A good source for racing batteries are aviation batteries. Light and
powerful
and powerfully expensive.
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Lawrie Alexander <Lawrie@britcars.com>
To: WSpohn4@aol.com <WSpohn4@aol.com>; mgs@autox.team.net
<mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, 6 January 1999 14:54
Subject: Re: Helium Batteries?
>Let's see, Bill, I could lie and say it was a typo (should have been
36lbs),
>or I could just 'fess up and say that was the worst guesstimate I've made
>for a long time. Larry Hoy took me to task over the same thing so I weighed
>a couple of batteries today at work: 40lbs for a Group 24, 36lbs for a
Group
>26. So a "fess-up" it has to be................!
>
>In my TD race-car a few (sheesh, actually a whole bunch!) years ago, I ran
a
>rider mower battery. That one really did weigh less than 10 lbs, and it
held
>up for the nine years I owned the car. Never had trouble starting the
>engine, either, despite the high compression!
>
>Cheers,
>
>Lawrie
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: WSpohn4@aol.com <WSpohn4@aol.com>
>To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
>Date: Tuesday, January 05, 1999 5:38 PM
>Subject: Helium Batteries?
>
>
>><<Can you be serious? Moving the battery (which weighs what, six pounds or
>>so?) makes a noticeable difference in handling?
>>Lawrie>>
>>
>>I have only one question, Lawrie - where can I get one of those 6 pound
>>batteries!!
>>
>>Bill
>>
>
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