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Old Oct 30, 2008 | 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by PhilStubbs
what do you want, the full size start your car battery, or the 5 pound battery? i am very limited on how many full size i can get, but i think i have like 6 of the small ones
i need a fullsize one how much do those weigh
Old Oct 30, 2008 | 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by ghettoturbo
yea but what if the engine stalled mid-air and they wanted to restart it?
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Originally Posted by txdohczc
i need a fullsize one how much do those weigh
im not sure, i weighed a 24v one today wich felt about the same as a car battery and it was 25lbs. the 12v ones are probably 20lbs

Originally Posted by N/A mike
how much for a small one shipped to san diego?
i dont know, i will have to check on the legalities of shipping a battery
Old Oct 31, 2008 | 02:09 AM
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Originally Posted by bigdaddyvtec
Im using a odyssey PC680... It doesnt weigh ----, is really small and I have a small system in trhe car (JL 10 and Fosgate 200 watt amp). It has yet to let me down... Even in the EX Accord with power everything.

Do it.

I've been running this battery for almost 2 years on the street day and night. I even have 1000watts of sterio and I've never had a problem with it. Best battery I've ever bought. I just installed one in a kit car and my moms escort yesterday thats how much I trust them.
Old Oct 31, 2008 | 05:51 AM
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Originally Posted by ghettoturbo
yea but what if the engine stalled mid-air and they wanted to restart it?
Push start that ----.
Old Oct 31, 2008 | 01:20 PM
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The battery is a storage cell for cranking the car, and the alternator is what supplies power to the system. I wouldn't run without a battery, though.

I have little love for those Odyssey batteries. They are a lot heavier than an equivalent-power lead-acid lawn mower battery, and about the same size. And they drain really fast, hook up a laptop and a wideband to the system and leave the engine/alternator off for 5 minutes, the car won't crank. Add in the $$$ pricetag and ---- those things. Even $50-something for the exact same thing in generic brand is a premium.


MISTER PHILL.... what is the amp rating of those 5lb units, and might I obtain one?
Old Oct 31, 2008 | 01:26 PM
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i wont be able to find out anything about them till tuesday. i am getting married tomorrow and my life is a huge mess till monday night when everyone goes home. the batteries are at work and i am off today-monday.

i will see what the deal is with shipping batteries along with any info i can find on them

edit, they are exactly the same thing as this battery, but without the label
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXL370&P=M
Old Oct 31, 2008 | 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by PhilStubbs
i wont be able to find out anything about them till tuesday. i am getting married tomorrow and my life is a huge mess
Quoted for truth. :P
Old Oct 31, 2008 | 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by PhilStubbs
edit, they are exactly the same thing as this battery, but without the label
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXL370&P=M
7 Amps per hour isn't going to turn over a car engine. With a good starter (no worn/binding bushings) and good power/ground system you will need a minimum of 180 amp battery to crank the car, and then the battery has to be fully charged and it can't be cold out. I have a 225 amp lawnmower battery in my drag car, FYI.

If you put external battery terminals on your chassis, like you see drag cars do, and connect them to a jump box everytime you need to crank... that battery might work to preheat your wideband before you crank the engine over. :P
Old Nov 1, 2008 | 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by PhilStubbs
I plan to use a jump box to start the car and it will be a dediated track car so headlights and things like that aren't an issue
JD, reading seems to own you lately.

i also dont plan to run a wideband once the car is tuned and i can tune it with a full size battery in it. do i even need to run a battery at all? thats another 5lbs i can save. this race really has no rules
Old Nov 1, 2008 | 11:28 AM
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Like I told Leroy yesterday, I'm running a bit of a fever and dropping the ball on simple ----.



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