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Old 07-31-2007, 09:26 PM
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Battery?????

last night i went on a little joy ride to attempt to drift a little with my camaro because i thought you could not but since i saw blue189rs doing it i said heck let me give it a try.i started to drift a little here and there in a open parking lot to get the feel for it and then i decided enough for tonight and i hit a sharp turn and my car turned off.i trued starting it again to no avail there was a lot of smoke coming out of my hood.my battery had slammed against the metal wall and was making contact with the wall i moved it away and tried to start again it did.what i wanted to know is could this cause any serious damage?????or has it already cause damage to my engine or car without knowing it????



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probably just fried the battery, I wouldn't trust it to last too much longer after beinge shorted directly across.
Old 07-31-2007, 10:39 PM
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im ok if its just the battery i need to replace it with a optima one anyway lol as long as the engine is ok im fine.
Old 07-31-2007, 10:48 PM
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Where were you drifting around here?
Old 07-31-2007, 10:52 PM
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in some parking lot for a furniture store around carol city a block away from my house lol there are also some nice places to drift in miramar ,broward has some nice warehouses with a lot of space to practice.
Old 07-31-2007, 11:27 PM
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Buy a battery hold down. They're like, five bucks at the local parts shop.
Old 07-31-2007, 11:36 PM
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or just use a rubber bungee cord
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No bunjee cords..... get a GM bolt on battery hold down. Should be in the general auto parts store.
Old 08-01-2007, 05:15 PM
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i think im just going to relocate it to the back to make room for the turbo install.i think it would look cleaner with out the battery in the front any how.
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Battery in the back is nice and all, but can be a pain if you don't use the right sized cable. I used 4awg and it sucked. Try to use 2awg or 0awg. I have pics on my V6 cardomain of how I did mine if you want to copy.
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sounds good i have a kit from summit that i was going to use on my prelude to free up space for its turbo but have not used it yet and i think im going to switch all my focus on the camaro for a while and i think im going to use the kit camaro instead.it has 1g wires.
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