HC battery question

[ithaj0kai@live.com]

I am looking into batteries right now for my 929, and I can not for the life of me seem to find what amount of CCA's I need. I have found them for hondas and almost everything else, but not my car.

Can anyone help me out here?

[nine2nine]

Get the most you can in the standard size (if its still in standard location). But ideally you should have 450-550.

I have 680cca but mine is in the boot, so i have made a tray to take a flatter and wider European style battery that has a its ventilating pipe to vent to outside the cabin.

[6929er]

^^^^^^^^
agreed.
i just bought a new battery a couple of weeks ago and its rated at 550CCA.
ur other alternative could be a dry cell battery. a lot of the time they are smaller (more expensive) but much more powerful and can take a lot of knocks too, which is probably a good thing since your gonna be using ur HC out on the track.

james.

[sim_rx3]

mine is a 950cca

optima yellow top.

bought it for $400 in 1994 brand new. its still going today (touch wood)

[ithaj0kai@live.com]

Wow, 950 CCA is a bit over board.

I guess I will end up going with a optima red top, and suffice with a 34# battery

[mazdaspeed929]

I have a optima red top in my blue 929.

[Matsuda 9]

HC Batteries are:

This is the large one (stated for middle east)
Model: 80D26L
Amps: 70AH
CCA:580

This is smaller one (stated for europe/australia)

Model: 50D20L
Amps: 50Ah
CCA:460


Myself i Use Exide Blue top (got good price at the time)

Model: ORB34DC-48 ORBITAL -BLUE
Amps: 50Ah (i think)
CCA:700-800


here some good info on that battery: http://home.people.net.au/~fineserve1/product_4.html

[nine2nine]

The reality is, unless you have a big stereo or something, any battery that will turn over the engine easily should suffice. But if you want to do slides and things then a dry cell like the others have is definitely the best, cause it cant get shaken up or leak or fume or anything else.
Just depends on your budget, i looked into them a lot but there's no way i could have afforded one at $450 AUS (im sure some of you have contacts though)

[ithaj0kai@live.com]

I will be running a gel or dry cell battery, that is fully sealed. Because the car will see lots of bumps and ****.

I was however looking for a battery that was under 30#, optima redtops are 34#'s which I dont really need.

My car has no radio, and none of that garbage. It may when I am finished, but I doubt it.

[sim_rx3]

if its a daily get a red top.

if its a weekender get a yellow top.

D34 is not the only battery available

there is the smaller 25 & 34

and 75/25