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Date:         Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:33:46 -0800
Reply-To:     Michael Hart <mjhart853@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Michael Hart <mjhart853@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: VW diesel engine available on Craigs List for $300 98K miles
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Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:11:15 -0800 From: Zeitgeist <gruengeist@GMAIL.COM> Subject: Re: VW diesel engine available on Craigs List for $300 98K miles Like this? http://www.mrsharkey.com/pusher.htm On Dec 13, 2007 10:55 AM, VW Doka <vw.doka@gmail.com> wrote: > Why not just make that diesel generator into a trailer with a complete > drivetrain? If your primary engine fails, you fire up the trailer and use > it get home. Your own little diesel pusher.

Why not take this one stage further - a hybrid vanagon as follows; 1. convert your vanagon to electric drivetrain and fill the engine compartment & other locations with batteries (I saw a video of this conversion referenced on the list a while ago)

2. tow a generator behind you to provide power when you exceed the battery's range (I would think you probably would need about a 30kW generator - any idea how big that would be?)

Perhaps this is a way around the CARB restrictions on putting a large HP engine into a vanagon? - I think you can get pretty large HP electric motors - And I don't think there are any restrictions on how filthy the generator exhaust has to be in CA???) Not the most environmentally friendly approach....

Mike, '87 Westy (with 2.1 stock engine)

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