Light weight drycell battery

SlvrACR · Post by **SlvrACR** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 8:29 pm

I just picked one up thats 10lbs and have a battery bracket to mount in stock location flat. Its an Odessey PC680. I have friends that run them and love it. I wanted to see what everyone else is running.

tamadrumr88 · Post by **tamadrumr88** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 8:34 pm

sign me up... three questions though:

(1) how much (and where)
(2) whats up with the battery posts? as pictured, that wont hook up to our cars
(3) hows you go about getting that tray?

SlvrACR · Post by **SlvrACR** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 8:37 pm

The battery posts screw in and you use stock terminals
You lay it flat in the battery tray and this covers it.

Here is an SRT with the same setup

Here is a pic of the terminals

caustic neon · Post by **caustic neon** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 9:32 pm

battery and tray are found at
http://jmbperformance.com/store/product ... ucts_id=30
price is $105 with your collor of powdercoating on the tray. this has been on my wish list for awile now

tamadrumr88 · Post by **tamadrumr88** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 9:37 pm

ill be picking up one of those when my battery needs replacing..... mmm wrinkle black mmm

fixitmattman · Post by **fixitmattman** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:02 pm

I think my cell phone battery is bigger than that thing

Matt

SlvrACR · Post by **SlvrACR** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:12 pm

Ya thats the point

fixitmattman · Post by **fixitmattman** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:32 pm

That was a joke

As much as I enjoy saving weight, I rather frown upon my car not starting at -40. Stocker stays for me.

Matt

SlvrACR · Post by **SlvrACR** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:48 pm

Well idk where you live but in MI none of my friends ever had a problem with the same battery. So its good for me.

tamadrumr88 · Post by **tamadrumr88** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:02 pm

im not worried about the temp as it only ever gets to about mid-teens to twenties if that... its the reserve, only about 25mins

then again, when was the last time i had the radio/gps/stereo and the interior lights on for 25mins after the car was turned off

fixitmattman · Post by **fixitmattman** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:06 pm

Well it was either the reserve or CCA that was going to suffer. I used to live in Southern Ontario, but I moved to Northwestern Ontario. It's a fair bit colder up here in the winter.

Matt

SlvrACR · Post by **SlvrACR** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:11 pm

Man -40 I wouldnt leave my house LOL

SGT BRAD · Post by **SGT BRAD** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 10:47 am

i've been running the pc680 for about 6 months. works like a champ and weighs about 20lbs less than a stock battery. i picked mine up with a mount, but it is very simple. just get a piece of flat steel or aluminum that is about 1-1.5" dimensionally larger than the battery. clamp the plate to the existing battery tray and drill holes at each corner making sure that the holes are beyond the edges of the battery. pick up 4 threaded rods of the same diameter as the drilled holes (1/8-3/16" should be plenty) and 12 nuts with lock washers. take the plate off of the battery tray and thread a nut 1" up from the bottom of each rod. place a lock washer on the rod after the nut and place in each of the four holes in the tray. thread a nut and lock washer onto the rod from the underside of the tray, install the tray and battery onto the tray. take the top plate of al or steel and slide it over the four rods until it rests on the top of the battery. lastly add the final nuts and lockwashers to the tops of the rods and tighten until the top plate is snug against the battery. whew....this arrangement has worked very well for me, plus it adds a nice flat plate to put stickers on!!! we all know that stickers make hp!!! i'm crap at posting pics but i can email pics if someone else wants to post them.

Post by **Canada** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 11:57 am

fixitmattman wrote:Well it was either the reserve or CCA that was going to suffer. I used to live in Southern Ontario, but I moved to Northwestern Ontario. It's a fair bit colder up here in the winter.

Matt

I know the feeling Matt, I live about 20 mins south of Barrie, and it gets damn cold here too. I can think of many times its gotten below 40 withj the windchill ands DAMN it gets hard

SlvrACR · Post by **SlvrACR** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 7:33 pm

I finally installed it. I love the look and Im sure ill love more weight reduction.
I just gotta clean up the wires a bit

702Neon · Post by **702Neon** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 7:39 pm

nice and clean.
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Lamborghini diablo

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 9:45 am

I like that...makes the engine bay look alot cleaner.

Ill have to look into this when my optima needs replacing, or when I just want something new.

quicksilvr · Post by **quicksilvr** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:43 am

With that drycell, does it seem like there would be enough room to fit an intake tube from a turbo through the space that was previously occupied by the standard battery? It sure looks like it, but I can't tell for sure. Battery relocation is always an option, but if one of these dandy deals will let the battery stay up front, and still allow a true intake to be used on a SRT turbo setup, that would be kinda slick.

SlvrACR · Post by **SlvrACR** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:49 am

Yes there is alot of room between that spot now.

Post by **jonnymopar** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 7:18 pm

Man, this would be sweet for my Daytona. The battery's going in the back and I wanted something small. That beats using an Omni battery. As far as not starting up during the winter time, this car won't even be registered during the winter months.

Kevin_GP · Post by **Kevin_GP** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 8:38 pm

quicksilvr wrote:With that drycell, does it seem like there would be enough room to fit an intake tube from a turbo through the space that was previously occupied by the standard battery? It sure looks like it, but I can't tell for sure. Battery relocation is always an option, but if one of these dandy deals will let the battery stay up front, and still allow a true intake to be used on a SRT turbo setup, that would be kinda slick.

Yea you can run your piping right over it with the way its set up.

SlvrACR · Post by **SlvrACR** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 10:35 pm

This is a pic of SGT BRAD's

SGT BRAD · Post by **SGT BRAD** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 12:10 pm

btw, those stickers added an easy 10hp!!! geez my engine bay looks like crap compared to slvr's.