I recently started restoring a 1966 mustang all numbers matching car for my daughter but i also recently came up with the idea to turn it into a hybrid. I don't know jack about hybrid motors but how hard could it be to put one in an old car? upgrade the frame, suspension, rear end, breaks, motor, and transmission. Few cuts here a few welds there...everyone I've looked at says to just upgraded parts on the motor or something lazy if your going to do something do it right...

So any ideas on what to do to the frame what would be a good motor to use, just any good insight would be helpful...also open to the don't ruin a classic suggestions.

Thanks in advance.

 

Seriously?? If your daughter wants a hybrid, buy her a prius.

 

yea i agree don't ruin the integrity of the mustang so you can get better mpg.... if you are set on great mpg you should do the for 4cyl turbo engine swap out of the fox body mustang someone on the forum did it and actually had a very nice ride.

 

That didn't take long for someone to get offended... The reason for better mpg and not just getting a prius is because the prius looks like **** and the mustang looks like well a mustang.

 

I understand why you would want this, but don't do it. By the time you would be done you would have a car twice as expensive as buying a used prius that doesnt even get the same mpg. That is, if you could get it to work (I would doubt even the most experienced amateur gearhead could do this). If you are set on a mustang however, I agree a 4 cylinder turbo 65 or 66 would be cool, and like tomkat said someone on this forum has done it already so maybe they could be helpful.

 

Are you a multi millionaire? It can be done I'm sure but cost would be ridiculous and the potential savings would never be recovered.

 

My intentions aren't for me to save money if that was the case i wouldn't be restoring Ann old mustang, just saying, i was simply thinking of combing the new with the old without destroying the integrity of the classic mustang. I thought it would be kinda cool to modify a classic in a sense without making it visibly different like big stupid rims tv screens in the floors and the top chopped. I guess maybe if i was murdering a Camaro on here it would be different.

 

someone here built a 66 electric only vehicle They were expecting to pay about 25k for the setup and 10k alone in batteries. It was suppose to run on 98 3.2v cells in a series parallel arrangement. The 3.2v per cell makes me thinks its a lithium Fe pack. The avg Toyota Pious uses either Nimh pack or a lithium based pack...both equally nasty. As far as I know this project never provided useable results.

My suggestion is to just build a nice mustang with a standard 289 engine. Used the money saved to build a nice engine that produces 260rwhp gets 18mpg and save the rest of the money for fuel....Then just tell everyone its a hybrid (burns gas and rubber) and make sure to park it all the time in the Fresh N' Sleazy "hybrid parking only" spots



-Gun

 

As an alternative, the only semi-practical way to do this, assuming you have the technical know-how, is to use a modern hybrid transmission that has internal electrical-assist motors. Dodge and GM both have setups like this in their truck/suv hybrid platforms.

 

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