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Old Aug 23, 2008, 07:08 AM
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Talking AMS small battery kint install

So yes, our babies are a little fat but here's my first idea in lightning her up. Enjoy



















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Old Apr 10, 2011, 02:10 PM
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Beauty just doing this now! Thanks
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Nice, I plan to get one of these eventually.
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Good write up, I plan on doing mine's tomorrow if the weather acts right.....
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Nice revive, p.s. it's still holding strong!
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I need to get one of this one too!!!!
Old Dec 17, 2011, 01:24 PM
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Nice but will this battery hold up if I dont drive my Evo often, What I mean will it hold charge cause I drive it like once every two weeks and such.
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It will only last a week or two depending on your weather and options (alarm). I have been through 2 of these already. The AMS provided battery only lasted me 9 months and would only hold a charge for 3-4 days. I got the Odyssey red battery and all is fine so far, it will still only last about 10-15 days sitting in my garage, so I keep a Battery Tender on it now.
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Finally found the photos, I added a Battery Tender connection to my small battery kit and I plug it in when I anticipate not driving the car. Very simple and cheap solution. The problem with the small batteries is they usually only have ~500 or so deep discharges in their life. So letting the drain fully, which happens quickly, will reduce the lifespan of the battery.





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i dryed mine in one year, it's a nice mod, you kind of feel the diference. specially when you go back to a regular 30 pounds batery, then you defenetly feel the car heavier. unfurtunally i started adding gadgeds to my car, like gauges, gear shift monitors, etc and had to come back to a regular batery, racing bateries wont hold all that *^*&*& sucking juice
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You can feel a 30 pound difference when driving your car? That's Chuck Norris awesome.
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Was thinking about getting either this battery kit or the similar STM one..

I know these aren't really good enough for power-hungry stereo builds, but does anyone know if it could handle a modest system?

I was thinking something like the Alpine double-din nav w/45RMSx4 power pack, running their new lightweight neodymium/plastic type-r comps & coax's.. and then the neo type-r 10" sub fiberglassed into the wheel well, running off the 600RMS PDX amp.

Or would that be more of an alternator issue, since I wouldn't be listening with the car off?
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Great guide.. some of the pictures are down, can you re-up them?
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How does this battery do for DD? Thanks for write-up!
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How does this battery do for DD? Thanks for write-up!
Ditto, this would be a key detail for me
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