That's a very impressive weight saving

 

What is its performance specification vs the standard unit and vs an uprated Bosch unit?

Weight saving is fine but it needs to work well.

 

Why have you got foam wrapped round the brake fluid reservoir Claude ?

 

Why have you got foam wrapped round the brake fluid reservoir Claude ?

To catch any leaks from hard corner on tracks i'd say, race bikes have it too.

 

Battery Ion Lithium is very commun now, on motor bikes, and more and more on car.

It is an option on Renault Megane RS.

 

Aren't the charging characteristics different to Lead Acid though?

 

The ion lithium battery charger has specific characteristics, but the operation on the car is identical to standard batteries.

You can't use standard charger with these ion lithium battery.

 

Aren't the charging characteristics different to Lead Acid though?

Just going to bring this up myself Alb as I work with all types of batteries and Li-ion needs different charging rates,amp ratings etc.Maybe Claude's battery takes this into consideration and is adapted for car use.All clever stuff this new tech,I need input.

 

The ion lithium battery charger has specific characteristics, but the operation on the car is identical to standard batteries.
You can't use standard charger with these ion lithium battery.

That makes sense,so you use a lithium charger running to the battery from the alternator,very good Claude.

 

Interesting.. Li-ion batteries are quite explosive if damaged, but I guess the positioning means that's quite unlikely even in a relatively large impact. Would be interesting to know if there are any rules in motorsport and on the road regarding their use..

 

Interesting.. Li-ion batteries are quite explosive if damaged, but I guess the positioning means that's quite unlikely even in a relatively large impact. Would be interesting to know if there are any rules in motorsport and on the road regarding their use..

In our race cars they just have to be securely mounted to pass MSA regs and scrutineering.

They can be mounted in the cabin too.

People often move them towards the back for a slight weight distribution improvement.

 

In our race cars they just have to be securely mounted to pass MSA regs and scrutineering.

They can be mounted in the cabin too.

People often move them towards the back for a slight weight distribution improvement.

Yes i used to run jelly batteries in the car to get the weight back. Had to be boxed though in case of exploding for MSA regs.

 

Had one of these on my old exige for a few years and my brother also still runs one on his vx220. You can still use a ctek to trickle charge them.

We originally trialed them on our two cars (exige/vx220) as they supplier was concerned how they would stack up on road going cars, I.e.. My exige had central locking elec windows AC etc and we never had any issues other than they didn't seem to hold charge quite as long as a normal battery. Interesting to see how you go on with it on the RS as nor heard of bigger cars running them.