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1. [Fot] Battery Advice Needed (score: 1): Author: Chuck WATSON <clw2000@msn.com>; Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 08:47:35 -0500 FILETIME=[DC7B8AE0:01CF062E]; Friends - Looking for the best battery option for the GT6 (race). I will be running a lightweight 55amp alternator. I did not find anything very current in the archives, so maybe new preferences have; /html/fot/2013-12/msg00209.html (8,920 bytes)
2. Re: [Fot] Battery Advice Needed (score: 1): Author: Christian Marx <tr4racing@googlemail.com>; Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 06:12:29 -0800; _______________________________________________ fot@autox.team.net http://www.fot-racing.com Archive: http://www.team.net/archive; /html/fot/2013-12/msg00210.html (10,543 bytes)
3. Re: [Fot] Battery Advice Needed (score: 1): Author: "Bill Tobin" <william.tobin31@verizon.net>; Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 09:49:08 -0500; Chuck, if you're going to race it, the tech guys want an enclosed box with a lid. You can buy one or make your own. JEG'S and others sell boxes, some for marine use. Mine's home-built with a very sec; /html/fot/2013-12/msg00211.html (11,039 bytes)
4. Re: [Fot] Battery Advice Needed (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <ponobill@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 05:04:32 -1000; I ve never heard of boxing a battery. It s a bad idea. Easier to short it, and if you re using lead/acid you could trap hydrogen. I ve never seen it as a requirement either or course. We use small se; /html/fot/2013-12/msg00212.html (11,043 bytes)
5. Re: [Fot] Battery Advice Needed (score: 1): Author: Tony Drews <tony@tonydrews.com>; Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 09:10:51 -0600; I run a (heavy) Optima red-top clamped to the body in a vented plastic battery box, mounted in the trunk. I also run an alternator (GM one wire). I've had the alternator fail and not realized it for; /html/fot/2013-12/msg00213.html (11,049 bytes)
6. Re: [Fot] Battery Advice Needed (score: 1): Author: jason@multivintage.com; Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 15:12:37 +0000; Hey Chuck, Glad your making progress. The battery needs a metal mounting bracket and a sealed box; cheaper plastic marine type or nice expensive alumininum one. We are using an 925 Oddessy battery in; /html/fot/2013-12/msg00214.html (10,874 bytes)
7. Re: [Fot] Battery Advice Needed (score: 1): Author: "John Hasty" <jhhasty@gdhs.com>; Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:36:31 -0500; Just A plain old Interstate in a plastic box has lasted 3 years for us using a small amp alternator.... --Original Message-- From: fot-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net] On Be; /html/fot/2013-12/msg00216.html (12,272 bytes)
8. Re: [Fot] Battery Advice Needed (score: 1): Author: "John Hasty" <jhhasty@gdhs.com>; Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:41:04 -0500; Make sure you can access the main cutoff switch while strapped in.....when I had a fire the first thing I did was cut the power....Lord only knows what might have happened if the fuel pump had been l; /html/fot/2013-12/msg00217.html (12,452 bytes)
9. Re: [Fot] Battery Advice Needed (score: 1): Author: Chuck WATSON <clw2000@msn.com>; Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 12:07:17 -0500; Thanks for the info everyone. Hugely helpful as always. Thanks, Chuck Watson fot@autox.team.net I plastic for a a _______________________________________________ fot@autox.team.net http://www.fot-rac; /html/fot/2013-12/msg00218.html (13,969 bytes)
10. Re: [Fot] Battery Advice Needed (score: 1): Author: "TeriAnn J. Wakeman" <tjwakeman@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 10:28:25 -0700; Which leaves me with the question, what about the crash switch for EFI fuel pumps? Would it be a good idea to have one in line with an electric fuel pump just in case you are unable to use the master; /html/fot/2013-12/msg00219.html (10,489 bytes)
11. Re: [Fot] Battery Advice Needed (score: 1): Author: Scott Janzen <sjanzen@me.com>; Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 14:12:22 -0500; just my 2 cents as a GT6 racer - I run a Braille lightweight 21 series. Small but plenty of cranking power and has held up well for at least three years. I think I got it from Pegasus - moderate pric; /html/fot/2013-12/msg00223.html (15,310 bytes)
12. Re: [Fot] Battery Advice Needed (score: 1): Author: davehogye <dlhogye@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 19:52:04 +0000 (UTC); Braille 17. The number refers to the weight in lbs. 1.5 years of use while building and wiring the car plus almost 1 year of running and driving. So far so good. :-) Purchased through Summit. CSRG an; /html/fot/2013-12/msg00224.html (16,302 bytes)
13. Re: [Fot] Battery Advice Needed (score: 1): Author: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>; Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 15:24:40 -0500 (EST); Hey - as far as Braille, the AGM (absorbed glass matt) batteries can be had for a lot less $$$. Search the web, but I bought a Deka brand unit and it was less than half the cost of the Braille. My pl; /html/fot/2013-12/msg00225.html (10,535 bytes)
14. Re: [Fot] Battery Advice Needed (score: 1): Author: John Styduhar <johnstydo@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 16:47:17 -0500; Yes, an inertia switch wired into the fuel system (as they do on production cars) is a good idea and recommended or required by some clubs. _______________________________________________ fot@autox.t; /html/fot/2013-12/msg00228.html (11,500 bytes)
15. Re: [Fot] Battery Advice Needed (score: 1): Author: Tony Drews <tony@tonydrews.com>; Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 12:41:07 -0600; Seems like it could be a useful safety device, but it's also something else to go wrong with the car. I've gone to the lengths to take out any unnecessary splice / junction in the wiring after a DNF; /html/fot/2013-12/msg00230.html (11,768 bytes)
16. Re: [Fot] Battery Advice Needed (score: 1): Author: "TeriAnn J. Wakeman" <tjwakeman@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 19:35:05 -0700; I understand simplicity but just about ever car made in the last 25 years has a crash switch in the fuel pump wiring circuit and I have never heard of a failure. And there just might be a crash where; /html/fot/2013-12/msg00232.html (9,938 bytes)
17. Re: [Fot] Battery Advice Needed (score: 1): Author: marty <trmarty@hotmail.com>; Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 21:46:49 -0500; Yup, I run a DECA also. Small, light, can mount them in any position and since they are AGM they don't need to be boxed. Mine is mounted on its side in the passenger compartment with a custom fabbed; /html/fot/2013-12/msg00233.html (11,616 bytes)

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