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I ran a Braille battery for a while. It was like 13.5 lbs and did really well with the 347 as long as I didn't run the fans or bottle heater ANY without the car running. After putting the 427 in the car it just didn't want to crank it. It would slow roll it 2-3 times and fire. Always worried me and I went back to the Optima Redtop. I'll just eat that 16 extra lbs and run my bottle heater at will.
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I ran a Braille battery for a while. It was like 13.5 lbs and did really well with the 347 as long as I didn't run the fans or bottle heater ANY without the car running. After putting the 427 in the car it just didn't want to crank it. It would slow roll it 2-3 times and fire. Always worried me and I went back to the Optima Redtop. I'll just eat that 16 extra lbs and run my bottle heater at will.
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Interesting... we ran a Braille 16v unit in a Top Sportsman car early last year and had issues with the N2O firing. We found it easy to charge, but it was lousy at discharging.
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They go all the way down to 5lbs.
I looked at a couple last year and was probably going to change this winter.
I was over weight last year, so it was worth all the money, they are not cheap.
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They go all the way down to 5lbs.
I looked at a couple last year and was probably going to change this winter.
I was over weight last year, so it was worth all the money, they are not cheap.
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Odyssey PC680. Mounted up front it saves around 20lbs over the stocker (35ish for stock). I've had mine for 4 years now, and it needs to be replaced. I've run it 100% dead at least 20 times, so i'm sure that had a lot to do with killing it. I had a small battery draw that took me a while to diagnose. No complaints, it cranks over my bigger motor just fine and I don't run a lot of accessories.
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ya, If you Lay it on its side. The battery is lower, on its side then the stop one. and re do the loom clips across the fans, to loop the pos. a little. You need the 3/8- the metric brass fittings for the stock cables to work. And you have to make a new hold down strap, I have some pics in my build thread how I did it with the stock coolant bottle still.
Ive been telling newera to make a new smaller lighter coolant bottle, that has a battery tray built in for the PC6800. I nice bolt in setup, it would save 20-25pounds. I'm hoping to make a nice setup soon.
The lithium batteries I hear are really nice for guys that have them for max effort race cars. But as a heads up, their $$$$$$ $500 $700+
Ive been telling newera to make a new smaller lighter coolant bottle, that has a battery tray built in for the PC6800. I nice bolt in setup, it would save 20-25pounds. I'm hoping to make a nice setup soon.
The lithium batteries I hear are really nice for guys that have them for max effort race cars. But as a heads up, their $$$$$$ $500 $700+
Last edited by studderin; 03-04-2012 at 05:11 PM.
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It's lithiumpros.com for people who want to look at some nice batteries. However, looking at the L545 it's a 16V which won't work for most people and it's $1051. I want one of their batteries but it's last on the list.
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I'm using lithium pros C680 daily use with all the Accessories
: since 10/JAN/2012
Camaro 99 ls1 , It's save me 28 lbs !! same or more than what the an after market k-member will save
stock battery was 32
c680 just 4 lbs!!
: since 10/JAN/2012
Camaro 99 ls1 , It's save me 28 lbs !! same or more than what the an after market k-member will save
stock battery was 32
c680 just 4 lbs!!
Last edited by lumina_cr8; 05-12-2012 at 08:39 AM.