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Originally Posted by sendler
Does a lighter battery save fuel? What is the payback on the Lithium battery? Or thousands of dollars of rear end pieces?
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I don't know what the pay back on the battery is. It was originally done for my suburban to delete the lead acid batteries up front to make room for a second turbocharger and to fit the largest off the shelf air filter I could find under the hood, after I built an air cleaner around it.
Then the Camaro needed a new battery and since the suburban lithium batteries are on quick disconnects. It wasn't a huge stretch of the imagination to fix that problem.
So the lithium battery mod really didn't cost anything and has already saved me cost of at least 1 battery.
Don't worry about the rear end, it will serve many functions beyond the what the GM 7.5 inch 10 bolt could ever dream of in addition to saving weight.
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1984 chevy suburban, custom made 6.5L diesel turbocharged with a Garrett T76 and Holset HE351VE, 22:1 compression 13psi of intercooled boost.
1989 firebird mostly stock. Aside from the 6-speed manual trans, corvette gen 5 front brakes, 1LE drive shaft, 4th Gen disc brake fbody rear end.
2011 leaf SL, white, portable 240v CHAdeMO, trailer hitch, new batt as of 2014.
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