"William Schenker" <schenker@mediaone.net> wrote:
> My oem battery is about to die, and so I'd like to look at getting a lighter
> 'racing' battery.
>
> This car IS a daily driver.
> Any suggestions for brands/types and places to purchase?
I have an Odyssey battery: www.odysseybatteries.com. (They used
to be known as "Black Panther" batteries.) More info here:
http://www.gti-vr6.net/library/electrical/blk_panther_batteries.html
(For access, use id: driver password: hired ) The one I have is
the smallest & lightest Odyssey battery. It weighs 25 lbs. My last
stock replacement battery weighed 40 lbs.
One gotcha: these batteries, while having a "normal" "Cold Cranking
Amp" rating, have lower capacity than a normal battery. While a
normal battery may still have enough juice to crank the engine after
a whole day of the car's running lights being left on, an Odyssey
won't. Odyssey claims that the battery can withstand up to 500 deep
discharge cycles where the battery is discharged to 80%. (They said
nothing about 100% discharge though!)
I do not have any experience with Optima batteries. A bit of Web
searching shows that the Optima 850/6 (19 lbs.) and D750/6 (24 lbs.)
are the small and light ones.
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Andy Nguyen \ aqn@panix.com \ http://www.panix.com/~aqn/
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