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?
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?
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
I always go for the Varta make and the biggest i can fit in the tray and have never had one let me down.
I have a bosch one, 5 year warrenty on it. Cost £55 from costco!
But im just modding my tray to fit this
Does anyone think about the weight of these things then?
Moving to technical forum
Shouldnt you be working?Originally Posted by D4WNO
I'm on my lunch
halfords trade, battery with the longest warranty, £45 4 year warranty, if it fails it goes back, if not then all good hey.
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.
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 ^^
i have a redtop battery in mine should have cost.... £145
but my uncle borrowed it from work for me
it does weigh a fair bit though
Anyone else?
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!
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