<VV> Re:Moving the battery to the trunk

[Shaun]

I don't know, JR. I could swear all the batteries around here except the
Honda Civic batteries weigh about 40 lbs.
I do know they're heavier when fully charged. (new thread)<G>

yea, Vairily ... Shaun

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Shaun" <shaun_mcgarvey at shaw.ca>; "John Kepler" <jekepler at amplex.net>
Cc: <virtualvairs at skiblack.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 4:50 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Re:Moving the battery to the trunk


> Shaun...  What battery are you buying that weighs 30 lbs?  Modern
batteries
> are probably in the 15 to 20 lb range.  The initial email on this used 15
as
> an example - with 30 being the change (differential if you will) when
moving
> from back to front.  You took his "change" number as battery weight and
> doubled up.  I think it would be hard to find a 30lb battery today.
>
> Later, JR
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Shaun" <shaun_mcgarvey at shaw.ca>
> To: "John Kepler" <jekepler at amplex.net>
>
>
> > If you have a 2000 lb. car with 1000 lbs on both front and rear, remove
> > the
> > 30 lb battery from the back, now 970 lbs.,  and put it in the front, now
> > 1030 lbs. you get a 60 lb. weight difference, balance-wise 1030-970=60
> >
> >
> > yea, Vairily ... Shaun
>
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