Originally Posted by
stevieturbo
If you're already very lightweight, and exhausted all other areas of weight reduction...then maybe, just maybe. I'd still take power every time though...and power every time knowing I've plenty of battery power to cover all scenarios.
battery.
I am sure you know but with weight we need to consider accelerating the weight, stopping / slowing the weight and steering the weight.
A lotus Elise at 120 bhp would kill a two ton Bentley at 500 bhp over 10 laps of a circuit (that's what I am getting at)
There is nothing wrong with light batteries, it is just that they keep cranking when a normal battery would stop. This lets them drop below critical recharge voltage that can lead to fire. If you stop when a Norma battery would stop then you are fine.