The Battery for 2008
 

Now that the BRCA and EFRA have release the legal cells for the 2008 season which ones will become the most popular. As far as I can see we have had a GP phase and now an IB phase. Some are saying that the new Orion SHO cells do not seem to have enough go in them but I have noticed that recently every new car release picture seems to have a pack of them inside. I currently run EP but not many others seem to run these and they are now illegal ones as they are not the revised 2008 ones :thumbdown:.

So what are the views of others on the which battery for 2008?

I have a pack of EP 4600`s and i prefer the IB4200 cells which are 9 months old they still seem to have more punch and feel to them.

Ill be getting more IB`s

Better the devil you know;)

Im going to be running the new EnerG's, the spec for FT ones are: > Factory Team Grade (440+ Seconds / 1.23V+) I will post my specs when i receive them.

Interesting I was thinking of the EnerG cells as well. Anyone else want to pitch in?

Remember that these were out early, before the list, tothers are still thin on the ground. I would not know who is supplying which, I have seen single Yuntong's on the Demon site.

[quote=AmiSMB;93393]Some are saying that the new Orion SHO cells do not seem to have enough go in them quote]

I saw a B44 on Sunday running the Orion cells, and believe me, they had all the "go" in the world in them....:woot:

I'm looking forward to running the SMC EnerG's.

Product placement - car manufacturers get stuff like this free in return for showing it in their new cars to brain wash you :woot:

I'll happily participate in the brainwashing of people - but sadly I think any reviews I do will have my dog-eaten old cells in. :thumbsup:

The new orion cells looked rather disapointing for the first 2/3 charges. After that they where taking around 4600mah after equalising them. I tryed a pack of these that had done a meeting and they have loads of power:woot:

have just orded a set of yungtons from demon, will be intresting to see what they are like;)

POST FROM TRISH (He's on the phone to me)

The 4200 actually refers to 4200 mW/h which equates to 3800mah – Anyone that can work out a bit of electrical theory should be able to work that out. They have been labeled as 4200 but they’ve only done this so they can achieve legal cells (due to having to reduce the width) – I ran them all weekend with no problems and had loads of power, plenty of runtime and if anything I found them better then the IB4200’s.

Nowhere does it actually state 4200mah, so it’s a bit mis-leading but if you read carefully they are perfectly fine.

Is anyone assembling and matching SHO 4200's?

I can find loose cells, but not assembled ones?

Thanks

Chris, As far as i know, Schumacher, Peak and Orion are all matching the SHO EU cell (the legal one!), I know Schumacher have stock, and i know Horizon and Mirage have had stock, but no idea if they have them currently.

Specs of my Team Almighty FT cells: 467sec @ 35amp, 1.235V, 1.4IR.

its like the GP4300 cell, it said in small text 4100mAh, they just called it a 4300 because IB had 4200mAh cells.

have you run them at all ian??

Not yet mate, i hope to get to test them next weekend.

My SMC EnerG's arrived today 467sec@ 35Amp, 1.232V, 1.4IR

So pretty close then ;)

Won't have mine built before the weekend so won't run them much before the first national. Hope they are as good as they look as they have a kind of carbon fibre effect which is good.

Very close! I doubt ill notice any difference between my best and worst packs to be honist, the specs are so high they will be awesome no matter what! :thumbsup:

So, what are the EnerG's like then? any good?

Im going to be testing a batch on sat and then racing them sunday, will report back! :D

Great, cheers for that.

I used 2 packs of my SMC EnerG's 4600 cells(451sec@ 35Amp, 1.235V, 1.3IR) on Sunday at coventry.Used in an S4 with a Novak 5.5L Brushless system. Really pleased with them.
Well impressed with punch from cells. Never dropped during the 5 Mins race. :thumbsup:
Duff cell sorted out on the 3rd pack. SMC sending new cell in post. :p

I think you will be impressed! i've used my Team Almighty packs for a couple of weeks now and they are seriously fast.:thumbsup:

Ran them yesterday and they are simply awesome! 2 warm up laps, a final then another 3-4 mins and still didnt dump, in a 4wd that is pretty impressive! Not sure how long i could have gone for but they never went off at all!

the way your xx4 was on its back wheels for most of the straight ian they were very good :thumbsup:

Anyone else got some experience of the Orions?

I've always used their IB's in the past, so am leaning towards Orion for this season.

Am I right in saying that even though the supplier for the EnerG4600 cells states SMC that the ones matched by Team Almighty are the same and will therefore be BRCA legal?

Yes, they are the same cells and BRCA legal.

I'm most likely going to be running the Orion cell this season, i'm just waiting for Mirage to get some in then I will place my order :thumbsup:

arent the orions in yet i have three packs:confused:

Anyone tried the Yuntongs, i think they sound cool:thumbsup:

Also if you read the instructions on demons site they seem less tempermental!!:thumbsup:

Mirage are out of stock according to the website at the moment

get the orion one's matched my peak from horizon cheaper i think for same cell!!

even cheaper from kyosho:lol:

I bought 3 sets of the team almighty cells, you can see the stats here:

http://www.oople.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8814

I havent run them yet, i've been waiting for my charger to arrive. I'll let you know how good they are when i test them.