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23-08-2009, 09:15 PM
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Nutty Professor
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posts: 548
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Lo all
Just after some advice on a used car purchase. I'm a bit if a nutty professor, so looking at doing a sort of DIY hybrid project. For this reason I need a used car, but have the following requirements. - It needs to be cheap, but road legal (minimal rust, straight body, etc.) - It needs to be manual, and front wheel drive (never thought I'd want that again) - It needs to have as much free space in the engine bay as possible, to accommodate the regenerative braking system. - An engine with a carby would be a lot easier to work with, as opposed to EFI. I was thinking along the lines of an old 1990ish Corolla, as I can testify that these are pretty go-hard reliable little cars, but they don't have as much free space in the engine bay as I need, so thought I would put it out there to see if anyone has any other ideas. Once I get hold of the car I'll post a thread of the buildup of a non-electric hybrid.
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