Hey Jan, how about this kit in place of windshield washer fluid bottle? I've seen a few of the Braille battery kits being mounted there and was wondering if that is how that package is normally, or you have to custom make something like you have here? What do you think of that placement as opposed to yours?

 

I like that. 'Jan' hehe

 

lol..well I could sit here and type out his whole name.. :P But I'm sure Jan works.

 

I'm not a real fan of replacing the window washer fluid reservoir. I'd rather retain anything and everything functional. Also, even though you'd be reducing weight by using a lightweight battery you're moving it higher up in the engine bay which seems like the weight would be thrown around a lot more in the corners.

In summary these are my arguments against the two common locations:

Trunk

• Difficulty of install
• Would need longer than stock wires
• Grounding issues (running a long grounding wire to the stock mounting point vs. grounding in the trunk is a heavily debated topic)

Windshield Washer

• Removes the functionality of the windshield washers
• move weight higher in the engine bay

And both of these mean i would have to look at an ugly battery tray and hideous intake tray or remove them and have radiator heat all up in my business

 

Quick question, would I be able to order in the next week or so?

Also, is the metal painted or primered? I ask because I want to paint mine to match a few things.

 

lol I hear ya. I don't believe I saw a post on this, but the tray doesn't work for stock intakes yet, correct? If so, I'll be very interested in one of these, and I'll pick myself up a battery as well. Thanks for the info Jan.

 

I live in Jersey and will be heading to Pennsylvania for college. I fear the heavy strain for cold starts. Can the Odyssey handle it. What about life without car on? Radio Headlights etc

 

I should be able to get it to fit with the stock intake easily. I've been trying to coordinate some test fitting with some local guys but it just hasn't worked out yet. I should know more next week.

That is a good question. From what i've read the PC680 is one of the best lightweight batteries for cold weather starting but that's about all i know. I was worried about this fact too because Washington winters can get pretty chilly but from what i've gathered they do quite well.

If anyone has experience with these batteries in cold weather please chime in a let us know you're experiences.

In the mean time I'll try to find some of the places i was reading about their starting ability in cold weather and post them when i do.

 

Sounds good Jan. I'm going to ping Mazmart about this as well and see what they recommend. I don't use my washer fluid so I removed the whole tank anyways, along with my engine bay insulation. I barely drive the car, just weekends sometimes and race it, so I stripped most of it, thus why I mentioned moving it to where the washer fluid was. So I just wanted to see all options, even though this does seem to be the best so far

 

advice from other members with this battery was that cold starts are fine and the car runs for about 20min before the battery will die. that's including a stereo system like my ride has. so just keep it running or don't run your stereo with the car off and you're good to go.

i need some way to get back to stock weight with my system installed, right?

hehe

 

I was wondering what other batteries that could be adapted...

I did a few searches and that battery is mainly for bikes... apparently.

 

Braille and Odyssey are the only ones i can think of at the moment (although i know there are a couple off brands that have the exact same size). The bracket is going to be adjustable but you really can't go wider than 3.5 inches and their aren't too many batteries smaller than that.

http://www.braillebattery.com/


http://www.odysseybatteries.com/

 

We've gotta get more people on the list before i start making these so start recruiting people

 

Throw me on the list because I'll most likely get it. Only way I won't is if I somehow find something better..but I doubt it.

 

Woo... short term resurrection

I'm interested in this product, is this still a feeler?

 

Still a feeler. I've been out of town for 2 weeks and i'm going to be really busy this week so i'm not making much progress. I'll get back on it next week.

 

I'm still waiting...lol.

 

Good idea, you could add some lateral battery brackets too, so that we might fit even smaller batteries such as the 7lbs ones

 

have you made any progress on some testers? I'm trying real hard to be patient.

 

interested (subscribed)

 

right around the corner from you in Lacey so add me to the list of locals.

 

it would make more sense to relocate the standard battery to the RR trunk area than to save 25 lbs on a daily driver with a low storage capacity racing battery, the weight savings won't alleviate the aggravation of being in a hurry to go somewhere and when you turn the key all you get is the dreaded click-click-clicksound ....

 

i'm interested. add me to the list. hopefully it will fit with a greddy turbo kit.

 

Still waiting on the non battery version with price. non painted please

 

This still alive?