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Re: Unique battery mount question...
[Re: AndyF]
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11/22/21 05:51 PM
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That was the conclusion I came to with my Duster. My car sits in a heated garage so no need for a dump truck battery. I don't use the car as a snow plow or a tow truck, it only gets fired up on nice days so no need for a bunch of cold cranking amps. I measured how long the battery took to recharge after starting and it was typically less than 3 minutes. Andy, my friend in southern Arizona uses $25 lawn tractor batteries in all his old cars. Even his 430 Lincoln. They all start because it is never winter there.
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Re: Unique battery mount question...
[Re: AndyF]
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11/23/21 11:08 AM
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I used a small racing battery in my Duster and built a small tray for it that mounted in roughly the stock location. I decided that it made a lot more sense to put a small battery up front than a regular battery in the trunk. When you weigh all the extra cables, switches and stuff it works out to be less weight to have a small battery up front.
Andy what's the compression on that engine, is that a Braille 15/18 battery? I know you no longer have the car, but how was it holding up?
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Re: Unique battery mount question...
[Re: racerx]
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11/23/21 11:57 AM
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I used a small racing battery in my Duster and built a small tray for it that mounted in roughly the stock location. I decided that it made a lot more sense to put a small battery up front than a regular battery in the trunk. When you weigh all the extra cables, switches and stuff it works out to be less weight to have a small battery up front.
Andy what's the compression on that engine, is that a Braille 15/18 battery? I know you no longer have the car, but how was it holding up? It was a 10:1 512. I don't remember the part number on the battery but it worked just fine. Only issue was that you needed to let the alternator charge the battery before you turned it off and restarted again. Which typically is no problem but you wouldn't want to start the engine, move the car a few feet, start the engine move the car a few feet kind of thing since you could eventually drain it.
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Re: Unique battery mount question...
[Re: AndyF]
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11/23/21 07:18 PM
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I used a small racing battery in my Duster and built a small tray for it that mounted in roughly the stock location. I decided that it made a lot more sense to put a small battery up front than a regular battery in the trunk. When you weigh all the extra cables, switches and stuff it works out to be less weight to have a small battery up front.
Andy what's the compression on that engine, is that a Braille 15/18 battery? I know you no longer have the car, but how was it holding up? It was a 10:1 512. I don't remember the part number on the battery but it worked just fine. Only issue was that you needed to let the alternator charge the battery before you turned it off and restarted again. Which typically is no problem but you wouldn't want to start the engine, move the car a few feet, start the engine move the car a few feet kind of thing since you could eventually drain it. Thanks Andy 
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Re: Unique battery mount question...
[Re: AndyF]
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11/27/21 04:48 PM
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It was a 10:1 512. I don't remember the part number on the battery but it worked just fine. Only issue was that you needed to let the alternator charge the battery before you turned it off and restarted again. Which typically is no problem but you wouldn't want to start the engine, move the car a few feet, start the engine move the car a few feet kind of thing since you could eventually drain it. That doesn't really sound optimal for a drag car that you would start and stop probably a dozen times in day of racing. I would really be mad if I got ready to move out of staging lanes and into the water and the car wouldn't start after a few stop start cycles from the trailer to the lanes. But I guess if you push your car everywhere it wouldn't be an issue  Gus 
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