I need to make room for a bigger intake tube and I dont like to move my battery elsewhere...I know there's a smaller battery available but I dont remember the brand. Anyone here replaced theirs with a smaller battery?

 

I have seen people with them at Honda-tech meets and I can't remember the name either.... I am sure someone will remember here.

 

You can try here: http://thunderstruck-ev.com/batteries.htm

I have the SVR-14, it's very small and light, but I haven't had a problem with it in the 6 months that I've had it. They also sell other brands like the Hawker Genesis, and Optima batteries as well. Very good customer service too.

 

how long do the smaller batteries like the SVR-14 last? any downsides to them?

 

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They have less cold cranking amps, so if you have cold winters over there, its gonna have a hard time kicking your engine over.

 

The Optima Gel Cell line of batteries are very compact for such powerful batteries. To save space, they can be mounted in any way, because they're sealed. There are others but I would go with these.

 

odyssey pc680 drycell - $85.95
680 5 sec CA
280 CCA
14.7lbs
automotive terminals - $12.95

starts everytime...maybe a little slower than regular battery. plus im only running 9.5:1 CR.

 

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nice

 

something we used to make as a kit. Alot of people ask for the kit, but we just havent had the chance to remanuf. the kits again. the CCA on these batteries are 330. Kits were running about $145 with the battery and new positive and neg wires.

 

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something we used to make as a kit. Alot of people ask for the kit, but we just havent had the chance to remanuf. the kits again. the CCA on these batteries are 330. Kits were running about $145 with the battery and new positive and neg wires.</TD></TR></TABLE>
i think that's a good deal for $145, how much does the battery weight? dimentions?

 

i am intersted too in the kit. more info!!!!

 

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They have less cold cranking amps, so if you have cold winters over there, its gonna have a hard time kicking your engine over.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah, fortunately it doesn't dip below 70 degrees here in Hawaii too often, so I haven't had any problems with the battery. I've had the SVR-14 battery for about 6-7 months with no issues. I use it on my race car only, for a daily driver I'd stick to something with a little more capacity.

 

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i think that's a good deal for $145, how much does the battery weight? dimentions?</TD></TR></TABLE>

I dont have the dimensions and weight right now.. once we ran out.. we stopped manufacturing them.

If you guys want us to do more.. i'll start taking alist down.

 

Whoa! thats small compared to most batteries

 

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I dont have the dimensions and weight right now.. once we ran out.. we stopped manufacturing them.

If you guys want us to do more.. i'll start taking alist down.

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Wil- would you be willing to sell only the bracket and holder? I'd be in for one of those, I'm going to need all the space I can pretty soon.

 

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If you guys want us to do more.. i'll start taking alist down.
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one thing i just noticed, is that the battery is resting on the front crossmember. i'm suppost to receive my jimfab front crossmember this friday, will i still be able to use that same battery set up with the jimfab bar?

 

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I dont have the dimensions and weight right now.. once we ran out.. we stopped manufacturing them.

If you guys want us to do more.. i'll start taking alist down.

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Hey Wil
So will this kit only consist of the braket and bolts? will be have to drill any addtional holes? and can we use other batterey like Optima and such instead of that super small battery?

 

I have been running a very small lawn tractor battery in my car for 3 years now, but it never goes out in winter. never had a problem letting me down either, but I dont have a big stereo

 

I tried out a rider mower battery and it pretty much died on me a few times, I dont have anything big stereo wise, but i think my alarm was pretty much killing the battery at night. If anyone else here is using mower batteries can you list the name of them and how many cc amps it has? also does anyone know exactly how many cca you need to turn a car over in the dead of winter.

 

I am VERY happy with my Hawker Genisis which is the same battery as the more expensive Oddessy and DynaBatt...

i tried searching for info for you but i think my search isnt working right now...someone posted a site a Dodge Stealth guy wrote up which was very good and...

I bought the battery for $70,weights ~13lbs and it works everytime in my crx...more than i can say about my 50lbs Optima that cost me $130

i had it mounted up in my fender well for added room in the engine compartment...the guys in the Drag forum may know which batt im talking about

 

found it!

http://www.stealth316.com/2-dynabatt.htm

scroll on the page and you will find the link to the site that sells these little bastards for $70! the dimensions on the thing is something like 6X7X3"

 

thanks...I'm getting the same battery. I just need some added assurance that they work pretty good.

 

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hehe rest assured

 

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=543717