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Battery cap upgrade
Well I guess it's about time I post this. If you read my "truth about caps" in electronics you will know that I stated the only way for a cap to increase performance is for one to be hooked up directly to the batteries.
This mod is quite simple if you have decent soldering skills. Simply buy a cap (the bigger the better) from rs (like 2 bucks) and solder the positive lead to the red battery connection at the board and the negative to the black battery connection at the board. The end result should look like this.. What you will notice is an increase in acceleration off of the line and increased acceleration after coasting or braking. This will in NO WAY increase your top speed... |
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ZX9BART,
Say if you used this, do you think heatshrinking the leads would be a good idea, as if they touched, won't the batteries short? And with lithium, heatshrinking the leads would be a good idea, there are micro caps that were sold on Performance Xmods, and now JDR, just more BS(JDR's is NOS Tank) . On PX, Mike stated it would get damaged if the voltage applied was over 5.5V, now how do you come to this conclusion, is it stated on the packaging of the capacitor? |
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I didnt heatshrink and have been running it for close to a year. The cap I used is 24 (? cant remember) volt so how in the world could 5 volts harm it. The general rule is to use a cap with twice the rated voltage of what you will use. heatshrink would do no harm but the cap leads are plenty stiff. Malcolm drives it and his style is to bounce off of the corners, he says brakes are boring.
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Poor kid never had a chance at a normal life. Me as a dad, his brother (WOW a book in the making) and his sister (female satan).
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LOL thank you for putting this cap upgrade up, i kept telling people that teh one on the motor does near nothing... |
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No body said anything about world of warcraft...nerd alert, meme went nerd!
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skin hubcaps and all leather cow interior and big brown baby seal eyes for headlights. Yeah! And I'm gonna drive around in that baby at 115 miles an hour, getting 1 mile per gallon. I may be king of the idiots, but my kingdom is vast and my subjects are everywhere |
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Oh and bart, the cap you use is different, here's the one Mike refers to: http://www.xmodded.co.uk/shop/index....&productId=755 Last edited by 2wdpancar; 05-11-2008 at 06:02 AM.. |
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the negaive lead is the shorter lead on any electronic componant of which corect polarities should be known, if you accidently snipped them both to the same size, then look for the highlighted area on the cap, its usually lighter but sometimes darker than the rest of the capacitors "wrapping" and often right above the neg. lead
look at this pic EDIT: looks like texan beat me to it...o well atleast i got a pic right...lol |
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Check the link that I posted in your other cap thread. It has the whole shi-bang
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I know this seems stupid,but can you or somebody show me a vide of the performance(not the speed,but how it works)??
Good upgrade though,whats the best cap to get(from Radio Shack)??
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Speed and acceleration are nearly impossible to capture on video(watch the making of f&f). I chose the biggest cap at RS that would easily fit under the body, it was like $1.99. Cant remember the specs and for some reason cant seem to find the car (it's a conspiracy and the kids must be behind it!)
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hi i was wondering if you have done this to a gen1 before? if so can i get a pic?
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you won't want to get to big, because if your running your car ata stop and go stop and go pace you have to remember that the cap may take some time to refill, and the bigger the capcitor the longer it takes.
--don't be discouraged by this post though, currentflow is very fast and your cap should fill up seemingly immidiatly-it also depends on the intervals of how often yoou're "stop and going" |
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Is it possible to just put the cap on,without soldering ??
I bought 2 caps,one large,one small,and I really dont wanna solder in that area,I dont think my soldering iron is working anyway,I havent used in a while.
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