: "This car doesn't look very aerodynamic to me."
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