Any news on the Battery's for 08
 

Any news on the BRCA battery list for 2008?

Aren't the new Orion SHO cells legal for 2008?

Sure I've read somewhere that they are.

YGPM

batteries
 

Hi Bri,

If you find out anything about the batteries ie a list can you send me a copy cos its getting a bit close.

Behave it's getting a bit close!:rolleyes:, were not even out of January yet, any new cells wouldn't be legal to use until after the indoor finals anyway.

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Yeh but 120 drivers plus all wanting cells will take a little bit of time to sort our and they start April

Oooooo, good point, what cells are we going to have to use at the indoor finals? :confused:

G

Jay thats 120 drivers in off road only think about all the boring car drivers and other classes:o thats alot off new packs needed

The indoor finals are counted as a 2007 meeting, so any that were legal last year.

12th'ers will be getting theirs in August after the 1st batch of iffy ones have gone through. So we'll be on the MK2's which should be faster and more robust :D

is there a date set for the homologated list to be published?

http://www.brca.org/BRCA/elecboard/n...st%202007P.pdf

Updated list has been released apparently

Whats a HD type IB?

4600 !!!!! whats the point ??

I always thought that once on, cells and motors never left 'the list' (apart from ones that became illegal sized) - even if not actually listed? But I guess that's not the case from reading the top of that thread, and I have none of the cells shown.

Not really sure what to get either, there's so many :confused: whats good?!

good job to Paul for getting the list done, I am sure there are a lot of man hours that have gone into that!!

Fat Cobras!! yey :thumbsup:

also

so does this mean that we can't use screws to hold down the battery strap now?

ouch. So I can't even use bulletproof GP3700's? Seems strange to me.

I'm not concerned about capacity, just safety more than anything else.

And the "BRCA Approved" Kapow 4200's that I bought in november aren't on there either. I wonder if they've been taken off the list?

Thumb screws would be ok i guess still.

I was just thinking that. Its nice to have a large shopping list to choose from though. :drool:

Some of those cells I haven't heard of before.

What!!!! you cant use GP 3700's? Is that for definate? What about for use in regionals?

dam, so that means i cant use my ep 4200's cos they dont say 08 on the side.

what are yungtong 4300's they look well fit!

from what I've been reading,

2008 list is for BRCA nationals, whatever class you race, off-road, on-road, 12th Pan Car.

Regionals can run the older batteries this year and from 2009 all cells must be on the list for Nationals & Regionals.

correct me if I'm wrong

Cheers chequred! I hope your right as Ive just bought 5 packs of 3700's thinking they would be ok for this year! Luckily Im not doin nationals but will be doin regionals, so I hope your right!!!:o:o

i like the way pitures have been uesd:thumbsup:weres me flexible freind gone:woot:

it does say at top of the page, cells for national events in 08, so until 09 you can use what was legal last year

ive got a set of EP 4200s (and some other random ones lol) and love them :thumbsup:

i would recommend them and i think andy and matt will back me up?!

Am I missing something here, you're all responding like it is a new list, so I must be clicking the link and being directed to the wrong page. The list I see states valid from 1st April 2007, and last edited 01/01/07.... that 2007, we're 2008...

When I click on the link you've quoted it takes me to the Jan 2008 list?

ive got the Jan 08 aswell :confused:

its defo 2008 list Chris ..
date is in the left hand corner :thumbsup:

I missed something here? cells from last year aren't on the list.

Its on the right for me :lol: lol

i think the list means you can use last years 07 cells for 08 regionals(not nationals),but as from 09 cells have to be on list for nationals(as normal) and regionals:confused:think thats how it read to me:woot:

its been a long day !!!! lol :(

yeah that's what I thought
like I said though, so many cells I've never seen or heard of before!

yeah,there is some strangers on that list. i think them ep 4200's will be wise move jim:confused:from what ive heared about them:eh?:

I've got some from last year and they're my best cells. Won't be allowed to use them at the Nats but yeah if they are pretty much the same cells I think I'll consider getting those again.

I am having the same problem as Chris it says 1st April 2007.

Not sure why that is, I could download it and upload it here (might be a problem on their server) but if they change / update it then mine could be misleading so it's best to get things direct from the BRCA.

If anyone has any experience with the latest cells on this list then give some feedback in here. That goes for the future too - might as well tell us all when they vent on their first charge, or blow your car to bits :woot:

did you find they would drain quickly:confused:like ib's did when not in use.im realy temted for the new ep ones.