Battery Installed - Deka ETX18L and Custom Bracket

[Druonu]

Replaced the battery in my GTI and made a custom bracket to fit a Deka ETX18L that I got on sale. It fits in the battery tray and is held down with the bolt for the factory battery bracket. Total setup weighs about 19lbs.

 

[jimlloyd40]

Only 340 CCA. That doesn't seem like much.

 

[KevinC]

Yikes. Carry a AAA card and jumper cables at all times.

 

[Benihana]

I just installed a ETX20L which I think is rated a little less than this and sits at 15lbs. I trickle charge it everyday and carry a battery pack/jumper set in the back just in case.

 

[George Ab]

I went in the opposite direction of a larger capacity battery. Different goals I guess.

 

[golfdave]

I just installed a ETX20L which I think is rated a little less than this and sits at 15lbs. I trickle charge it everyday and carry a battery pack/jumper set in the back just in case.

So you fitted a way smaller battery...& to compensate for the reduced battery capacity you carry a battery pack/jumper unit in the boot of the car....

So you are probably carrying the same amount or more weight...

but you have removed some of it from the nose & put it in the boot...

 

[Faceman]

So you fitted a way smaller battery...& to compensate for the reduced battery capacity you carry a battery pack/jumper unit in the boot of the car....



So you are probably carrying the same amount or more weight...



but you have removed some of it from the nose & put it in the boot...

Going for 50/50 weight distribution?

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[Hoon]

No offense but you chose a cheap solution to an expensive problem.

I used to run these batteries in my 500whp Talon as a broke college kid. They never lasted more than 8-10 months and the car was always dead if it sat more than a few days...and that was a simple car with very little electrical demand.

I realize good lightweight batteries are expensive, but this is just not something I'd ever cheap out on for a daily driver. Weight reduction (if you're going to do it right) is very costly.

 

[CGarcia]

Where did you source the posts?

 

[riceburner]

props for doing it; but man... to save like 20 lbs and pay like 500 or more dollars... got damm! I love the idea of a super lightweight car but cutting weight by .006% just doesn't do it for me haha.

 

[dietcokefiend]

These types of posts remind me a bit of riding motorcycles. You'd see some pretty heavy guys looking for ways to shave off some weight here and there from their bikes. I ended up talking about dropping like 30lbs from my SV650 and people thought I stripped the damn thing. I ended up taking up cycling


But seriously dropping weight is good. There are generally easier ways to go about doing it for most people. The car battery is one area I'm almost in favor of going a bit bigger to not worry about cold/high draw needs.

 

[o_a_ravi]

A much lighter option of a Super Capacitor Bank will be better than this...

 

[Diggs24]

So far so good with my 5.5lb >900CCA Braille G30.

 

[Raguvian]

I had an ETX20L in my Miata. That thing also died pretty quickly, even with a trickle charger.

I would only go with a Lithium battery like Diggs did above. AGM isn't worth it imo.

 

[Hoon]

So far so good with my 5.5lb >900CCA Braille G30.

How long have you had that installed?