Mayf;
Quite a few cars have the battery in the cockpit as long as it
is a gel or dry. Mine is inside ( it is an Optima), but it is
in a box as all bateries can break open in a crash, even if
there is no liquid in it, I don't want it on me. I tried a dry
cell, but it died after a year, sent it back on warrenty, and
they sent me another. It only lasted about a year befor it
died too. An off-road racer friend had a Panther dry cell in
his race "Jeep" and it only lasted one race. We surmise that
possibily vibration killed our batteries. On the other hand, I
can't say enough about Optimas. I first put one in the Vette
in '96 (no charging system) and changed it out 3 years later
"just to be sure". I put it in my Jeep & it is still going
strong!
Ed (where it's gotta be just as ot as Pahrump; 110 today)
---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 16:53:36 -0700
>From: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>
>Subject: Battery Question(s)
>To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
>
>Was watching one of the garage shows on TV the other day and saw
>"Dyna_Batt". Thgis is a full capability drycell battery for
race car use as
>well as OEM replacement. It is small in size and can be had
with a nifty
>mounting system: the question is: Is it legal for use inside
the cockpoit
>without enclosure? Since it has no electrolyte to leak then
it would seem
>that it might be used there. Because of its small size it can
also be
>mounted just about anywhere. URL to the site is
>http://www.performancedistributors.com/batteries.htm What do
the rules
>guru's think about such a beast? HAs anything like this been
considered
>before?
>
>mayf, the uninformed...red necked ignorant desert rat in a
VERY HOT
>Pahrump....with what looks to be a lot of smoke from?
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