At the risk of mucking up the works, How about a product called Smart
Drive,
which would be mounted behind the flywheel. This stator and magnet
combination can produce way more power than needed and could be used as a
starter if drive circuitry were to be designed.  The u-tube guy had
rewired
the drive for 12 volts and can get hundreds of amps or can leave wired
polyphase for hundreds of volts.  I suggest using some circuits for


Its already been done, I think it's VW Germany, but most if not all the
cars that stop the engine ( for instance at the lights) stop the engine,
then as soon as the accellerator is pressed the engine starts, and one
drives off!! no wasted fuel in traffic jams, don't know how it goes on a
blistering hot day! Siemens I think have electric disc brakes, stepper
motor drives a wedge style of thing behind the pads and its controlled
by the brake ecu, apparently stopping distance is reduced I wonder about
the safety when all electrical power is lost, no brakes!!
   John Burey


Yes, it has been done since 1935 (by Siba in Germany), it was called
Dynastart.
It was used on BMW 600, Isetta, Heinkel Kabine, NSU Prinz, Goggomobil,
Messerschmitt Kabinenroller, P70.
Similar systems are still used in a number of mopeds.
Current incarnation:
http://www.zf.com/corporate/en/products/product_range/cars/driveline_components/dynastart/dynastart.html
Ecology (madness) gave the idea new momentum, to my surprise it really
worked on our rented BMW,
once we got used to it and stopped restarting the engine manually on
every traffic light ;)
The trigger for restarting seems to be a combination of clutch & gear
actuation ...
Bye,
Adam Ziemkiewicz