Light weight race batteries, impractical...
Im using the lithium-iron SHORAI LFX36A3. It was more expensive than the typical oddessy but with over twice the CCA540 and more than half the weight ~5lbs the thing is friggin awesome.
I installed it this past winter and so far so good. It has no issue cranking in single digit temps. I dd my car so I havent really been able to test how it handles sitting for a long duration. But I can say that its has given me no trouble thus far.
I installed it this past winter and so far so good. It has no issue cranking in single digit temps. I dd my car so I havent really been able to test how it handles sitting for a long duration. But I can say that its has given me no trouble thus far.
i use a Stinger battery i got from my friend's stereo shop. if ANYONE has a battery that puts out power, it's stereo guys. it's tiny, light, and i can mount in any position i choose. it's small enough that i was able to give up the thought of relocating it.
Im using the lithium-iron SHORAI LFX36A3. It was more expensive than the typical oddessy but with over twice the CCA540 and more than half the weight ~5lbs the thing is friggin awesome.
I installed it this past winter and so far so good. It has no issue cranking in single digit temps. I dd my car so I havent really been able to test how it handles sitting for a long duration. But I can say that its has given me no trouble thus far.
I installed it this past winter and so far so good. It has no issue cranking in single digit temps. I dd my car so I havent really been able to test how it handles sitting for a long duration. But I can say that its has given me no trouble thus far.
Maybe when I run out of go fast parts to buy.
Noah the Shorai is actually Lithium Iron rather than Ion. I am not a chemist so I have no clue the difference other than the extra "r" in the name
Its wasn't even that expensive FWIW. I was out tweaking the tune one day last year and my stock battery finally decided to die on me with the key sitting in the 2nd ignition for a couple minutes. It took a jump and started the car fine after that but I knew it was on it's way out.
I found the Shorai on Amazon for like $260 shipped so once factoring in that a new battery is around $100 this upgrade cost me $160. I've not been stranded yet and it shaved 33lbs sitting up high in the engine bay over the driver side wheel. Where else can you find that much weight savings for so cheap? It doesnt exist!! Well aside from the freebies like spare tire etc.
If your current battery is working fine then don't bother. But when it finally craps out that is the time to capitalize and you won't feel so bad spending the $
Its wasn't even that expensive FWIW. I was out tweaking the tune one day last year and my stock battery finally decided to die on me with the key sitting in the 2nd ignition for a couple minutes. It took a jump and started the car fine after that but I knew it was on it's way out.
I found the Shorai on Amazon for like $260 shipped so once factoring in that a new battery is around $100 this upgrade cost me $160. I've not been stranded yet and it shaved 33lbs sitting up high in the engine bay over the driver side wheel. Where else can you find that much weight savings for so cheap? It doesnt exist!! Well aside from the freebies like spare tire etc.
If your current battery is working fine then don't bother. But when it finally craps out that is the time to capitalize and you won't feel so bad spending the $
Noah the Shorai is actually Lithium Iron rather than Ion. I am not a chemist so I have no clue the difference other than the extra "r" in the name
Its wasn't even that expensive FWIW. I was out tweaking the tune one day last year and my stock battery finally decided to die on me with the key sitting in the 2nd ignition for a couple minutes. It took a jump and started the car fine after that but I knew it was on it's way out.
I found the Shorai on Amazon for like $260 shipped so once factoring in that a new battery is around $100 this upgrade cost me $160. I've not been stranded yet and it shaved 33lbs sitting up high in the engine bay over the driver side wheel. Where else can you find that much weight savings for so cheap? It doesnt exist!! Well aside from the freebies like spare tire etc.
If your current battery is working fine then don't bother. But when it finally craps out that is the time to capitalize and you won't feel so bad spending the $
Its wasn't even that expensive FWIW. I was out tweaking the tune one day last year and my stock battery finally decided to die on me with the key sitting in the 2nd ignition for a couple minutes. It took a jump and started the car fine after that but I knew it was on it's way out.
I found the Shorai on Amazon for like $260 shipped so once factoring in that a new battery is around $100 this upgrade cost me $160. I've not been stranded yet and it shaved 33lbs sitting up high in the engine bay over the driver side wheel. Where else can you find that much weight savings for so cheap? It doesnt exist!! Well aside from the freebies like spare tire etc.
If your current battery is working fine then don't bother. But when it finally craps out that is the time to capitalize and you won't feel so bad spending the $
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I've got a ETX14L Deka PowerSport Battery (ETX14L) = $67.95 with Free Shipping.
14lbs ain't too shabby. Had to fab up some brackets out of marine plastic from TAP though since my old PC680 tray was different dimensions.
Just curious but has anyone done any math to find the benefit of the weight savings of a lightweight battery? IF you have reduced weight all over the car, as in 100+lbs in savings then it makes sense to continue reducing weight wherever you can. But adding a lightweight battery for the sake of saving a few lbs is not worth it IMO in terms of the actual performance you'll gain if you haven't reduced significant weight already elsewhere in the car.
Just curious but has anyone done any math to find the benefit of the weight savings of a lightweight battery? IF you have reduced weight all over the car, as in 100+lbs in savings then it makes sense to continue reducing weight wherever you can. But adding a lightweight battery for the sake of saving a few lbs is not worth it IMO in terms of the actual performance you'll gain if you haven't reduced significant weight already elsewhere in the car.
No one ever weighs the weight of running a thick wire to the trunk. You ain't saving squat in weight in relocation.
Just curious but has anyone done any math to find the benefit of the weight savings of a lightweight battery? IF you have reduced weight all over the car, as in 100+lbs in savings then it makes sense to continue reducing weight wherever you can. But adding a lightweight battery for the sake of saving a few lbs is not worth it IMO in terms of the actual performance you'll gain if you haven't reduced significant weight already elsewhere in the car.
Lol I have full interior and still have the spare tire in the trunk, 7" screen in the dash and the A/C, while not working, is still hooked up. I'm not concerned about reducing weight at the moment. It's pointless to run a small battery, IMO, if not doing any other significant weight savings. Weight balance, however, is a different story.
It's change from the couch.
Alone it's nothing, but when you add it all up it makes a difference.
On a nose heavy car like the evo, moving or reducing weight from up there helps.
Alone it's nothing, but when you add it all up it makes a difference.
On a nose heavy car like the evo, moving or reducing weight from up there helps.
Exactly. Small battery, light wheels, passenger and rear seats removed, spare tire removed, lighter weight engine mounts and suspension components. That stuff for sure adds up.