Small battery - On the cheap!

[RemarkLima]

God damned safety!!! I couldn\'t just clip the jumpers onto the battery wires, I\'ll have to take it all apart before I can... So didn\'t get a chance to do it before I had to go out.

But I\'ll try and get a chance this week... Or a more definitive answer.

Does anyone know if a 13b counts as a 1.3 or 2.6 in terms of cranking power required?

[nikp]

Does anyone know if a 13b counts as a 1.3 or 2.6 in terms of cranking power required?

Dunno about that, but if you\'re engine is in good nick, then the engine doesn\'t needed to be cranked very quickly for it to start.

[Jono FD3]

Why do I have a feeling that halfords are going to be selling loads of these over the next few months???

Good find fella!!!

Jono

[D1 WTF]

the 2.6 figure is one that insurance and dvla magic\'d out of the sky.  it has no relation to our engines, unless you have 2.  

the fact that a rotary engines puts out nearly 3 times the power of a piston of simular litreage (cool word eh) now that is the question.

[RemarkLima]

Well, the whole 1.3 / 2.6 thing I have totally worked out, really simple.

A 13b has the power out of a 2.6...

...But the torque of a 1.3

But my question is more for how much inertial mass does the battery need to spin? The same as a 1.3 (easy), or the bigger literage (one more use and it\'s a valid word!) of a 2.6???

[Ricco_04]

Well compared to the weight of a piston motor I would GUESS we have more mass?

[Initial-D]

Dunno! Just try it lol!!

[dazsir]

My questions would be, is the battery in these starter packs, powerful enough to run all the electrical systems on the car?

I have heard that the red tops, sometimes are not powerful enough to run all the systems, such as lights etc.

What truth is there to this?

[Initial-D]

I have no stereo or AC so that\'d lighten the load methinks. Basically if it starts the car, blower and lights all at once without any probs I\'ll be happy.

[Initial-D]

Oh whats the trailer like you have up for sale Remarklima?

[RemarkLima]

Dunno! Just try it lol!!

LOL! fs. I will then!!!

My questions would be, is the battery in these starter packs, powerful enough to run all the electrical systems on the car?

AFAIK once the car is started it\'s really running on the altenator, except maybe at idle where you\'ll need a bit of extra from the battery... The battery is getting charged at 14.4 volts and stabalising the voltage for the rest of the car...

...As long as the car is kept on a trickle charger, it should be OK. Really the small batteries just have a crap amp hour rating (17 - 20 vs. something like 50+) so doesn\'t suffer being sat idle for as long...

...I\'ll try it tonight and see how it goes

[RemarkLima]

Oh whats the trailer like you have up for sale Remarklima?

It\'s a 4 wheel, all metal jobbie... But really it\'s going with the race car, unless someone buys the race car on it\'s own first!

But the race car is an old Mk1 MR2 with no V5, MOT or anything else so could be made road legal but it\'s a lot of effort, hence the need for the trailer!

[Initial-D]

Ahh I see!

Been having thoughts of getting a trailor for the car as the traffic kills me coming back from events, not too mention the on/off clutch - so a trailor or a low-loader would be great! May look into renting one for events as that may be even better/cheaper!

[RemarkLima]

Definately rent one! Unless you\'re going to 10+ events it\'s not worth owning one... Plus I think mine would only just take a FD on it (only "just" managed to fit a Mk2 MR2 on).

Or you can get someone else to do the transport for you Have a word with http://www.kpm.netfirms.com/ and he knows a guy who does transport of cars for a fee!

[Initial-D]

Cool thanks for that - shall bookmark it!