for those of you with lightweight batteries...

Well, i got myself a super lightweight small battery (8lbs) and i was wondering how you guys mounted yours?


i left mine upfront where the original battery was... took out the battery tray and did a little redneck engineering... lol

took the stock battery tie down strap and cut it to fit my new battery, used a self tapping screw and tightened it down. i also put doubled sided tape on the bottom of the battery to help it stay there (LOL)

how did you guys mount it? i dont know if this will be my permanent solution, but i went out and took a bunch of hard turns and it doesnt budge...

-Joe






Update:

Made my own battery tray for it;

nice! lol//// gooood stuff!

That's how mine is mounted too lmao I have to move it to the back when I get time


I just put some double sided tape underneath just to keep it secure

Matt D said:

I just put some double sided tape underneath just to keep it secure

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You wouldn't believe it but a lot of people do the whole double sided tape thing, i was like "... seriously?" but look at me, i did it too!! haha

its so little!

I just replaced my 43lb Optima yellow top with a 21lb Braille battery. Still haven't found a good mounting solution yet.

Dex said:

its so little!

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that's what she didn't say lol

Dex said:

its so little!

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i was having second thoughts on putting it in because i didnt think it could even start the car when i first got it, lol

What battery is it?

looks like my waverunner batter haha

Personally i see no reason to go to a lightweight battery. Unlike the foxesand new edge cars, the battery is not sitting in front of the front tires on the front end. It is in a semi neutral position back on the firewall and behind the front wheels.

I used the same velcro I use on my stomp boxes on the pedal board... (guitar player talk...)

94tbird said:

looks like my waverunner batter haha

Personally i see no reason to go to a lightweight battery. Unlike the foxesand new edge cars, the battery is not sitting in front of the front tires on the front end. It is in a semi neutral position back on the firewall and behind the front wheels.

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so theres no point in losing 25lbs off the front end...?

NastyStang113 said:

What battery is it?

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DEKA EXT14

its the same thing Braille uses, except its not overpriced.

SO, i don't know if this is battery related or not... but i had it disconnected for a while (obviously) but when i'm driving and i clutch in, the RPMs dip to about 500, rise to 650 dip to 500 then go back to around 750... ???

94tbird said:

looks like my waverunner batter haha

Personally i see no reason to go to a lightweight battery. Unlike the foxesand new edge cars, the battery is not sitting in front of the front tires on the front end. It is in a semi neutral position back on the firewall and behind the front wheels.

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Kaldar142 said:

so theres no point in losing 25lbs off the front end...?

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ouchie!


word, I hear ya

who cares if you have to hoof it.. just hope it's not raining too heavy and too far from home.

i did tons of research before buying the battery, so hopefully it will last... if not it was only $60.

by the way 94tbird, i hear you on the battery location... its in an awesome place stock... but come on $60 for 25lbs? seems like a good deal to me, especially when its the SAME exact battery braille advertises as their lightweight car batteries

25lbs weight reduction for $60 is the next cheapest thing to taking out your spare tire...

I might do something like that just for the track. Then put my Optima back in for daily driving. But either way, I want it in the trunk.

Thats awesome. You havent had problems with the car? Electronics stuff works fine? Cranking ok?

Kaldar142 said:

so theres no point in losing 25lbs off the front end...?

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Its behind the front wheel, so technically it is neu tral weight. Consider it 25 lbs to balance the pass side vs your weight in thedrivers side

94tbird said:

Its behind the front wheel, so technically it is neu tral weight. Consider it 25 lbs to balance the pass side vs your weight in thedrivers side

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With all due respect, that's hogwash. It is still in front of the center of gravity, so it's not "neutral". Losing weight anywhere is a good thing. And if you can't lose it, then shifting it to the rear is better than having it in front of the firewall.