New battery, worse handling - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

radroach · 06-28-2017, 02:53 PM

So, stock battery wouldn't crank today, got a jump and ran to autozone and put in a Duralast Platinum 35-AGM and now the car's handling is terrible! Left turns are wide and right turns sink like a stone. I think it was a 13lb increase in weight and I can definitely feel it.

What do I do now. I just dropped a lot of money on this battery. What battery should I have gone with??

update: I swapped it for a 26R-DL at autozone. It weighs about 28lbs.

nikitopo · 06-28-2017, 02:56 PM

I cannot imagine that your handling got terrible just with a battery swap. How much heavier is the new one? The stock one is around 26lbs.

radroach · 06-28-2017, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by nikitopo

I cannot imagine that your handling got terrible just with a battery swap. How much heavier is the new one? The stock one is around 26lbs.

This one might be about 40 lbs.

Yes it made a huge difference. It sucks.

What battery should I have bought?????!!!!1

Tcoat · 06-28-2017, 03:01 PM

Something is wonky. I feel zero difference in a turn with a 200 pound passenger so a slightly heavier battery isn't going to do that to you.

Try disconnecting and reconnecting it. Maybe something messed up with the electric steering (doesn't make sense but worth a shot).

Edit: Disconnecting the battery not the steering.

Chronology · 06-28-2017, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by radroach

This one might be about 40 lbs.

Yes it made a huge difference. It sucks.

What battery should I have bought?????!!!!1

If that was the case then moving to the 16lbs battery (Braille?) Would do the opposite effect right?

Sure you didn't bump into anything and throw your alignment off?

Sounds strange, but this is also the lightest platform I have been in, so it might.

STV3 · 06-28-2017, 03:14 PM

JD001 · 06-28-2017, 03:15 PM

Sounds like the poles have been reversed, the symptoms are obvious. Going round left hand corners it is repelling whilst right hand it attracts. It has been magnetised, I suggest you rub the roof a few times then touch a balloon. I suggest you invest in a decent rubber strap that you dangle from your rear diffuser.

Shady195 · 06-28-2017, 03:16 PM

I will almost guarenfuckingtee that short of adding or subtracting hundreds of pounds from the car, there is just about 0 chance that you would feel the difference of 20-30 lbs on the street or track.

If that were the case you'd complain every time you put a full tank in.

Something else is up.

housecat · 06-28-2017, 03:16 PM

Eat a bunch of junk food and become 13lbs fatter to balance out the added weight of the battery

Clipdat · 06-28-2017, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by JD001

Sounds like the poles have been reversed, the symptoms are obvious. Going round left hand corners it is repelling whilst right hand it attracts. It has been magnetised, I suggest you rub the roof a few times then touch a balloon. I suggest you invest in a decent rubber strap that you dangle from your rear diffuser.

Tcoat · 06-28-2017, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by STV3

Shady195 · 06-28-2017, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

It's been 3 years, and everytime I read one of your posts or see your name, i imagine that you are in fact rob flanders himself.

Tcoat · 06-28-2017, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Shady195

It's been 3 years, and everytime I read one of your posts or see your name, i imagine that you are in fact rob flanders himself.

Rob?

Gave one of the guys from here a tour of the plant a while back. The first words out of his mouth when he got out of his car were "You really DO look like Flanders".

Shady195 · 06-28-2017, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

Rob?

Gave one of the guys from here a tour of the plant a while back. The first words out of his mouth when he got out of his car were "You really DO look like Flanders".

Funny story, one of the administrators at a customer of mines name is Rob Flanders.

Ned Flanders*

Amazing. Do you sound like him to? haha

06-28-2017, 02:53 PM	#1
radroach Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Drives: car Location: usa Posts: 2,162 Thanks: 1,028 Thanked 867 Times in 530 Posts Mentioned: 35 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	New battery, worse handling So, stock battery wouldn't crank today, got a jump and ran to autozone and put in a Duralast Platinum 35-AGM and now the car's handling is terrible! Left turns are wide and right turns sink like a stone. I think it was a 13lb increase in weight and I can definitely feel it. What do I do now. I just dropped a lot of money on this battery. What battery should I have gone with?? update: I swapped it for a 26R-DL at autozone. It weighs about 28lbs. Last edited by radroach; 06-28-2017 at 10:20 PM.

06-28-2017, 03:01 PM	#4
Tcoat Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Drives: 2020 Hakone Location: London, Ont Posts: 69,845 Thanks: 61,656 Thanked 108,283 Times in 46,456 Posts Mentioned: 2495 Post(s) Tagged: 50 Thread(s)	Something is wonky. I feel zero difference in a turn with a 200 pound passenger so a slightly heavier battery isn't going to do that to you. Try disconnecting and reconnecting it. Maybe something messed up with the electric steering (doesn't make sense but worth a shot). Edit: Disconnecting the battery not the steering. __________________ Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar, because Racecar. Last edited by Tcoat; 06-28-2017 at 04:06 PM.

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Shady195 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Drives: '13 10 Series FRS #1203 Location: Albany, NY Posts: 850 Thanks: 7 Thanked 385 Times in 220 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I will almost guarenfuckingtee that short of adding or subtracting hundreds of pounds from the car, there is just about 0 chance that you would feel the difference of 20-30 lbs on the street or track. If that were the case you'd complain every time you put a full tank in. Something else is up. __________________ My build thread!

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nikitopo Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Drives: '15 BRZ RA Location: Greece Posts: 3,787 Thanks: 2,416 Thanked 1,944 Times in 1,261 Posts Mentioned: 29 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I cannot imagine that your handling got terrible just with a battery swap. How much heavier is the new one? The stock one is around 26lbs.

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JD001 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Drives: Subaru BRZ Location: UK Posts: 6,028 Thanks: 7,652 Thanked 6,187 Times in 3,474 Posts Mentioned: 25 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Sounds like the poles have been reversed, the symptoms are obvious. Going round left hand corners it is repelling whilst right hand it attracts. It has been magnetised, I suggest you rub the roof a few times then touch a balloon. I suggest you invest in a decent rubber strap that you dangle from your rear diffuser.

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