06 nimbus 197 daily track toy

rSilva said:
Can you clear one doubt for me?
The battery label states 48Wh, which for a 12V battery means it's a 4Ah battery. Will it have enought cranking currant to start the car? And how fast will it discharge if you're not running the engine?
In mine I have a generic gel one with 16Ah and it's not hard to be on the low side of charge if the car is parked for over 1 month. Given that one has 4 times less capacity I would keep an open eye on the subject.

EDIT: It's 84 and not 48, so that makes it a 7Ah, almost double, but still low compared to what is usually seen in the automotive applications
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The battery was used for over 18 months on a track car which was used once a month and it had no issues. I asked today the persons car it came off and he had done the research on it initially but cannot remember what the exacts where my car is used regularly so (hopefully) it's not going to be an issue but it's got a status indicator but will keep an eye on it.. as I mentioned I haven't paid for it so it is a bit on an experiment. I've just been 10 miles the and 10 miles back and I all seemed fine..


However on another note

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So that's a saving of just under 17.5kg
 
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Managed to get my tools home today so decided to mount the battery properly it's been on for a few weeks and it working well was a little slow in the freezing cold but its working well..

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I put the cover back on just to tidy it up some more..
 
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Had a weird issue the other day hopefully I have fixed it.. my boot switch has been playing up recently I haven't been able to get into it until untry about 4-5 times.. then recently would open randomly when unlocking the car and and just getting in in general.. so today I fitted a few boot switch. We'll see what happens..
 
Not sure if they're needed on the 197, as the turrets are pretty much part of the bulkhead.
But be good to see if it makes any difference.
 
More progress yesterday ... Another clean.20200101_130947.jpg
Also kinda booked my first track day

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And have been sorting out the calender for getting ready for the Civic Cup thats what that looks like

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And very excited as next weekend we are collecting the civic racer from autosport show..
 
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Sorry for the lack of updates but there is a big one coming for the clio... and this will be updated Tuesday...

But civic news

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And in sunday we will be at Silverstone for some more practice..
 
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