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Old 01-01-2005, 09:58 PM
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Originally Posted by 89 Rag' date='Jan 1 2005, 08:40 PM
Place it in the car to help offset your weight when racing it.



Ya, but moving the battery around means i'm accumulating more preperation points. I race in a PAX/Prep point system, and the battery relocation will move me up into the bottom of the next race class. There is however a grey area interms of battery size, as it doesn't have any rules against changing battery sizes.
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Old 01-01-2005, 10:16 PM
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I have an optima and it works great so far. I only paid $84 for it new though.
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Old 01-01-2005, 10:48 PM
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i finally finally after years of putting it off got one, then it got stolen out of my car while i was assembling it! I've heard that its good, convincing enough for me to buy one. Some ******* in Dover can tell you if my battery is awesome or not. I'd assume its the same guy that stole Martin's hawker battery.
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Old 01-01-2005, 11:09 PM
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Now I really only drive the car on the weekend--if that. How long does it take for the gel pack to lose its charge? Is a week going to be hell on the battery?

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Old 01-02-2005, 03:14 AM
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i doubt it, i only drive mine on the weekends ususally. and it's outside 24/7
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Old 01-02-2005, 11:53 AM
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Die Hard Gold has over 900cca, 3 year free replacement warranty and 100 month pro-rated warranty.



I had a 5 year old battery I brought in with no reciept and a new one only cost me $35, its a $80-$90 battery new
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My die hard gold is messed up somehow. It gets good voltage but every once and a while it completely messes up and my voltage takes a complete dump. Its weird...sometimes it works..sometimes it doesn't.



Kinda scary.
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Old 01-03-2005, 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Dramon_Killer' date='Jan 3 2005, 06:24 PM
My die hard gold is messed up somehow. It gets good voltage but every once and a while it completely messes up and my voltage takes a complete dump. Its weird...sometimes it works..sometimes it doesn't.



Kinda scary.



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Old 01-04-2005, 09:44 PM
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I have put my redtop through hell. It still looks good and cranks great.



I drag race so its relocated to the back.
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I drove 350 miles on a red top after an alternator failure-I was pretty impressed with that...
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