It works. I've never ran it like that at the track, but I did try it at the
house and drove around the block, with headlights even. No doubt the battery
would become discharged fairly quickly but she'll run (for a while). I didn't
try it at the track because everyone told me that it's not a good idea on a
computer controlled egine like our trucks. With all the cranking and waiting
in the staging lanes I felt the battery might drain too much with all the starts.
And the current drop at high rpms *could* degrade performance (poor spark)
but you're right, it is an interesting idea. I wish someone would do some testing
and report back to us on it.
--Mike
>How do you run without an Alternator? Never tried running an engine on the
>battery alone. I guess once it gets started, it should keep going, but all
>the power that the guages and computer use? Interesting idea though.
>
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