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Old Nov 8, 2004
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liteweight battery?

please dont flame me if this was a joke that i fell victim to, but is there such a thing as a "light weight" battery? i was reading about weight reduction and obviously there could be room to improve with batteries...
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i read in sport compact car that they used a jet ski battery in a 350z that they shed 600lbs from but i dont think you want to use that to save weight
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look on the web.. there is a 7lb dynabat, but if you search hard enough, and i cant remember off hand where is saw it, the same company makes it under a different brand name.. $80 VS> $150 for dynabat... but they are hot, i wanted one for a while, never got around to it, now car is up for sale so no need ffor now..
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yes there is a Hawker / Genesis EP16 that is 13lbs and is $69 ihad one in my Focus
and plan on adding one to my Civic after the winter to make alot more room
inthe engine bay, it saved me 20lbs, not sure what i will save in weight on the
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Spoon makes one as well.
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Some of these are very small (considering their CCAa):

http://www.odysseybatteries.com/auto.htm#bcigroup
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spoon sports
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spoon, lightest on the market supposidly
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are the batteries powerful enough to be used if u have I.C.E?
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NO on the ice... as per recomendations from the manufacturer... i havent gotten one so far due to my pulley giving so little juice to the car anyways... not worth the risk, although if my car doesnt sell once i get it out and for sale i might try it... hmmm..
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cool, i think im goin try and find the spoon battery...
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i got this same as everyone elses $69 and 10.8 lbs

http://www.gotbatteries.com/Productp...ctNum=37L141S5
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i found the spoon one for sale...$300!!!
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Originally Posted by tonyt915
are the batteries powerful enough to be used if u have I.C.E?
If you are worried about weight reduction then the I.C.E. has to go.
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wtf ... $300 for a battery? .. it had better last long ...

any good dry cell batteries that are light weight?

hmm ... how heavy is an optima ?
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so does anybody know what the stock wieght of our battery is?
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dude it is spoon. the name prolly accounts for like 200 of that 300 battery...
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Originally Posted by aznboysrfr
wtf ... $300 for a battery? .. it had better last long ...

any good dry cell batteries that are light weight?

hmm ... how heavy is an optima ?

Dude did you not read my post 4 above yours
a Genesis is $69 and 10.8lbs
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if it does not wiegh at least 15lbs lighter than stock IMO its just not worth the coin or hassle
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Originally Posted by ctv
Dude did you not read my post 4 above yours
a Genesis is $69 and 10.8lbs
yes, I did read your post. nowhere did it mention about dry cell batteries or optimas.
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I took my stock battery out one time and weighed it on the bathroom scale. I can't remember if it was 25 or 35lbs. I'll do it again tomorrow. I might get that one for $69 but what's the cold crankng amps and will it last for a while? Gotta research.
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normally when theres an issue of weight and battery people move the battery to the trunk... evens weight distribution...no reduction actually maybe a pound or two more for the extra wire but wtf take a pooper if a few pounds matters
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Well according to my bathroom scale the stock battery in my 04 weighs about 28lbs
So with the 69$ Genesis you could probally save around 15-17lbs.
Now add a carbon fiber hood and lightweight racing sets and that should be good for over 50lbs.
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good idea! always good to use a little chub...
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why does everyone want a lightweight battery? Do you think you will go faster by losing 10 LBS or so?
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no but remove 10 or 20 things that weigh 10lbs and it will make a difference. By itself you won't feel a thing.
If your serious about racing every little bit helps.

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i wouldnt use one in the winter
I would always remove mine from my Focus
and put the stock one back in. it was just a little
hard to start the car in hte cold

when i get mine, ill wait til march to installit and have a lot
more enginebay room

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there is a battery its called the G13 - look at this one installed at www.therob.com, could just get a cap. if your pushing a lot of watts
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