Battery removal for racing

[Delaware6.4]

It's ok to remove the passenger side battery and race the truck for a few hours right? Any negatives to doing this?

 

[NY_Mott]

I am no expert but my understanding is every 100lbs is about a tenth of a second in the 1/4 mile, so why pull the battery?
My concern would be directed towards the electrical system being stressed due to the lack of the 2nd battery.
Hopefully a pro can chime in with better answers, but if it were me I would not remove it....

 

[Mpoage]

Go ahead and pull it. It won't hurt anything and every little bit helps. Just put some black tape over the positive connection so it doesn't short out on something.

 

[Delaware6.4]

Thanks buddy. .1 is a big deal in my book. Plus without batt box I should get better air.

 

[Zmann]

pull the bed ;-)

 

[White_monster]

And rear doors

 

[02BigD]

Hitch, and hood.

 

[dsberman94]

Seats, carpet, dash. You'll be good. Sit on a 5 gallon bucket.

 

[Zmann]

don't eat or drink 24 hours before the pull
get a haircut ,wear flip flops

 

[02BigD]

Seats, carpet, dash. You'll be good. Sit on a 5 gallon bucket.

Maryland boys know all about sitting on a bucket, or was it a crate?

 

[dsberman94]

Maryland boys know all about sitting on a bucket, or was it a crate?

Idk. I just remember the concrete truck episode of mythbusters where the one truck they bought had a 5 gal bucket for a seat.


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[Delaware6.4]

Bwahahahahaha. I have seriously thought of doing all of that. Also I was thinking of draining 1/2 of the oil and coolant. Remove oil in the rears and take out rear brakes. And a remote control system for driving it saves the truck my 300 lbs. might need a parachute then...thanks fellas, kinda gay that I'm doin this all just to beat a 12.4 but my damn cousin has a LML and I gotta beat him. Blue oval for life

 

[jimdawg185]

My XS Power batts are 70lbs each, so it would be worth it. But I think id take all the rear seats out first before id have a pos batt cable hanging loose.

 

[WoodBoy]

There isn't anything wrong with using one battery.. I've daily driving my truck on one battery several times

 

[Delaware6.4]

Thanks wood boy. I put 2 ankle socks then a couple of zip lock bags on the pos bracket. Then taped the ish out of it. Took batt box out too (PITA). I figure I just picked up .0006 by taking the washer fluid out. She's gonna rip tomorrow if the rain is gone! (By rip I mean kinda fast but not really)

 

[WoodBoy]

You can drop your spare also

 

[HOOV3R]

Drop the spare, the hitch, the back seats, and the tailgate.

 

[jimdawg185]

WHS!!!
Good luck, let us know how you do. Im looking forward to my first trip to the track this year.

 

[Delaware6.4]

Got all of that except rear seat out. How bad is that to do? And does it go back together we'll? I don't wanna rig my truck back together

 

[HOOV3R]

Got all of that except rear seat out. How bad is that to do? And does it go back together we'll? I don't wanna rig my truck back together

Easy, if you don't pull the seat you could always at least pull the flip-out storage tray.