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Weight savings of 40+ lbs for your E9x
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03-04-2008, 10:03 AM | #1 |
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Weight savings of 40+ lbs for your E9x
For those interested in a light weight Braille battery and mounting plate set-up that will be a very easy bolt-in to your E36/38/39/46/90 chassis please send us a PM.
Mounting plate will be a light weight aluminum, which will fit with either of the 11, 15 or 21 lbs Braille light weight battery. Weight savings is as much as 41 lbs when compared to a stock size BMW battery. We would like to get an idea how many we should produce. The price for the hold down kit is $85. As for the battery, there are a few choices: SKU: B3121 Weight: 21 lbs At 21 pounds the Braille B3121 offers over 1300 pulse cranking amps with 550 cold cranking amps, 31 amp/HR reserve capcity, but still weighs 50% less than its closest competitor. Perfect for Audio Systems, Extreme Motors, and Premium Luxury Vehicles! More details... Price: $179.99 or SKU: B2015 Weight: 15 lbs The Spec B2015 is also perfect for daily street use, even in colder climates. Braille developed the B2015 to excel at racing and to easily power street vehicles equipped with A/C, stereos and power accessories. 1067 pulse cranking amps, 425 cold cranking amps and 20amp/HR reserve capacity. More details... Price: $159.99 or SKU: B14115 Weight: 11 lbs 8 ozs The battery that started the revolution – The B14115 is the most popular lightweight automotive specific battery on the market today! With a weight of only 11.5 pounds and plenty of power to start V-8 engines, see why racers and car designers demand this battery. More details... Price: $149.99 If you choose to use the Carbon Fiber batteries, prices are $70-$80 more per battery. http://braillebattery.com/index.php/ Order yours here: http://www.hpashop.com/product.sc?ca...0&productId=45 Have a look here for the 80+ lb weight saving option for your E90/92: http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=160615 The following is a list of people with interest in the Braille light weight battery and the mounting kit: 1. SG335 2. S4to335 3. Flukey 4. alan93rsa - B2015 5. longodj - B2015 6. ArmyBimmerDude 7. Railgunner 8. 1WickedE90 - B3121 9. NMS335 10. Mario - B3121 11. Terry B. 12. jahwerx 13. Dan M. 14. ACCSC 15. 16. doba_s 17. Mike L. 18. 19. down4it 20. Railgunner - B3121 21. Josephkao - B3121 22. hunter399 23. M3This 24. ae8t6ix - B3121 25. Thanks Harold Last edited by HP Autosport; 11-04-2008 at 11:34 AM.. |
03-04-2008, 11:21 AM | #3 |
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Harold..I am potentially interested...depending on cost..cold cranking amps..etc.
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The Braille batteries are plenty strong. I never had a problem starting my Elise. The specs on the battery (11.5 lb) were actually better than OEM. Not sure about vs the BMW OEM one. A tender is definitely needed if not a daily driver as it will not start the car after a little over a week or so.
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There aren't that many modules on the E36, so electrical draw is much less then the current E9x cars. |
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Simply trying to find out how much interest is out there.
You can read up on the battery we will be using here: http://www.brailleauto.com/ |
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I'd be interested Deciding on things to buy before tracking season...
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I'm interested for sure.
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List is now 12 people strong. When we see this list is going to be 20+ strong, we will start production
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