Does anyone have any recommendations on putting the Crossfire away for 2-3 months? And then.. if so ..any recommendations on bringing it out of storage? Thanks from St. Louis.

 

same for just about any car. Go to any auto part sore and get some gas preservative and put in tank as presribed for how much gas you have in there then run it in idle for 5-10 minutes to make sure gas in lines is all treated. I have tried taking the battery out and putting it on a trickle charger to keep it charged, but that allways seems to be not good on the battery.( i have has roadsters that I have put up every winter for 38 years). so this year I just go out into the garage about every 3 weeks, start it up and let the the altenator keep the battery charged. I am assuming that it will charge at idle. Batteries do not like to be let to run completely down. When I did the remove and trickle charge the batteries never lasted more than two years. You can move the car a few inches back and forth to keep from flat spotting the tires as well. But I have never had a problem with the tires when I didn't move it.

 

I never use any gas stabilizer - never had a problem... yet my garage is heated. I use a good ($35) trickle charger that switches to pulse mode and has never damaged a battery. The pulse mode keeps the sufates from building up on the plates. When you say put it up for the winter I had to laugh for mine is truly "up" for the winter... its on my 4 post lift 5.5' in the air with my GN under it...

 

I don't like the trickle charger, seems to work against battery life. Fill the gas tank all the way to prevent condensation. I try to store with new oil in the car. I start mine about every 2 weeks because it does get pretty cold here. Run it through a good wash with undercarrage nozzles to get the salt/deicer off the bottom and throw a car cover of some sort on it to keep the dust off.

 

Yeah, lifting it off the ground will be better on the suspention. There is a little charger that is made just for what you are thinking. Check out at http://www.batterysales.com/batteryminder.cfm

 

bobg.
I bought the batteryminder and tried it. Don't waste you money! The product is just another trickle charger that doesn't put enough of a charge on the battery to start the car. I had to put the car on a 100 amp starter(start, not charge position) to get it started. Then the battery would only hold a charge for about 4-5 days. This was a new battery the previous summer. by the fall it was totally shot and had to buy a new battery. I guess batteries don't like trickle chargers like a previous poster said.

 

I disagree I have all three of my show cars on them (exactly what bobg linked to) and never a problem. Tru they are not a big amp charger or even a 100 amp booster for starting cars with dead batteries. Its possible you just got a bad battery. Sounds like they did not warrentee it? Thats bad.

 

do you leave the battery in the car and do you then leave it on full time? I would put it on the battery only until the light indicated that it was finished. I had removed the battery from the car to get it out of the cold up here in akron. I then would put it on a week or so later. Maybe my method was faulty.

 

I just leave it on. Batteries remain in the cars and connected. Green light pulses when in "super trickle charge mode".

 

If you ARE removing your battery, don't store it on a cement floor. This will kill the battery.

 

i stored in on a completely wood cabinet. thanks anyway.