Alternator/ battery / weightloss

Alternator/ battery / weightloss

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sam919

Original Poster:

1,078 posts

198 months

Monday 7th April 2008
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has anyone removed the alternator and replaced the battery with a small gel or bike unit to save weight.

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sam919

Original Poster:

1,078 posts

198 months

Monday 7th April 2008
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Well i was going to go down the route of circumsision this would get rid of at least 5kg!!

Anyway moving on....between the alternator and battery i would be looking at 9-10 kg, inculding the 1 kilo or so for the bike batt/ race batt. What do single seater use? as a lot of them are the same engine size, having said that the monoposto ones are carbs.

Typical races range from 10-20 mins, and i was thinking of cranking it over initially with a larger standard battery untill heated, then reverting to the smaller race/bike effort. The only light present is the rain light which i might swap to the LED unit.