Hi folks!
To make the story short....been looking at getting into racing with this thing and the ihra trunk mounted battery rules make my brain hurt.
They want a sealed battery box (extra $50) with jbolts welded or bolted through floorpan = 2 holes and a remote disconnect switch = 1 more hole and funky lever out the back (holes, $$$ and pita). I hate the very thought of drilling holes in my car.
Well, I just finished reading some thread where some guy used a magna motorcycle battery rated at 180 CCA to start his car. What a great idea I thought. Take my 30 pound battery and about 5 pounds of battery cable running to the trunk out and stick a 10 pound battery back in the enginebay and be done with it.
So I got to thinking...if my 200 amp fuse survives during cranking.....I cannot be drawing more than 200 amps. Hence...anything with more than 200 CCA's should suffice...right?
Now before someone says hawker/odessy , yes they are nice but they are generally 13-15 pounds and $90-100 or so and the dimensions of a hawker 16ep are 7.15 x 3.01 x 6.61 at 13.5 pounds and a magna motorcycle battery is 6 x 3.5 x 5 1/8 at 9.5 pounds and is $40-50....much better priced for a quick experiment, much easier to place.
What do you all think? Am I right with my 200 amp fuse assessment?
Thanks for looking!
Pete
To make the story short....been looking at getting into racing with this thing and the ihra trunk mounted battery rules make my brain hurt.
They want a sealed battery box (extra $50) with jbolts welded or bolted through floorpan = 2 holes and a remote disconnect switch = 1 more hole and funky lever out the back (holes, $$$ and pita). I hate the very thought of drilling holes in my car.
Well, I just finished reading some thread where some guy used a magna motorcycle battery rated at 180 CCA to start his car. What a great idea I thought. Take my 30 pound battery and about 5 pounds of battery cable running to the trunk out and stick a 10 pound battery back in the enginebay and be done with it.
So I got to thinking...if my 200 amp fuse survives during cranking.....I cannot be drawing more than 200 amps. Hence...anything with more than 200 CCA's should suffice...right?
Now before someone says hawker/odessy , yes they are nice but they are generally 13-15 pounds and $90-100 or so and the dimensions of a hawker 16ep are 7.15 x 3.01 x 6.61 at 13.5 pounds and a magna motorcycle battery is 6 x 3.5 x 5 1/8 at 9.5 pounds and is $40-50....much better priced for a quick experiment, much easier to place.
What do you all think? Am I right with my 200 amp fuse assessment?
Thanks for looking!
Pete