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I planned on jumping straight to a diesel Prius. That way both sides hate me. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0QXTKWBtke8 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0QXTKWBt
by ethbr0 5y ago
I planned on jumping straight to a diesel Prius.
That way both sides hate me.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0QXTKWBtke8 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0QXTKWBtke8
- Syonyk 5y agoNah, that's just boring. Go with a diesel Insight. There have been a few diesel swaps on the 1st gen Insights that manage the same or better fuel economy than the gas hybrid version. https://www.thedrive.com/news/38291/this-2000-honda-insight-with-a-vw-turbo-diesel-swap-may-be-the-ultimate-fuel-saver https://www.thedrive.com/news/38291/this-2000-honda-insight-... The Honda hybrid tech of that time is a lot easier to swap engines on. A Prius has the motors in the transmission, so it's harder to simply bolt a new engine on. You'd have to either drive the transaxle with your own control algorithms, or figure out another way to make it behave with a different engine. The Honda electric motor was on the engine crankshaft, and you could get the Insight with a manual transmission, so it's really just "bolt in the motor and go."
- CRConrad 5y agoBut of course you'd get a diesel Prius or Insight only to be "rolling coal" with it. EDIT: Sorry, only watched the YouTube clip now -- OMG, seems that was the purpose! Sheesh, you think you're making an obviously absurd jokey take on something... America, you never (cease to) disappoint.
- wearywanderer 5y agoAnecdotally, macho gearhead types seem to generally respect the premise diesel-electrics, because freight trains. Because it's been so successful in locomotives, these sort see diesel-electric as proven, powerful, and sufficiently macho.