When I was autocrossing Tiny Tim, I used the battery out of one of those
portable starter units. The battery was about 3" by 7" by about 5" high and
extremely light. I always carried a full size battery and cables in case it
ran out of juice but never had to use it. My main concern was initial
startup, but apparently the battery held enough charge for several starts.
A full charge before the event was enough to last the whole day.
Joe C.
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From: fot-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Tony and Annie Garmey
Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 9:17 AM
To: lang@isis.mit.edu; tr4racing@googlemail.com
Cc: fot@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Fot] light weight batteries
Loosing weight on a TR4:
I also use the odyssay 620 in 90% of the cars that I build. Avg. life span
is
3-4 years.
I have made Cast/ heat treated Alloy to T6 Brake caliper mounts. Saves 1.5
lbs
and also I have made c/moly tubular sway bars. 4.5lbs less than the solid
7/8's bar. Can do 3/4 also. Bars are also h/treated.
PM if interested.
Thx
Tony
> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:48:20 -0500
> From: lang@isis.mit.edu
> To: tr4racing@googlemail.com
> CC: fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Fot] light weight batteries
>
> On Fri, 29 Jan 2010, MadMarx wrote:
>
> > I use a small Hawker 20AH battery. Cute thing. Does its job very well.
>
> Could you provide a part number?
>
> Is it built up from 12 volt "monoblocks" or is it something different?
>
> I'm thinking about loosing some weight on the car this year (like 40 - 60
> pounds) and the battery looks like an easy win.
>
> :-)
>
> > Cheers
> > Chris
>
> regards,
> rml
>
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