Hey,
I have an idea. There are a LOT of different battery sizes and shapes out
there. Some folks have expressed concern about being stranded if they go
with a smaller battery. This is understandable if using a motorcycle
battery. Why not look at a smaller automotive battery? The early roadsters
(pre 67.5) used a battery that was roughly 1/2 the size of a group 24. I
have one that has TONS of power.
Just my thoughts.
Sid
>From: Mark <captainhoek@postmark.net>
>Reply-To: Mark <captainhoek@postmark.net>
>To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: small batteries
>Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2000 13:01:30 -0600
>
>
>Gary McCormick wrote:
> >
> > Based on what Barrie says here, my next question is – Why the heck do
>we need those big
> > batteries that normally take up so much room in the engine compartment?
>If all you need is a
> > little cranking power to start 'er up and a bit of current to generate a
>field in the
> > alternator, it sounds like Barrie's motorcycle battery installation is a
>helluva good idea. Is
> > there something I'm missing? (entirely possible – I'm not a sparky-type
>guy...)
> >
> > Gary McCormick
> > '70 2000
> > San Jose, CA
> >
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
>
>Think of the bigger battery as insurance. Obviously, if it's been working
>for Barrie "for the last couple of years", it works. So, we don't "need"
>the big battery. But in this imperfect world, where starters get tired,
>lights are sometimes left on, etc., most of us would probably like the
>extra
>margin for error that the bigger battery gives us. It's sure a personal
>decision. A racer, of course, is a different situation than a daily
>driver.
>
>If you DO go with the smaller battery in the trunk, look in the archives
>(one of these days I'll learn how to get to them) for a discussion a few
>months back on the right way to put a battery in the trunk. Someone
>(Barrie?) noted the right way is to run some heavy gauge wire for BOTH the
>hot and
>ground lead back up to the engine compartment - don't use the frame for
>ground at the trunk.
>
>
>
>--
>
>Mark van der Hoek
>Houston, for now
>
> "They that can give up essential
> liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor
> safety."
>
> -- Benjamin Franklin
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