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Old 06-17-2006, 10:35 AM
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What would be most beneficial?
Right now I'm running an odyssey 15lber up front.

Would it be better to run a lightweight battery in the front or a fullweight battery in the rear?

I couldnt figure out if overall weight reduction would be better than weight transfer off the nose.
What have some of your experiences with this been?
Old 06-17-2006, 12:30 PM
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Heres my take on it and I run the PC680 up front as well.. Putting a battery in the back should be full size for a SS car, if its all drag then the race battery will probably work well enough. However even with the small batt in the back, your adding 10-12lbs of wiring, of which a pound or two is still upfront, so it negates the weight loss, actually adds weight but only take a few off the front. Just my opinion and no I havent done any mathmatical calculations to see wtf I'm taking about
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Yeah I was thinking the same thing...that you're actually adding weight and in my case, only taking about 13 off the nose.
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dunno, full size in the spare tire well for me. seemed to help it hook a tad more on the street. the car always dead hooked at the track.
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The best justification for battery relocation is to make room for a turbo setup.
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My battery is up in the front and it it dosnt get in the way with my turbo setup.
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it does for people that run a methanol/water reservoir in place of the battery
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That's true, but Im not there yet.
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where do yall get your pc680 and how much?




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