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Excellent work! I like the drone footage too. You definitely saved that old Ghia. Might be wise to keep that body out of the rain and salt though.
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07-22-2019, 07:00 PM
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Nice video. Something about its stance, or the light, or both stance and light, makes it almost look like a toy in some of the shots. Nice toy!
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10-22-2020, 11:32 AM
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Nice video. Something about its stance, or the light, or both stance and light, makes it almost look like a toy in some of the shots. Nice toy!
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I agree, great project.
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08-01-2022, 09:39 PM
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Thanks for the writeup! My wife picked up.a 69 beetle sedan to restore and one of the first things i pondered was a hybrid retrofit  |
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08-01-2022, 10:31 PM
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Post a pic when you have enough posts. How did you see doing a hybrid?
Full EV conversions are popular. An hybrid could employ - electric front axle (through the road parallel)
- electric grafted onto a 4-wheel drive transaxle
- altermotor on serpetine belt (serial)
- Prius body swap
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08-02-2022, 07:21 AM
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Post a pic when you have enough posts. How did you see doing a hybrid?
Full EV conversions are popular. An hybrid could employ - electric front axle (through the road parallel)
- electric grafted onto a 4-wheel drive transaxle
- altermotor on serpetine belt (serial)
- Prius body swap
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i was thinking maybe a transplant from a small hybrid, like a 1st gen insight.
not a lot of little ones out there though.
also thought about MHEV 48 or 72v stuff - but i just don't know enough about it. |
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08-02-2022, 08:00 AM
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i was thinking maybe a transplant from a small hybrid, like a 1st gen insight.
not a lot of little ones out there though.
also thought about MHEV 48 or 72v stuff - but i just don't know enough about it.
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You are asking for a LOT of work to do that kind of hybrid conversion on a VW. The ship has almost sailed on hybrid conversions. If I could make a suggestion, take a look at EV West's full electric conversions of VW's. They almost have it down to a complete kit, and the parts are available to do it yourself if you want to. No major cutting and fitting, and the performance is screaming when you are done.
Were I contemplating starting my Firebrid conversion today rather than years ago, I probably would have gone full electric and I would already have been driving it around. Technology has advanced very quickly!
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08-02-2022, 08:16 AM
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You are asking for a LOT of work to do that kind of hybrid conversion on a VW.
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yeah that is why i only pondered it. Plus my wife would prefer for it to be stock. |
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08-02-2022, 11:32 AM
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This is as far as I have gotten. The car is gone, but I've still got the drivetrain. It's a Lexus LX400h rear axle with 68HP. It would replace the original engine and transmission -- potentially a reversible bolt-in process. The rear mount[s] are in plane with the VW frame.The biggest hurdle would be mating the Toyota output to the VW axle.
That and I never cracked the controller/battery pack part.
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08-02-2022, 11:53 AM
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The biggest hurdle would be mating the Toyota output to the VW axle.
That and I never cracked the controller/battery pack part.
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yeah, the controller/battery is something i know next to nothing about - i wonder RE: the toyota interface if you could replace the rear wheels with toyota splined hubs?
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