At 11:36 PM 2/22/01 EST, you wrote:
>I have a 71 B (2 6v batteries originally) getting 302 Ford. I want to route
>both exhaust where the driverside battery was, and use a single 12 v in a
>Moss plastic battery box in the passenger side. I've heard there is a
>lead/acid battery that fits the box, but the closest I've found is one of
the
>#26 frame that is a really tight fit, and an odd, small, and very expensive
>dry cell battery. Has anyone put a single 12v battery in one of the plastic
>battery boxes? Does it crank the 302 V8 with moderate compression (9.5 -
>10:1) OK with a small, hi-torque starter?
I use the group 26 in all of our MGB's, V-8s and MGC's. WE use only the
gear drive mini starters on the V-8s so they spin easily. The real test
seems to be the MGC's and they start after sitting in a VERY cold Maine
barn. I do go for the $39 batteries as opposed to the cheap ones......
Jack Emery
Glenburn Maine
207-884-8523
'67 MGB V-8
'77 MGB v-8 under const.
'80 TR7 v-6
'66 BSA Lightning
various other hot rods
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