Any news on the Battery's for 08

[losixxx]

the orion one's are in stock at horizon (peak matched) £56.99 RRPand mirage (orion matched(if think) £59.99 RRP

[Southwell]

Nice, £180 bill i wasn't expecting....the nuts were already on the block after blowing £400 on new speedos

[josh_smaxx]

Originally Posted by losixxx

the orion one's are in stock at horizon (peak matched) £56.99 RRPand mirage (orion matched(if think) £59.99 RRP

Nice

[DanW]

Originally Posted by strobe

Any Model shops got any of the these cells for 2008 national season in stock.

Theres gonna be plenty of models shops stuck with stocks of older "2007" spec cells. Bet theres some pissed off shop keepers reading the list.

Rules are rules though, just got to live with it.

[_JP_]

Originally Posted by Southwell

Nice, £180 bill i wasn't expecting....the nuts were already on the block after blowing £400 on new speedos

snap, I thought I was ok and it was only 3800+ grrrr

[jimarea51]

Hi all,

I'm just buying 1 pack of legal cells and charging them up after each race, Last year i was only using 2200mah-2600mah so will have enough time to cool 'em down and recharge.... I'll run the same pack after resoldering them to fit in my 4wd the day after....

Cheap as chips

Jim

[bigred5765]

playing devils advocate here i may be
but why would anyone buy cells at the end of a season, and still think they'll be OK for outdoors next year,
thrashing them over the winter indoors is going to ruin them no matter how good/gentle your are with them,surely you would buy after the new list is released,
then kill em indoors,we manage on 4 really knacked cells all indoors and still had good results,not that indoor results matter anyways
it does say on the list APPROVED BATTERY LIST, Jan. 2008.
Only cells detailed below are approved for BRCA National Events in 2008.
so i take that to means no 3700 no 3800 etc

[blitzboy]

here wew go agian will some one please get upto date lipos are the way to go ans thats a fact but its seems the powers that be have spoken oh tihs is the place to go guys for your cells www.theraceplace.co.uk

these guys are on the ball ,,,, im gettin mine sorted as soon as i sell the others not thta its worth it but eh thats the rules

[Northy]

Originally Posted by blitzboy

here wew go agian will some one please get upto date lipos are the way to go ans thats a fact......

But the same would happen if some lipo's that people have bought were not on the list wouldn't it?

G

[terry.sc]

Originally Posted by blitzboy

here wew go agian will some one please get upto date lipos are the way to go ans thats a fact but its seems the powers that be have spoken

Well if some of the racers went to the AGM and proposed them and the majority of the racers there voted for them we would all be running them. The 'powers' are all the BRCA members, it's got nothing to do with the BRCA committee. Bikes have been running them for years and the touring cars will be running lipos in the prostock class because the racers wanted them.

[josh_smaxx]

Lets face it, no matter what they brought out as legal cells there was going to be arguments and unhappy people, we just have to live with it, these are the people who make our hobby happen so who are we to complain? (sorry for being really hipocritical there ) We arnt always going to 'get on' with them but we unfortunately have to live with it.

[big air]

Originally Posted by josh_smaxx

Are you sure there a completely new cell? They has been one reported case of an EP cell exploding and the BRCA have reportidly put some examples through some really rough testing abusing them in nearly every way possible and have had no detinations so i dont see how they need to bring a new '08 version out to make the rules. I measured one of my EP cells as soon as its peaked (used for 2 nights a week since end of June) and it measured 43.3xx mm in length so it must be less than 43mm sat normally.

2 ep 4200 cells exploded quietly in a race at teesside on sat night In a tt01, They are always charged at 4 amps and looked after, I think they were only 6 weeks old matched from a well known company

[David Church]

Like I said earlier in this thread, I should be able to sort out Slingshot cells, pm me if interested, EP's 4200 or E-Power 4500's

[josh_smaxx]

Originally Posted by big air

2 ep 4200 cells exploded quietly in a race at teesside on sat night In a tt01, They are always charged at 4 amps and looked after, I think they were only 6 weeks old matched from a well known company

Is that 2 out of the same pack? could they have been shorted out?

[DCM]

it isn't the fact that the new cells are on the list, it is the fact that the old ones are not.

re: buying cells before indoor season, I buy my cells as and when funds allow and deals come up, and as I don't really do nationals, then it doesn't matter when I buy my cells.

My grumble is the fact that now there will be a rush on for the new cells, garaunteed the prices will be high until the rush has gone down a bit, and that in all the years past, what went on the list staid on the list, I know ALL about the size ruling but just assumed that in 2008 if they submitted oversize cells, they wouldn't be cleared, not that the whole rest of the list would be deleted.....

Think the BRCA may well have shot themselves in the foot a little there....

[big air]

Originally Posted by josh_smaxx

Is that 2 out of the same pack? could they have been shorted out?

Nope checked them out after they were put outside and the heat of the first one must have set the other one off, they didn't touch anything just went up

[josh_smaxx]

Originally Posted by big air

Nope checked them out after they were put outside and the heat of the first one must have set the other one off, they didn't touch anything just went up

Hmmm, thats bad then, maybe some faulty ones

[showtime]

Originally Posted by David Church

Like I said earlier in this thread, I should be able to sort out Slingshot cells, pm me if interested, EP's 4200 or E-Power 4500's

i ran some E-Power 4500's at Newbury 2 weeks ago & they seemed very good

[markwilliamson2001]

I think I am in the same position as most others here, and had intended doing some nationals this year, and could have easily of competed with my GP3700's had they been legal. I bought most of my cells in April/May of last year, and since the message has been out since 2005 that cells "might" be illegal, but nothing actually happened, most of us would buy cells we could afford AND that were legal within the last two years. This means GP3300/3700 and IB 3200/3800 which are perfectly safe reliable and easily last a race, are now illegal. Thank god that this only effects nationals, as I would be down to club racing only....

Slightly annoyed paying racer...

Oh well
Mark

[Wraggy]

Originally Posted by losixxx

the orion one's are in stock at horizon (peak matched) £56.99 RRPand mirage (orion matched(if think) £59.99 RRP

cheap as chips then! and here was me thinking of buying 8 new packs! guess i may think about it again