Fudgey

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decent gel battery for a motorbike be good enough to use in a car?

i only have the lighting circuit in the 3dr, no other elcetrics etc except for the ecu... was just wondering if one would be ok to start it, as i cant find any car ones on ebay lol

RWD Pete

whats the spec, cold crank amps etc, id probably say no!

Jay,

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no it wont have enough cranking power

FletchCossie

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Are bike batteries not 8v and cars 12v?? or am I barking up the wrong tree

mechanic28

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as above i doubt it will have the amps

Fudgey

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something like this i guess

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Varta-YTX12-BS...3286.m14.l1318

12v 10ah 90en starting amps.

whats a car one do lol?

RWD Pete

usually a good 300+ crank amps lol

RWD Pete

You may get a.....click,click,click

Fudgey

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arseburgers

nay mind, was only a thought lol

Si B

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Wrong tree I'm afraid.

Old Volkswagen Campers had 6 volt electrics, but that's about it.

Fudgey, as above, not enough Amps to get the car going, especially from cold. Plus bike batteries can be very expensive.

How about something like a Micra battery? Lot of Evo owners use them as they are small but still have ooomph!!

Si

Fudgey

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cheers si, it will be mounted int he boot tho, so ideally i want a gel, as if i bin it, i dont get battery acid in the face lol

FletchCossie

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"Wrong tree I'm afraid"

Cheers mate! Not sure why I thought they were 8v

costina

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did you see the caterham with the cossie at combe ? that had a little battery

someone must have a pic

Paul

Fudgey

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is that the dude off here?

was a gel one tho? as said, its going in the back of the car so i dont really want an acid one if can

costina

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Not sure

Rob84

what about one of these Dan? More then man enough to start car engines

http://www.apexperformance.co.uk/cat...759f7bc1c83f5d

Fudgey

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ah thats them, cheers rob, i was looking for varta or whatever it was lol

are they gel tho?

it will be in a box, but i dont like the idea of looking like the phantom of the opera lol