Battery, cranking power.

[Kenobi]

ok lets say your the ultimate car enthusiast and money is no object.

What make a battery worth having? is it the weight compareed to cranking power ratio?

What battery would you have if it was free?

[5alldaway]

those redtop batteries are ment to be good, comes in a few brands, have a look on ebay. i didnt fancy paying over 100 for one of those

i just get a normal battery from a scrappy cause they do the job fine

[Leigh]

I always go for the Varta make and the biggest i can fit in the tray and have never had one let me down.

[Misky]

I have a bosch one, 5 year warrenty on it. Cost £55 from costco!
But im just modding my tray to fit this :laugh:
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[Kenobi]

Does anyone think about the weight of these things then?

[D4WNO]

Moving to technical forum

[Tiny Tim]

Moving to technical forum

Shouldnt you be working?

[D4WNO]

I'm on my lunch :p

[djinuk]

halfords trade, battery with the longest warranty, £45 4 year warranty, if it fails it goes back, if not then all good hey.

[Trevhib]

Does anyone think about the weight of these things then?

Was going to mention this myself. I wonder what battery Andy Cooke runs with.

A lot of the Jap guys go with the slimline batteries. Not sure if they weight any less, I'm assuming they must do. We all know a 1-2kg weight saving is gold dust to Andy for example.

[Grunge]

The last one i brought cost £27 - 3year warranty type 063. Normaly the higher CCA the more it is going to weigh. Also i find that the 'better'(if you can say that) quality ones will also weigh more. I wouldnt say any battery is going to be better than another one. We change stocks most years just to be compet on prices. I would say go for what you no and like as a make. Normaly people will say the more known makes are better. However just because they are known dont make them better. I no for a fact that ECP's own "lion" brand they sold last year was made by "bosh" and they sold them with a lifetime guarantee of the car. Then sold the bosh with a 3year warranty for alot more.... They sold more bosh ones.. just because they said bosh on them.. I always kill my battery before its out of warranty =] soz about the essay ^^

[turbodave]

i have a redtop battery in mine should have cost.... £145 :eek::eek::eek:
but my uncle borrowed it from work for me ;)
it does weigh a fair bit though

[Trevhib]

Anyone else?

[Scoff]

I think andy's battery was very small, only cabable of running the ECU and bare essentials. I think he started the car from a seperate supply. Nor did he run an alternator, heavy things those!