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03-22-2012, 10:20 PM	#11 (permalink)
larrybuck Master EcoModder Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: sw Washington (state), a little north of Vancouver Posts: 1,142 Thanks: 295 Thanked 111 Times in 82 Posts	I don't know what physical size battery your Sentra takes; but if the cranking power that is needed is not much different than say my '87 CRX; my battery is fairly small, and you might save a few #'s, but for your overall $ output, you might wait until you really need a different one. __________________ 06 Chev MonteC JG#24tribute car 30mpg 00 Honda Insight 63MPG 98 Buick Park Ave3.8 33MPG 89 Toyota Corolla wag 53MPG so far 81 VW Rabbit diesel pu 50MPG+ 80 Mercedes 240D stick 30-ish 90 vette 6-speed,29ish 07 Honda ST1300 55MPG 83 Honda 650 GL 64MPG 19 Suzuki dr200 88MPG23 HondaGrom?+Tow K10D Sub 26mpg NEVER,NEVER GIVE UP! PUMP THOSE TIRES UP! DRIVE IN YOUR SOCKS FOR SENSITIVITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SLOW DOWN AND SMOOTH UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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03-23-2012, 05:08 PM	#12 (permalink)
deathtrain Master EcoModder Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: houston Posts: 374 Black Knight - '94 Toyota Corolla Team Toyota 90 day: 58.53 mpg (US) Thanks: 3 Thanked 38 Times in 33 Posts	the thing I can see would be that if you want to add another battery in parallel for an alternator delete. Just for having the room for both batteries. after that not really needed.

03-23-2012, 07:14 PM	#13 (permalink)
oil pan 4 Corporate imperialist Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: NewMexico (USA) Posts: 11,189 Sub - '84 Chevy Diesel Suburban C10 SUV 90 day: 19.5 mpg (US) camaro - '85 Chevy Camaro Z28 Riot - '03 Kia Rio POS Team Hyundai 90 day: 30.21 mpg (US) Bug - '01 VW Beetle GLSturbo 90 day: 26.43 mpg (US) Sub2500 - '86 GMC Suburban C2500 90 day: 11.95 mpg (US) Snow flake - '11 Nissan Leaf SL SUV 90 day: 141.63 mpg (US) Thanks: 270 Thanked 3,528 Times in 2,802 Posts	No other reason? For me, I am relocating my battery so I can put in ramair and a huge air filter. __________________ 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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