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Jan 31, 2004 | 05:52 PM

#21

white_n_slow

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From: Your Mom's House

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Originally Posted by CivicSiRacer

There are lots of legal things for STS in 2004

But trunk mounted batteries have always been legal as long as it's secure and vented.

-motor mount bushing inserts are legal now
-any aftermarket seat which weighs at least 15lbs

yeah, the techs around here often rely on hunches more than the book. Anyway, unless I'm winning, nobody cares, so I don't really have to worry about it.

Jan 31, 2004 | 07:22 PM

#22

CivicSiRacer

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From: Someplace with cones=AUTO

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Originally Posted by white_n_slow

yeah, the techs around here often rely on hunches more than the book. Anyway, unless I'm winning, nobody cares, so I don't really have to worry about it.

Well it's in the book so it's legal

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Feb 1, 2004 | 02:13 AM

#23

white_n_slow

it's my D in a B

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From: Your Mom's House

seriously... I wish I still had my rulebook

. Anyways, I think I know what my project for this weekend will be

Feb 1, 2004 | 07:30 AM

#24

Jafro

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From: Richmond, VA

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Originally Posted by Bakeoff

lmao, you guys knock me out. You think there's something draining the battery?

Actually, I misread this. Someone else posted that they replaced their battery, not Spood. I thought he had already replaced his battery and was still having problems. My bad. That's why I gave that advice. It is cold as balls in MN.

Die Hard's do suck, IMO. In '91, I had one in my Toyota truck, and when I bought that battery, the first 2 die hard Gold's they pulled off the shelf were DOA, the third one worked, and it died a horrible death about a year and a half later. I was pissed because SEARS charged me $152 for that battery, and when I went back to claim on that 5-year warranty, their warranty only knocked $20 off a new battery.

That's when I started using Interstate. That Interstate battery was still in my truck in '97 when I rear-ended a Volvo and totaled it. I had a 430w system with an active crossover, 10 disc changer, 3 amplifiers and a radar detector. That battery got a serious work-out, but was extremely heavy.