I think I'll order 2 for the race car, 2 for my street cars, and maybe 1 for my sons racecar.
Doug

I love retirement but I guess I could always go back to work again.

Guess I'll change my cars over to the old school Ford Model T type hand crank jobs. LOL.

If you think that's pricey, go to Braille Batteries and check out some of the $3000+ units.

Mine was cheap a little over 100 bucks a pound.Thankgod it only weighs 9lbs.

Super light weight. Super high tech.

Huh ... back in 1974 friends thought I was crazy because I paid $45. for a battery with "lifetime" warranty. Since I still own that car the warranty is still valid. I haven't had it in a running car since 1985 but every few years it just dies and I go and get a new one and they give me the latest technology. Another few years and they'll probably give me one of these on warranty !!!

I did a switch from 16 volts no alternator (turbo start) to 12 volt no alternator(Diehard Platinum)in my Daytona when it was running 8.50's@159mph and it ran exactly the same. When the car comes back out again it will have an alternator as the Duster now has me spoiled.

I view this battery as a positive (PI) indication that battery technology IS advancing! It's really what we need, lighter, more efficient means of storing electricity.
An I'm no tree hugger...not by a long shot.

Price will come down, always does for electrical tech advancements.

A 40 pound battery for an internal combustion engine will be a thing of the past.

I can see it now, buy battery to lighten up the car then put 40 lbs of ballast in trunk to get car to work like it did before

I will wait about a decade until I buy another Lithium battery since one destroyed my garage. Just look at the news for another Tesla that just burned to the ground, they DO NOT have the technology under control yet!

i cant wait to find out what all this lithium is going to do to the enviroment.

We have run the Lithium batteries for several years with no issues at all. We use the 9lb Pro-Lite battery


Monte

These are Lithium Motorcycle and ATV batteries. Same applications people were getting the dry cells from.

It seems these batteries are sold under various resellers "labels". I don't know the true manufacturer.

Phantom Battery
Shorai Battery

$169: 18 Ah, 270 CCA, L = 5.83”, W = 2.28”, H = 3.50”, 2.31 lbs: http://www.ebay.com/itm/APP18L1-BS12-12V...=p2054897.l4275

$199: 5.5 lbs 12V 21Ah 315CCA: http://www.ebay.com/itm/APP21L6-BS12-12V...=p2054897.l4275

http://www.amazon.com/Shorai-Lithium-Batt-18Ah-LFX18A1-BS12/dp/B007GR5DXE/ref=pd_sbs_auto_1

LFX36L3-BS12, $270, 5.5 pounds, 7.7 x 5.7 x 8 inches, 18AH, read review that it's listed at 520 CCA, other review tested it at 1000 CCA on load tester: http://www.amazon.com/Shorai-LFX36L3-BS1...f=pd_sbs_auto_6

At the LA Roadster show a battery shop was selling these for car at around $200. He said they did fine for cars with no accessories.