battery relocation question

[txrocco@sbcglobal.net (ATS - Patrick Bureau)]

hehe on of the reasons why my 91 f50 7.3 Diesel uses 24v to start that puppy
up... the glow plugs do all the work for your first start though by heating
up the chamber of the piston.

ATS - Patrick Bureau - txrocco@sbcglobal.net


=>-----Original Message-----
=>From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
=>[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Drew MacPherson
=>Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 3:32 PM
=>To: Neal Tovsen
=>Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
=>Subject: Re: battery relocation question
=>
=>
=>
=>Well, with a compression ratio of 23.5:1 I do need some serious cranking
=>amps delivered to my starter... :)
=>
=>Diesels are compression ignition motors - they compress air until it's
=>damned hot, then they squirt some diesel into it, and the whole
=>thing goes
=>boom... :)
=>
=>Drew
=>
=>On Fri, 14 Feb 2003, Neal Tovsen wrote:
=>
=>> I didn't go that route for the race car because
=>> they're HEAVY!! I went with an (ACK!) Honda CRX
=>> battery. I don't have to worry about starting in the
=>> cold or anything, so a slight loss of CCA's is OK with
=>> me. The CRX battery also fit better in the marine box
=>> I had.
=>>
=>> For big events, I might even get a lawn tractor
=>> battery and shave more weight.
=>> Yup. My battery is in the spare tire well...right in
=>> the middle! I'm not worried about trunk space. With
=>> the optima, you also don't necessarily HAVE to have a
=>> box. They won't leak or vent fumes, so you could just
=>> strap it down without a box at all.
=>>
=>> > The other issue is, of course, how to get those
=>> > 800CCAs up to the beefy
=>> > starter I need to kick over the TD.
=>>
=>> I don't know anything about TDs. Do they really need
=>> that much power? For some (completely uneducated)
=>> reason I always assumed diesels would be
=>> low-compression engines...shows what I know!
=>>
=>> Neal
=>>
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