hybrid civic

[joeboxer5876 10+ year member]

has anyone ever hooked up a system in a hybrid civic or any hybrid vehicles. i was just wondering if i would be able to hook up a system in a hybrid car with out any complications.

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[Tehgregzor 10+ year member]

thats a really good question! Anyone here own a hybrid with some stereo equipment in it? I'd imagine it does draw off of the battery somewhat, and that it would need a strong voltage....then again, a stronger alternator should suffice for a hybrid car's electrical needs....but i really don't know for sure. I'm gonna go to "How Stuff Works.com" and see if there is an article on Hybrid cars.

 

[CBFryman2 5,000+ posts]

battery's running the motors may have a diode in the charging line so that current draw from the rest of the car is kept seperate from stored energy for propelling the car.

however, putting a system in a green peace car is kinda hypocrytical, no?

if you are looking for MPG rid a friggen cycle. you'll have jsut as much room :lol:

 

[joeboxer5876 10+ year member]

i was sitting in a brand new 06 BMW M5 and that was a thing of beauty but i was much more intrigued sitting in the new toyota prius. it was a pretty sweet car and it was my dads buddy. my dads buddy also has a hybrid civic and hew wants a system in it. im planning on doing a nice $700 $800 SQ system so i only plan on using 600 watts.

 

[joeboxer5876 10+ year member]

im telling you guys... Hybrids are the way of the future and you might want to do some early research. more and more of you guys will be asking this very same question. i want to do this system near the end of the summer but i want to make sure its possible.

 

[mikescanlon 10+ year member]

battery's running the motors may have a diode in the charging line so that current draw from the rest of the car is kept seperate from stored energy for propelling the car.
however, putting a system in a green peace car is kinda hypocrytical, no?

if you are looking for MPG rid a friggen cycle. you'll have jsut as much room :lol:

have you ever been in a prius? it's bigger than a corrola, or impala 05 inside.

 

[joeboxer5876 10+ year member]

it was a very comfortable spacious car

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

I'm waiting for the US to get the europe-grade low-sulfur diesel over here. Then we can get more diesel-based cars, or even diesel-hybrids if you desire.

 

[headless 10+ year member]

mmm. I'd be careful around the kinds of voltages they shove through one of those cars. Drilling would be a 'everyone hold hands and pray' occasion IMO //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[joeboxer5876 10+ year member]

i shouldnt have to do any drilling, but i doubt that it would be a problem. does anyone know if these cars use a normal alt. and maybe know how many amps the alts. are

 

[joeboxer5876 10+ year member]

i talked to a guy at car tunes in michigan today and he said he hooked up a system in a hybrid civic without any problems

 

[Spooby 10+ year member]

Do you think if we hooked up a huge bank of 12V Kinetik batteries it would help with the gas mileage?

 

[mikescanlon 10+ year member]

until they died and needed to be charged

 

[SAG3 5,000+ posts]

i drove my grandpas prius, its pretty big inside and runs super smoothly. it does have that monitor that you control everything off of so you would have have to do something about that if it has one.

 

[spudracer326 10+ year member]

I dont beleave they have alternators...I could be wrong though but it was posted in a thread from a guy asking the same wuestion you are...