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17th December 2013, 18:34
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lightweight/race batteries
As I need to replace my battery in my 106 GTi I was wondering if a race/lightweight battery is a good option for a track car? Im looking around £60 for a standard one and haven't looked at the race battery prices.
For your information its a track car and will hardly ever be used on the road.
Also would like to know how easy they are to fit etc
Thanks
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17th December 2013, 19:11
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maybe Ballistic EVO2 LiFePo4 Akku, here in germany we have good experiences about it, weight around 1kg!!!!
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17th December 2013, 20:30
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There is a thread in the track section, a few members made some suggestions. Might be worth a search.
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18th December 2013, 12:39
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unless you are going to fit a c-tec charger to it ,so it keps it charged all the time --don,t ,the wieght you will save will be hardly noticable on lap times --jut keep your foot off the brake another fraction of a second on each ccorner and you will gain far more
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18th December 2013, 13:30
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Cool. I'll just get a standard one then.
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18th December 2013, 16:58
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jut keep your foot off the brake another fraction of a second on each ccorner and you will gain far more
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This answer will apply to a lot you may ask tbh joe
You dont need parts such as this battery
Time in the car is much more valuable
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oh really.....
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18th December 2013, 17:27
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I just thought seeing as I need one anyway....
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20th December 2013, 08:38
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there is an inbetween solution for thsoe moving the battery
honda type R battery is smaller with same output -- and not expensive
fits in a box behind pasengers seat and if you have a rollcage bar across there just cut battery box to go round it and the battery will still fit in there .
don,t like batteyr in the bbot --weight too far back and longer power cables -which drop current flow under starting
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20th December 2013, 08:41
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the new LiON batteries are not that good either. If you let them go flat, that's it they're dead and extremely expensive too.
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