Oh, yeah...  there a lots of neat Prius hacks.  Including conversion to plug-in hybrids with lithium batteries.   For a good time see:  http://priuschat.com/forums/prius-hybrid-news/51283-prius-a123-battery-fire-report.html BTW,  Toyota sells a non-hybrid Prius overseas... it gets better milage than the hybrid... -------------- (I wonder if there's a hack to change the SOC limits?) Makes the warranty more impressive. _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy is not the too busy. Combine all your e-mail accounts with Hotmail. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multiaccount&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_4

Hi Mark: The Prius fire was caused by improper spacing. I've come across this in related areas. My son restored a 1941 D8 CAT and told me the lifters were hitting the valve cover. It turns out he substituted a gasket for the factory thick cork seal. The seal thickness was part of the design. In a similar fashion modern off road vehicles require the proper thickness of gaskets or things touch each other that are not supposed to. Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.PRC68.com Mark Sims wrote: > Oh, yeah... there a lots of neat Prius hacks. Including conversion to plug-in hybrids with lithium batteries. For a good time see: > > http://priuschat.com/forums/prius-hybrid-news/51283-prius-a123-battery-fire-report.html > > BTW, Toyota sells a non-hybrid Prius overseas... it gets better milage than the hybrid... > > -------------- > (I wonder if there's a hack to change the SOC limits?) Makes the warranty > more impressive. > _________________________________________________________________ > The New Busy is not the too busy. Combine all your e-mail accounts with Hotmail. > http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multiaccount&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_4 > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > >