My original battery took a dive recently, sooo I picked up this Hawker for $30.00 the brass terminals were another $12, and shipping was $10.

In total 'bout $52.. not bad.

Picked it up here.
http://www.surplusev.com/


The battery weighs ~11lbs.. appx half of the OEM battery. Also it's tiny, so you may have to mod a bit to get it clamped down safely.

It will also mount sideways, upsidedown etc..

My old battery was on it's way out, so when I would try to start my car, it would take several cranks...lights dimming etc.. to get it to turnover.

Just looking/holding this battery it looks like it won't stand a chance on cranking that bish over, perhaps it could power my MP3 player ...but much to my surprise, it cranked right up

Pics for you visual learners...


*Ill call it... Mini Battery *






Did I mention it's *tiny*.. Damn! I knew there would be some kind of DIY.


If my mother only knew the things that went down on her kitchen counter....


DIY ownz!

 

Looks good, you'll have to keep us update on the performace in the future. It's damb tiny.

 

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Yea, just like your brain, apparent by your spelling prowess.

And also a reminder that RJ is too small for JDM condoms.

On Topic: Nice l00king setup there. Good work! How much lighter is the battery, did you do a comparison???

 

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On Topic: Nice l00king setup there. Good work! How much lighter is the battery, did you do a comparison???</TD></TR></TABLE>

...not yet

My bathroom scale is missing . I might sneak them both into the gym, and weigh them in the locker room..lol

Ill keep you guys updated.. but the *** scale (see *** dyno) says about 10lbs lighter..

 

Reading is fudimantal
"The battery weighs ~11lbs.. appx half of the OEM battery."

 

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I wanted a comparison Dork.
Re-read what I wrote Mr. 'damb tiny' brain.

 

:fire:in the battery thread=not good. lol

oh ya, see that excuse for a ratchet there? I almost shocked the chit out of my self bolting that thing down..

While turning the *ratchet* I connected both terminals.. BZZT

...I should as that as a disclaimer.


Modified by DsR at 1:47 AM 1/15/2004

 

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..not familiar w/that one, this is a hawker apparently.

 

Comparison of what, yeh the tiny batt is lighter. Stop harassing me, biatch.

 

cool.....

damn that thing is little....

 

Good job on the DIY dude, now cut off the extra on the tie down rodz

that thing is dam tiny!

What CCA is it rated for? it doesn't say on the site anywhere (at least I couldn't find it anyway...)


DIY

 

Its a mini me y0 As long as it does the job and saves weight

 

hmmm two words.... "wow, tiny" , and a few more...got a little wieght redizzle for the carizzle

 

damnit, i was hoping no one would post this website so they dont get sold out and change the prices

a couple of my friends have them, so far so good. and i'm about to have one.

 

Bang for the buck. So what exactly did you do to mod it?

 

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Just threaded the posts a bit more..

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a couple of my friends have them, so far so good. and i'm about to have one.</TD></TR></TABLE>

sowwy.. let the cat out the bag *where the hell is the hammer?*

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I prolly will, but Im leaving them for now in case I ever need to switch to another OEM-sized batt..

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What CCA is it rated for? it doesn't say on the site anywhere (at least I couldn't find it anyway...)
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I couldn't find them either...but apparently Blake at Braille Auto Development found that info..

this is from a comparo he did w/the Braille Batt (I would have loved to pick up this one but the Hawker was a steal!)
http://www.we-todd-did-racing....D.jpg

btw..cca's=280 apparently more stats listed up above..Luckily I don't have any subwooforz.

 

What kind of tool do you need to thread it and how much?

 

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A tap and die set..It's used to thread or re-thread holes, or cylindrical objects ie screws, bolts etc.


make sure to get metric. Mine cost about $40.. but that was @Lowes, and it was sort of an emergency, so I just picked up the closest thing.

You can pick up a decent set @harbor freight for cheap.
http://www.harborfreight.com/c...39384
Good tool to have for sure

...Damn, the harbor freight one even has more die's than mine

 

awesome! thanks

 

Nice write up!
I must move my *** and get a battery.

Could you tell me/ us what size threader/ tap-die you used maybe I could just borrow one from a friend...
thanks!

 

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I must move my *** and get a battery.

Could you tell me/ us what size threader/ tap-die you used maybe I could just borrow one from a friend...
thanks!</TD></TR></TABLE>


It was 6mmx1.00

You may wanna take the nut off the post, take it to wherever you are getting the die, and try running the same size tap into the nut to verify.. then you take the according die..

ie, if the 6mmx1.00 tap fits the nut, take the 6mmx1.00 die

 

Thanks!

 

whats the ampage on that? Im looking for a good compact battery with good amp..(please don't recommend Sp n!

 

i have been running this same battery for over a year now with ZERO problems. it has 360cca and weighs 10.8 lbs, compared to the stock of 30.4lbs (these are exact weights, taken by myself)

i made a similiar post when people were asking me which battery i had in my car here https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=695215

 

hmmm..looks promising