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Old 16th November 2012, 08:37 PM
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Suggestion,put the battery in the passenger footwell behind a footrest that the passenger will thank you for as it gives something to brace yourself on if driven hard.
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Old 17th November 2012, 09:51 AM
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Footwell is a good idea. While on the subject of batterys ,in the back of the battery book in the wholesalers is a list of all the different sizes of battery with the cca listed. I noticed that the 100 series in the yuasa measures 11"x7"x8" which has 650 cca. Thats the same output as a f@@k off great truck battery, so if space is tight its worth going to the book to see what else is about size wise.

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Old 17th November 2012, 11:09 AM
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I am not keen on something that is full of acid and fairly heavy sitting on f/glass albeit strong and well made at that height.
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Old 17th November 2012, 11:32 AM
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I have a little 5Kg Odyssey Battery PC545 for my car. No problems. Didn't use the car for 6 weeks and got home. Started first time (2ltr RS2000 Engine). Kit cars don't need big batteries. Its a gel battery so you can mount it any way you want and it can't leak even if you split the thing. I got mine for £55 quid off Ebay.
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Old 17th November 2012, 09:06 PM
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Now that I think of it, my Civic's 45Ah battery (fresh) had trouble spinning Sierra's 2l Pinto engine at about 0°C. Maybe I just lucked out with a lower current CVH starter?
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