6lb 6oz ultra light weight battery

[cali yaris]

Is this the Odyssey you meant?

http://www.odysseybatteries.com/battery/pc680series.htm

[YarisPR]

It sounds great. I love the idea of a lightweight Yaris but all I've done is add weigth including a extra battery hahahaha Maybe I'am not a light weight type.

[heavystarch]

Originally Posted by cali yaris

Is this the Odyssey you meant?

http://www.odysseybatteries.com/battery/pc680series.htm

yes I believe those are the lightest 12V batteries Odyssey makes. Still half as much weight as a regular battery but from what I gather only about $80. For $100 more the lightest braille sheds another 8lbs 10oz.

[WRBlue]

Originally Posted by cali yaris

Is this the Odyssey you meant?

http://www.odysseybatteries.com/battery/pc680series.htm

The Odyssey is an infinatly better deal than the Braille JDM awesome one. Especially if you can find the Genesis black one. Genesis batteries are made by Hawker right next to the Odyssey - the only difference is the Odyssey's are orange-ish and the genesis's are black. You can find a Genesis one for $60. A decent wet cell usually costs 40-50. $10 for a 30lb savings is good.

Rule of thumb - 100lbs = 0.1s in a quarter mile. thus 30lbs saving = .03s

The Braille battery is identical to the Genesis I used to have in my high compression DSM. Started perfectly fine till about 50F.

not sure about storage longevity between the two though -- can you park your car for a week and still start it up?

Yes, but not too much longer. After about a month/month and a half, I started having problems. Nothing a jump wouldn't fix though.
One problem I did have though was I left it in the car over a winter. With a slight hatch leak and sub zero temps, the dry cells absorbed water and froze and never worked again.

Do they make a battery box that size?

Ya, but its expensive. And they make a metal jacketed version too.
But the nice thing is that, becaue they are a dry cell battery, it is NHRA and SCCA legal to mount them in the passenger compartment without a sealed box. If you have a sedan, you don't need to worry about it, but hatches (and fastbacks) are considered part of the passenger compartment.