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Hi everyone, I was reccomended to this site by a friend when I told him I was tossing around an idea for converting my car to a bit more efficient one. I was thinking something similar to a mild hybrid to help around town and highway. Currently, driving conservatively I am averaging around 15-17mpgs in town and about 22mpgs highway and has seen as low as 13mpgs running premium. I understand that having a rotary causes a few issues but I thought about it a bit and concluded that a mild hybrid is the way to go because the rotary cannot be submitted to constant restarting especially in stop and go traffic. The KERS system comes in for track use. I read up a bit about it but I am still confused in some areas. I know that it can ether generate power from braking or off of the flywheel. It gives them a temporary boost in power per lap. The energy is stored and discharged as a boost in power. If I were to venture a guess, it would probably be a large capacitor that can store it and discharge it. I don't need a huge boost in power, just a quick surge when my RPMs drop too low to get back into my power band above 6000RPMs. I am not quite as sure as to where to start with something like this and how to go about doing it. I don't quite know if it is even possible with a FR setup with a manual gearbox on a rotary. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I am quite a stickler for weight too so I am really weighing this in my mind. Its either this so that I can drive it more on a daily basis or go another route and make it a strict weekend fun car.
I am quite a stickler for weight too so I am really weighing this in my mind. Its either this so that I can drive it more on a daily basis or go another route and make it a strict weekend fun car.