#1 Battery Mount for Motorsports
Just wanted to make you all aware that MeLe Design released a killer new lightweight battery box/ mount that offers physical protection and heat soak protection for Antigravity batteries.
Installation was easy. It was simply removing the stock battery and tray. Install a couple rivnuts into the holes used by the factory tray and bolt it in place. They are currently offering them for the Antigravity ATX20 and ATX30 battery sizes which are offered in the Restart or HD models (Heavy Duty = non Restart with a 10.8 low voltage cutoff for full blown race use). I have been running Antigravity Batteries since 2014 without issue. I upgraded due to the restart feature being offered to the ATX30RS in March of 2018 and have been running it trouble free since. my battery has never seen a charging system other than my car. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/00...g?v=1594093746 https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...84&oe=5FABF560 https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...ca&oe=5FAD2BE6 |
Is this a bolt in solution? How is the install?
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The install is simple you don’t drill any hole in the car. Like I posted, it is basically removing your factory battery and battery tray, install the two rivnuts in the two hole used to align the battery tray and then bolt in place with the hardware supplied. 10 minute install if you are proficient with doing mechanical things. |
$200?!? For a battery tie down?!?
Just checked - it’s still 2020 so this makes sense. |
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It is cheap insurance to protect your lightweight battery and your car. |
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Looks like a slick piece. If you compare it to other battery boxes/trays, price seems almost reasonable.
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Hell go buy sheet metal, cut and bend it yourself in the garage with hand tools, rivet it together, add up the costs of your labor at say $15/hour, I bet that's a 6 hour project if you include measuring, researching/sourcing material, bending, cutting, riveting, installing, $30 for the sheet, lets pretend the tools and nuts and rivets are free, 6x$15+$30 =$120 battery box. Hell I bought the smaller Japanese battery parts for like $40, spent half an hour installing everything and doing a bit of troubleshooting, had some extra hardware to use in a pinch, that's a $60 battery tie down. |
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Protect the battery from heat? How does it do that? The box is reducing air flow around the battery so maybe the battery is more prone to heat soak. Protect from what physical damage? I'm suggesting something has gone horribly wrong for a battery to be physically damaged. How does this box offer cheap insurance to one's car? Sure, if one doesn't mount a battery properly you can be in a world of trouble but one can't help stupidity. This box offers no adjustment for the amount of clamping applied to the battery. |
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The Antigravity lithium batteries have thermal protection, so they shutdown if they get too hot.
A battery box would act as a barrier from transient radiated heat, but overall ambient temperature would eventually transmit to the battery. I don't have any vents in my BRZ hood, and I think airflow in that part of the engine compartment is low. I know after autocross runs, my battery is rocket hot. In my other car, which is a track car, I do use a battery box to isolate the battery from spikes in temperature, since I've had problems with heat management in that car. It's a cheap plastic battery box, but it's slowly deforming. Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk |
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