lightweight battery purchase
05-21-2006, 07:47 PM
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Re: lightweight battery purchase
Heck yeah! I have one in my car right now but it's three seasons old. It sure wouldn't hurt to put a fresh one on the shelf.
For the record, these batteries are capable of turning over my stroker and powering my electronics & fuel pump without any worries, even at wide-open throttle and 85% injector duty cycle. I kept the battery cables short and made sure the ground wires were rock solid. All up, a fourteen pound solution.
Why strap fourteen pounds of battery cable and a cutoff switch into your car, just so you can stick your 41 pound optima in the back ? Run one of these in the stock battery location and skip on all that mass.
For the record, these batteries are capable of turning over my stroker and powering my electronics & fuel pump without any worries, even at wide-open throttle and 85% injector duty cycle. I kept the battery cables short and made sure the ground wires were rock solid. All up, a fourteen pound solution.
Why strap fourteen pounds of battery cable and a cutoff switch into your car, just so you can stick your 41 pound optima in the back ? Run one of these in the stock battery location and skip on all that mass.
05-23-2006, 01:06 PM
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Re: lightweight battery purchase
Originally Posted by Daniel6718
come on...need a few more people...any sponsors want to make a deal?
05-24-2006, 07:05 AM
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Re: lightweight battery purchase
MORE MORE...whos going to offer a deal!
i found a place delling them for 76.00 i was going to get a list of about 10 people and see if thy will make us an even better deal
i found a place delling them for 76.00 i was going to get a list of about 10 people and see if thy will make us an even better deal
Last edited by Daniel6718; 05-24-2006 at 07:15 AM.
10-20-2007, 10:08 PM
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Season # 4 and mine's still working great.
I am having to trickle charge it after the car sits for more than ten days in order to keep the FAST XFI happy, though. So the battery is indeed aging. I'll probably get a new one some time in April '08, after the winter.
I am having to trickle charge it after the car sits for more than ten days in order to keep the FAST XFI happy, though. So the battery is indeed aging. I'll probably get a new one some time in April '08, after the winter.
10-21-2007, 05:40 PM
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I want to get one in the spring, probably April. I can't really do it sooner because......It's a family budget thing. Only cash purchases are allowed, and only when the cash for car mods hasn't already been spent (on car mods.) I'm back to $100 a month for a while.
10-28-2007, 10:13 AM
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