fyremanbill wrote:Always thought this could be a good idea for fuel efficiency. A smaller turbo diesel main engine running at near WOT to maintain speed on the flats. Add a light weight, high output gas engine for climbing hills.
Why would you use a trailer then? Why not have both motors onboard a single vehicle? Seems to me like the way this setup works with an assist trailer is if you lived in Tahoe and worked in SF. Leave home, head down hill and drop assist trailer at bottom of hill. Chug along to work. Leave work, pick up assist trailer at bottom of hill and blast your way home.
What we need is a way to transfer power from the engine in the Lemons car to the trailer.
1. At bottom of Grapevine, fire up Lemons/assist trailer combo.
2. Blast up Grapevine.
3. Lemons motor blows up at top of Grapevine
4. Sit at track drinking beer all weekend.
5. Drive home and tell wife the race car blew up.
Saves on laundry to wash sweaty driving gear.
1990 RX7 "Mazdarita" 1964 Sunbeam Imp (IOE 2013 Sears Pointless) 2002 Jaguar x-type (Winner C-Class 2021 Sears Pointless)
Gone bye-bye
1994 Jaguar XJ12 (Winner C-Class 2013 Sears Pointless) 1980 Rover SD1 (I Got Screwed 2014 Return of Lemonites)