With hypercars like the Ferrari LaFerrari, McLaren P1, and Porsche 918 all moving to a hybrid system consisting of a conventional, gas powered engine paired with electric motors (resulting in ridiculous performance) it got me thinking about how much benefit a system like that could be to the S2000... assuming the engineering and cost weren't astronomical.

After a quick search on the forums all I saw was a post of one member gutting the entire drivetrain and opting for a full electric system.

So I ask... how difficult would it be to add two small, electric motors (maybe 25-50hp each) that worked in tandem with the engine? I thought keeping the electric motors on the small(er) side might allow them to be powered directly from the car's battery without having to add additional battery packs (and thus adding more weight). And if not maybe a battery pack could be added replacing the standard battery. But if that's the case there would probably need to be some computer assistance and battery monitoring software.

What do y'all think? Or would the cost per hp gain be through the roof? It's probably not practical now with the cost of hybrid technologies still very high but I could see this being a great mod if someone developed a kit. Could maybe even replace the need for forced induction when wanting more power??

 

I think retrofitting a car into being a hybrid sounds like a pain in the ass, but anything's possible. Also, you'd need a substantially large battery pack for this, the standard battery won't cut it.

 

The car's battery was designed for cranking the engine only. It wouldn't have the power or capacity to generate any sort of useful electric propulsion.

What you are suggesting would be an enormous engineering undertaking and almost certainly would not be worth the effort for this car. At that point it would make more sense to start with a clean-sheet design.

 

You need several hundred pounds of batteries. The car battery is also the wrong type of battery for this use. And so many other things. It would make your car weigh at least 500 pounds more (probably much more). There are so many other why it would be better to start from scratch. It can be done, but you will not like the price for it to be well put together, you could buy multiple other better cars. Most people who put an electric system into their car is designed in a garage are fairly basic and would not fair well at all in spirited driving.

 

Look up Thinmint, he was working on a monster electric system for his S2000 in Daytona Beach. Last I saw it he had a killer setup going, but I haven't seen if he ever finished the project. His was 100 percent electric , not a hybrid, but his torque output was going to be outrageous.

 

No offense, but if you think a general car battery is going to power any electric motors with enough power to provide substantial gains, this is a project you're likely not up to the task to do.

 

Check out Thinmint's build

https://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/975...-isnt-an-f20c/

 

Yeah, I admit I don't have a great amount of knowledge of how hybrids work so this definitely would not be something I would take on. I'm a software engineer so I could build that side of things if needed but the other half would be past my knowledge. I was just thinking about a "what if", day dreaming more than anything else. I had just watched a show about the McLaren P1 and how insanely fast it is. Then I was looking at the in-wheel electric motors and one thing led to another...

I've read Thinmint's build. That's who I was referring to in my original post.

 

This is exactly what I envisioned. I wish I had the technical expertise to bring it to life but at least someone else did.

 

this video might interest you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ4l...ature=youtu.be