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Braille lightweight battery installed
Compliments of CleanCL @ https://acurazine.com
6-4-2009
Battery Part #: Braille Auto B3121
Install time: 30 minutes
Stock CCA: 550
B3121 CCA: 550
Stock w/ cover, tray, & mount: 39.8lb
B3121 w/ tray & mount (no lid): 22.4lb
Weight saved: 12.4lb
I was looking to remove some weight off this beast, so I took a look around at lightweight batteries. I was surprised to find this one. Same CCA performance, lighter weight, and easy install. They have even lighter batteries, ones that are 15lb and 425 CCA. I did not want to take the risk being in New York in the winters along with all the tech gadgets in this car. Although I will note there are some guys in the 3G TL section running the 15lb battery in warmer climates. The factory mount is offset, so I had to reuse it, but the battery fits snugly in place. Car started right up. I turned on everything I could and did not get any low voltage warning. The car drives fine in partial throttle and wide open throttle. And of course there are pictures.
Braille sells an aluminum mount specifically for this battery. You could bolt it to the metal tray that the stock one mounts to. But at this point I don't see a point to all that extra work. This appears to work fine.
5-13-2010
For reference, the Braille battery began giving me problems. I switched it out to an XS Power battery after doing a lot of research. I went with the D1200 and Tall Brass Post Adaptors (M6).
6-7-2010
You installed a Braille or XS? I did some research, and the inner components of Braille are failure prone. Obviously I didn't research enough upon the initial purchase. Essentially when it got REALLY cold here in the winter, I had an issue where the car didn't want to start right away. I knew this going in and New York never really gets that cold. This particular winter of course was pretty bad. It would eventually turn over after a few minutes, but I didn't like it. I researched and found XS, and I think this is pretty solid.
OEM is generally pretty good and from what I've been reading they use quality components. Of course by the time the winter rolled around, it had been 6+ months of the OEM sitting on a shelf without being charged, so I think it was too depleted to use. I'm hoping the XS to last awhile though.