Hi everyone, I wanted to stop by and say hello. I recently bought a 2000 Insight with a broken camshaft and apparently bad IMA battery. My plan is to cage it and run it in 24 Hours of Lemons. I've run a "fast" car there for 5 years but want to go after the grand prize.
Since the IMA battery is dead, I'm debating how useful it would be for my situation. In my current car I spend about 80% of time at full throttle, 10% braking and 10% part throttle. My impression is that I'd deplete the IMA battery in a few laps and it would be along for the ride the rest of the day (9-24 hours). I could recharge during full course cautions but those are unpredictable.
Anyway, happy to be here, I've read a lot in the archives so I may not have a ton of questions, but once my toddler's let me have some time to work on it I'll put up pictures.
Since the IMA battery is dead, I'm debating how useful it would be for my situation. In my current car I spend about 80% of time at full throttle, 10% braking and 10% part throttle. My impression is that I'd deplete the IMA battery in a few laps and it would be along for the ride the rest of the day (9-24 hours). I could recharge during full course cautions but those are unpredictable.
Anyway, happy to be here, I've read a lot in the archives so I may not have a ton of questions, but once my toddler's let me have some time to work on it I'll put up pictures.
