anyone use this Carbon Fiber Battery?

[wun911]

I would like to get a battery for the car, I think mine is getting old.
Has anyone used this what are you opnions experience etc?
Anyone interested organize a possible GB? (potential weight reduction item)
Anyone use anything lighter than this?

http://www.theracingroom.com.au/pages/a ... 1672297029

[thefinn]

I use an optima D51 in my NA mx5 it works well, I should be able to get a Group buy price for them From Marty at FHRX. Jack.

[Matty]

http://www.flyinmiata.com/index.php?dep ... ++STANDARD

I use an Odyssey PC680 myself, price is pretty decent.

[Mactype]

I've been looking at these too.

The carbon Fibre version apart from looking gorgeous is no lighter then their non/CF version. What is nice about these though are the bespoke battery holder you can get for them.

I'm also told that Deka batteries are the same as the Braille batteries and are a bit cheaper.

[wun911]

Hello Wun and thank you for your enquiry. Our only retail shop at present is in Brisbane, which wont help you in Melbourne! Postage to Melbourne for 1 battery and 1 mount kit usually runs at $25 although this can fluctuate with transport costs.

An order of 5 batteries would get you a discount of 10% or free delivery whichever you decide. The next shipment of batteries is due in three weeks but I would encourage ordering at your earliest opportunity. As the only distributor here we regularly run out of stock!
How did you hear of The Racing Room and what car are they intended for?

With regards

Dijon Johnson

M: 04000 42244 T: 07 3325 2886 F: 07 3325 4886 Showroom: 7/24 Deakin St, Brendale, Q4500, Australia.

So im wondering if some dude in brisbane would like to organize the GB??
Go and pick them up for us get the 10% off the price? Then ship them around to the GB people?
Obviously they don't weigh much and they are quite small in size.
We only need 5 people it shouldnt be that hard.
I figure it works out cheper than buying from flyin miata considering the cost of international shipping conversion of AUD to USD at the moment.

[wun911]

Weight of stock panasonic battery fron NB8B is 9.514 kg
Weight of brail CF battery is 5.216 kg

Dimensions of stock panasonic battery (cm) is W12.5 H16.0 L 23.5
Dimenions of CF batter is W8.6 H14.7 L14.7

[bruce]

The carbon fibre is only replacing a plastic outer which would weigh the same.
The weight saving is due the battery being physically smaller.
My experiences with such batteries is they do not produce enough CCA, nor do they last as long as the original batteries (plus they cost more).

[GP]

Dimenions of CF batter is W8.6 H14.7 L14.7

My bike battery is bigger than that

[bruce]

The smaller Oddysey batteries were popular, but kept going flat. You need a larger battery to actually work properly.

[wun911]

Out of curiosity whats the cranking amps on stock panasonic battery?

I might move one size up (but weight savings only become 2.8 kg, starting to be not worth while)

[Matty]

Out of curiosity whats the cranking amps on stock panasonic battery?

340 CCA I think.

I might move one size up (but weight savings only become 2.8 kg, starting to be not worth while)

every ounce counts

[mr_rotary]

I will be buying one of those for my RX-7. It's a pity the arse has falled out of the US dollar though

[PUR157]

Don't you mean the arse has fallen out of the Aussie Dollar?

We're at 60ish JPY now...
the JDM parts I've been dreaming of are fading away as we speak...