New light-weight battery. Lite Blox. 1.9kg

[shrimp_chips]

Hey guys, just wanted to show you my new lightweight battery. It's made by Lite Blox in Germany. I picked up the 1.9kg model, but there is a 1.1kg and 2.6kg model as well. It should save me twice the weight that a carbon boot-lid would, at less than half the price.

I'll be installing it next weekend. I might relocate it to passenger compartment in order to save some weight on wiring. It's supposed to last a decade, so I'm hoping..

https://en.liteblox.de/shop/liteblox...acing-battery/

[pbonsalb]

That would leave me stranded on cold winter days. -20C is -4F and it is occasionally colder than that in my area.

[///Mobbin]

They have a nice clean look, thanks for sharing.

[JsL]

Wow. A 4lb battery. That's crazy!

Looks expensive (and it is at 947€)

This paired with an Akra Evo will offer a nice weight reduction.

[Datka]

And I thought my battery was light at 7 pounds

[M3 Number 86]

Saw this on lukesters ig a while back. Looks awesome

[z3papa]

Originally Posted by JsL

Wow. A 4lb battery. That's crazy!

Looks expensive (and it is at 947€)

This paired with an Akra Evo will offer a nice weight reduction.

1.1 kg = 2.4 lbs. crazy OEM battery weighs in over 45.

[roastbeef]

think this battery would cause weird electrical codes in our cars?

[Richbot]

OEM battery is close to 60lb with brackets. I am using the voltphreaks vph900 which is about 2.5x heavier than this one and have not had issues yet. But haven't used it in cold yet, 50's is the coldest so far

[shrimp_chips]

Originally Posted by Richbot

OEM battery is close to 60lb with brackets. I am using the voltphreaks vph900 which is about 2.5x heavier than this one and have not had issues yet. But haven't used it in cold yet, 50's is the coldest so far

I saw it on Lukester's car. I considered the slightly heavier model, but we'll see. I don't really foresee any problems, I heard this battery was made for our cars.

[Kong Sheng Han]

I should get a LW battery. Easy weight reduction, assuming no problems arise.

[chrisg123]

$1,064!!???? Yikes. It last much longer and saves a lot of weight though.

[abood//M]

Any update on this?!

[Rassilon]

Do you need a custom btacket?

[ailikesiliu]

def on my next mod list, keep us posted!

[Richbot]

I have almost a year on my LiFePo voltphreaks battery in my car. Under 20F you do need to let it warm up for a minute before you start the car or it will take a couple extra cranks (sortof like the car did in 10F iwth the stock battery). Otherwise it's been like nothing ever happened, other than being 50lb lighter than stock.

I like the bracket cut in to the bottom of these, would have made mounting the Voltphreaks which is just a plain rectangular box a lot easier, I fabbed a custom cellulose, aluminum and titanium mounting apparatus to get it to stay in place and then wedged it with some fuel cell foam in case it ever comes loose so it can't flop around. With that bracket around the base you could probably just pick a couple existing battery hold-down holes in the battery enclosure and forget it

Their more expensive 2.6kg model ($1500-ish) would be a better fit for a street car

[Maypo]

"Under 20F you do need to let it warm up for a minute before you start the car..."

What is that process, Rich?

[roastbeef]

You just got to talk dirty to it.

[Richbot]

Put a moderate load on it. Headlights and car in ACC power for a bit does the trick. It'll start if you don't do it but you might get a transient undervoltage or something dunno never personally had an issue even when I forgot in cold weather

[Maypo]

Thanks.

[SYT_Shadow]

Very nice. How does one register this battery in the car for it to recognize it?

[okusa]

Originally Posted by SYT_Shadow

Very nice. How does one register this battery in the car for it to recognize it?

Carly