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Opinions and preferences are like A____ , everyone has one.
So I don't encroach on the threads / ideas of others I figured I would post some of mine here , separately.
I see a lot of this as a personal preference and/or usage conditions effected choices kind of thing ... ie ... there is no ... one answer that is equally correct for everyone ... in all conditions ... all the time... everywhere... etc.
aka .... A build in HI will have significantly different considerations than a build in Death Valley ... or Northern Alaska ... A Rally car PHEV will have very different usage considerations than a LB highway cruiser ... etc.
I wanted to share some of the data I've collected and thoughts I've had so far in my snail's pace of a project to PHEV my I1.
My snail's pace is likely to continue ... it's who I am ... and the restrictions of time and $ I have to spend on the project.
At this time I have no intention of marketing a 'kit' to the masses ... if anyone finds any of my data and ideas useful to them for their own projects ... they are welcome to use them ... but don't expect an IamIan Store near you.
The other aspect of my snail's pace to keep in mind in this thread ... is that I enjoy the journey more than the destination ... I run experiments because I enjoy it ... I am doing what I enjoy , not just trying to reach a destination ... as such , I might have spent a sizable amount of time ... fun for me ... but others would skip much of the time I have spent , for their PHEV builds ... kind of like watching Star Wars movies is more fun than someone just skipping to the end and telling you 'good guys win'... sure those 3 words are correct and accurate ... but the journey through the movie is far more entertaining than just jumping to the end result.
After this first post to give and idea of what is to follow ... I will next walk through my past on this project to share some information about dead ends , changes in direction , etc ... that happened over time ... The past will work it's way to the present and what I am currently planning for the future ... then as I make additional small snail pace steps forward I'll post about it here.
So I don't encroach on the threads / ideas of others I figured I would post some of mine here , separately.
I see a lot of this as a personal preference and/or usage conditions effected choices kind of thing ... ie ... there is no ... one answer that is equally correct for everyone ... in all conditions ... all the time... everywhere... etc.
aka .... A build in HI will have significantly different considerations than a build in Death Valley ... or Northern Alaska ... A Rally car PHEV will have very different usage considerations than a LB highway cruiser ... etc.
I wanted to share some of the data I've collected and thoughts I've had so far in my snail's pace of a project to PHEV my I1.
My snail's pace is likely to continue ... it's who I am ... and the restrictions of time and $ I have to spend on the project.
At this time I have no intention of marketing a 'kit' to the masses ... if anyone finds any of my data and ideas useful to them for their own projects ... they are welcome to use them ... but don't expect an IamIan Store near you.
The other aspect of my snail's pace to keep in mind in this thread ... is that I enjoy the journey more than the destination ... I run experiments because I enjoy it ... I am doing what I enjoy , not just trying to reach a destination ... as such , I might have spent a sizable amount of time ... fun for me ... but others would skip much of the time I have spent , for their PHEV builds ... kind of like watching Star Wars movies is more fun than someone just skipping to the end and telling you 'good guys win'... sure those 3 words are correct and accurate ... but the journey through the movie is far more entertaining than just jumping to the end result.
After this first post to give and idea of what is to follow ... I will next walk through my past on this project to share some information about dead ends , changes in direction , etc ... that happened over time ... The past will work it's way to the present and what I am currently planning for the future ... then as I make additional small snail pace steps forward I'll post about it here.