Anyone ever see or use one of these?

[Smittro]

Eletric motor assist.

I don't really buy stuff for mpg's but thought it was a cool idea.

Goodwin Assist Hybrid-Electric Kit

[10spokess]

Looks awesome! If only I had a hummer now lol

[0rion]

wonder what the real world gas savings are...... 60% seems like an excessive claim to me.

[Smittro]

Looks awesome! If only I had a hummer now lol

LOL! It looks like they can be used with pickups, hummers, and Jeeps..

wonder what the real world gas savings are...... 60% seems like an excessive claim to me.

Yeah,, seems like a big stretch to me also..

The huge battery pack looks like an electric forklift rig too..lol

[Firebirdjones]

[tpibird923]

I'd kinda like to see how this works. Pretty neat though.

[konigandy6]

The idea is great... however I think this modification will be fail.

The new eco Malibus are electronically assisted. They went from 32 to 37 hwy MPG. Hardly 60% and this was done from the factory.

[5.0THIS]

Was this made by the same people who make the tornado?

Ok maybe not, but the claims are outrageous

The idea is great... however I think this modification will be fail.

The new eco Malibus are electronically assisted. They went from 32 to 37 hwy MPG. Hardly 60% and this was done from the factory.

This. IF you could install a relativly simple component system like this in a production vehicle and reduce fuel consumption by 60%, almost every car would have it by now, even considering the locating and packaging of the small battery pack.

[Too Fast]

^^^yes. If it were that easy, it'd be on all new cars. Vehicles use most power in stop/go driving, that's why hybrids excel in city MPG. Regen braking captures the energy normally lost as heat, the electric motor gets the car moving from a stop then the ICE kicks in. At highway speeds, the ICE is on and the electric motor does little or nothing, except to help a bit when the driver floors the go predal. ICE is Internal Combustion Engine. To Prius owners, those are dirty words lol.

[konigandy6]

^^^yes. If it were that easy, it'd be on all new cars. Vehicles use most power in stop/go driving, that's why hybrids excel in city MPG. Regen braking captures the energy normally lost as heat, the electric motor gets the car moving from a stop then the ICE kicks in. At highway speeds, the ICE is on and the electric motor does little or nothing, except to help a bit when the driver floors the go predal. ICE is Internal Combustion Engine. To Prius owners, those are dirty words lol.

Regenerative breaking is kind of a misleading word. It puts resistance on the electric motor to build a charge and put it back into the batteries. Besides the sensation of slowing down (equivalent to putting vehicle in low gear) it actually has nothing to do with braking.

[Smittro]

It's po-boy V-tech yo!!

[2002ssslp]

I have a system like that on my 2007 Honda Accord Hybrid. 260hp V-6, 4 doors, heated leather int and 35 mpg. It works.

[Smittro]

Interesting. Can you tell when it "kicks in" ?

Or is it quiet and smooth when in use?

[Smittro]

I ask because I can tell when the VVT becomes active in my 3700 I5.

The exhaust actuator comes in @ the edge of mid-range it definetly registers on the butt dyno..lol

[konigandy6]

VVT = VTAKKKKKKKKKKK

Because it shuts down cylinders and gives you less performance.

[Smittro]

[2002ssslp]

Mine is a factory unit and you do not even know it's working. Smooth as silk.