What battery do you have under your hood?

[porksoda 10+ year member]

I am wondering what kind of battery you guys are running in your cars?

I currently have a old 8 year old battery in my 1966 Dodge Dart that I badly need to replace.

Also what kind of battery chargers are you all using?

I saw that Advance Auto has Optima Redtops for $189.99 but you can use promo code "VISA" and that will knock off $50. So the Optima Redtop will be knocked down to $139.99.

Wont be bad because I can just pick it up locally so I wont have to worry about shipping. Also if I need it shipped they ship for free because of how much the purchase is.

But I am curious about Optima batteries. Only reason I say that is because I have never ran them before. I hear that the older Optima's were awesome but the newer ones are not so much.

Well thanks for the help!

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[Imtjnotu 5,000+ posts]

the optima red isnt a deep cycle....

on ebay search shuriken battery

 

[porksoda 10+ year member]

I forgot to mention that the car sits for long periods of time.

That is why I am kinda leaning toward a AGM/Gel Cell battery.

I dont want to have to jump start the vehicle after sitting for a while.

Thanks everyone!

 

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the optima red isnt a deep cycle....
on ebay search shuriken battery

But do I really need a Deep cycle battery under the hood?

 

[Imtjnotu 5,000+ posts]

shuriken battery | eBay

 

[disturbed471985 5,000+ posts]

I don't have any under my hood.. But I do have 2 9a31's in the trunk. Optima's would be my last choice of battery to run. They cost way to much for what they give you other then a name.

 

[audiobaun 5,000+ posts]

I use 2 redtops,and they have served me well..I really like the info that IMTJNOTU has given..I may consider a change!!!Great pricing as well!

 

[Bad4health 10+ year member]

deka boyyyy

 

[QuietEclipse29 10+ year member]

Batcap 3000 under hood 4k's in the trunk

 

[Chriszle 10+ year member]

Odyssey under the hood.

 

[akheathen Premium Member]

it's weird...... i sometimes hear the fabled legend that someone has had real good luck with optima......... well, i have never seen it first-hand.... just this year, i tossed out 13 red tops, and 3 yellow tops. one almost exploded while charging... the one i used to have set up on my bench power supply...just 3 days ago, another yellow top in a freinds car swollen like a marsh-mellow. generally, yellow and red has never done well in storage, in my experience. that being said, when there is no problems, they do work well....my first yellow top pumped an amazing 2500+ cranking amps after being frozen, then constant amperage charged by the retailer......... i run an x2power under my hood and love it. btw, blue tops seem to not have such problems from what i've seen.

 

[Imtjnotu 5,000+ posts]

it's weird...... i sometimes hear the fabled legend that someone has had real good luck with optima......... well, i have never seen it first-hand.... just this year, i tossed out 13 red tops, and 3 yellow tops. one almost exploded while charging... the one i used to have set up on my bench power supply...just 3 days ago, another yellow top in a freinds car swollen like a marsh-mellow. generally, yellow and red has never done well in storage, in my experience. that being said, when there is no problems, they do work well....my first yellow top pumped an amazing 2500+ cranking amps after being frozen, then constant amperage charged by the retailer......... i run an x2power under my hood and love it. btw, blue tops seem to not have such problems from what i've seen.

i have a yellow top in the trunk and it does work....i will how ever be upgrading to NSB sometime at the end of this yar

 

[All_Logix 10+ year member]

Hasn't been mentioned yet but I run a Kinetik HC1400 under the hood, then agian I dont need tremendous amounts of power I only run about 150 amps to the trunk

 

[Heeltoeclutch 10+ year member]

Redtop under my huhd.

It starts my car. It's red. It hasn't been a pooface and died yet.

 

[nateberrier 10+ year member]

I have what came from honda, it ***** because the car sat for a year on the lot and the batt rests at 12.4 I thought about getting a lil xs or fiamm but id have to move the posts and crap

 

[Heeltoeclutch 10+ year member]

Hee cute lil Fit battery //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif