What kind of battery do you use?

[enkei2k]

just curious for your s chassis, z chassis, whatever the heck, i have some ghetto energizer brand battery right now and i feel like it's gonna take a crap on me any minute. i'm no bandwagon jumper so whatever you got is fine. i'm just looking to see the best bang for the buck deal. also, pics would help thanks.

[punxva]

i dont have any pics as of right now, but i'll be running a westco battery for a miata in the engine bay of my new car

[turbo_dreams]

Optima redtop. I think my next one might be a braille, they have a cf one i really want, but $350 for a battery, i can't justify.

[MandTPhotography]

Optima Redtop sitting in an aluminum box behind my rollcage.

[kognition]

Braille in my track car. Have had the same one for the last three racing seasons.

[Jaketenpointo]

I have a Optima redtop. Got it for 80 bucks off of cragislist

[boozels]

I run a odyssey pc680 in the track car, and could not be happier!

[bboyoracle]

I am using a battery off a miata to clear my cold pipe piping. My westco battery shitted on me =/

[MandTPhotography]

Braille in my track car. Have had the same one for the last three racing seasons.

Which one?

I might be moving to a Braille soon.

[garagelu]

I use a braille 2317r. I had a odyssey battery for 3 years before it finally died on me. I bought the braille since it was only 20 or 30 dollars more than the odyssey and looks sleeker in black. Plus it definitely performs better than the odyssey.

[lolatclint]

autozone ;]

[sliksta1]

i got a redtop optima for like $100 about 4-5 years ago and is still working great on my s13 that i DD. no problems at all.... absolutly amazing battery worth every penny! wish they made smaller ones so i could relocate it back to the engine bay.

[lucky7]

red top, and its in the trunk.

[SilviaSR20DET]

lawn mower battery from walmart

[IIIXziuR]

Optima Redtop, relocated to the trunk.

It seems sucky though. I have to recharge it if I don't move the car for a week.

[95Gstman]

Optima red top. Not sure it is worth the money. I mean it starts the car like any other battery. I did not pay for it. It came with the car so I like it.

[KoukiMonsta]

i need a new one and seems like the red top might be a good choice

[JRas]

Wallmart * it was free :P

[lucky7]

i had a wally world battery in my talon. if i didnt start the car for a couple days, it would go completely dead. i replaced it 3 times before i got one that could hold a charge. what a piece. my redtop is going on prob 3 years now. i just charged it up about a month ago, and went to start up the car on sunday. it started fine. i was expecting it to be dead again.

[kognition]

Braille B 14 115

Which one?

I might be moving to a Braille soon.

[zenki.life]

optima yellowtop. i needed it to run my system. im hoping to get new arms and legs soon, because buying it cost me mine. lol

[YoungGun]

Interstate.

It makes me feel like a nascar driver.

[Bubba]

I am using an Optima Yellow Top Starting/Deep Cell. I use it for more than one vehicle on a regular basis so I can't say whether it has lost a charge from sitting or anything yet. Little more slim than the red top I was using. Red Top is in a Chevy Silverado now, since it fit the Chevy battery tray almost perfect I decided it was too large for the 240...

Will be looking into the Braille a lot more next time I look for a replacement.

[PinkPanther]

westco miata battery, works awesome and starts the sr no matter how cold it is outside.

[CrimsonRockett]

Friend is running a Braille with no problems.

I've had my same Optima Red top for 3 full years with no problems.

[PinkPanther]

come to think of it, I had the oem nissan battery in my S14 for 8 years. Top that.

[Tarmac Garage]

Optima red top is what i run

[MrChow]

I've used Redtop for a long time. It's my van for now. I moved on to this Kinetik HC800 (http://www.kinetikaudio.com/hc800.asp) for my audio needs.

Braille has has some nice looking batteries.
(http://www.kinetikaudio.com/hc800.asp)

[lightsource]

Westco 12V31M, from phase2motortrend

[Maiku240sxS14]

Optima Yellow top...running it for 4 years now no problem. Re-located in the trunk.

[landins13]

optima red top in a morrosso battery box behind my passenger seat, i had one of those really small deep cell batteries under the hood when i first did my sr swap but it took a crap on me out of no where and i kept having to pop start the car

[GSXRJJordan]

I use a Autozone 800CCA "Gold" battery, because it's free, and works fine. In a custom batt tray in the trunk, of course :)

Optima Redtop, relocated to the trunk.

It seems sucky though. I have to recharge it if I don't move the car for a week.

That probably has more to do with your car - what kind of charge does the battery keep when fully charged?

i had a wally world battery in my talon. if i didnt start the car for a couple days, it would go completely dead. i replaced it 3 times before i got one that could hold a charge. what a piece. my redtop is going on prob 3 years now. i just charged it up about a month ago, and went to start up the car on sunday. it started fine. i was expecting it to be dead again.

Same thing - usually it's not the battery if it's taking a full charge to begin with.

[lucky7]

they had to test them there in the auto department at walmart before giving me a new one. the 2nd one i got i returned the next day. it didnt have a charge on it when i walked out the door with it. :D the last one i made them check BEFORE i took it home. haha.

[Otto347]

used optimas since forever. No problems here, got around 4 to 5 years out of each one.

[WoolyS14DET]

Factory OEM battery that was relocated to the trunk. No problems no issues

[renegade_ewok]

Odyssey PC680

This battery has balls for it's size

[mademedoit]

I've had a $40 Kmart battery in my car for the last two years but now I got a front mount ic waiting to be installed. I like the 14 lb weight of the pc680 but I have 2 10" subs with a 350 watt amp though. I'd apreicate some opinons on what I should buy.
1. Odyssey pc680 from ebay for $120 (super light but low cca, can't drive to Ebay to return it though) 2. $89 Miata battery from local Vato Zone (ugly, not agm, waranty is good though) 3. $89 Bosch Miata battery from Pep boys ( same cca as #2 plus I think its a sealed bat, good waranty also)

[captainfalco]

I'm on my 2nd Odyssey right now. I had the first for about 2 years and performed without fault. Over the winter though, I should have put it on a trickle charger, because it won't hold a charge now (my fault). I bought another because it already fit with my intercooler pipes and my I wont have to get another bracket to hold it down.

[Mangudai]

Optima Redtop. Still held a charge even when I hadn't started the car for about 1-2 months.

[madd ocx]

die hard gold.. been pretty good so far, had for almost 2 years..

[erikshift]

Interstate.

It makes me feel like a nascar driver.

haha, same here :hsdance:

[MADE]

I'm on my 2nd Odyssey right now. I had the first for about 2 years and performed without fault. Over the winter though, I should have put it on a trickle charger, because it won't hold a charge now (my fault). I bought another because it already fit with my intercooler pipes and my I wont have to get another bracket to hold it down.

Same here I been using Odysseys for awhile and when I keep them charged they never let me down. But everytime I go oversea's they die for sitting. It's still all good thou since they have a 3 yr garantee. I guess I should invest in a trickle charger also.

[spinitsidewayz]

I was thinking about going with braille then i found this...


VWvortex Forums: lightweight battery install..... and some information (http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2353060&page=1)

Going FMIC so goodbye duralast.

[s13dan]

optima yellow top. Got it from a freind pretty much new for 50 bucks. best batt. i have every had. I can run radio all day(no amps ar large speakers) with no probs at all. Its never failed me.

[apex]

optima red top

[neverrain]

1. Odyssey pc680 from ebay for $120 (super light but low cca, can't drive to Ebay to return it though)

You won't be driving anywhere to return a bad battery heh.

[BoostSlideWayz]

DURA LAST!! lol one thing mexico knows how to make is batterys.. i had my car sit for almost a month and it started right up like it never lost charge

[Banegraphix]

optima yellow top in a marine battery box in the passanger side of the trunk

[nismoskyz]

DURA LAST!! lol one thing mexico knows how to make is batterys.. i had my car sit for almost a month and it started right up like it never lost charge

second that

ive had some old duralast ever since i got the car.

thankfully, no problems.

[vvtisupra]

Baker Precision dry cell gel battery.

Gone through those optima red tops etc boo boo pants now I rock baker and so far so good.

Baker Batteries (http://bakerprecision.com/battery.htm)

[95KA-Turbo]

I was thinking about going with braille then i found this...


VWvortex Forums: lightweight battery install..... and some information (http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2353060&page=1)

Going FMIC so goodbye duralast.




That's very interesting information right there....according to Deka's website they're 21lb batteries are not the same as the Braille ones.

I'm running the B3121 battery with these ratings:

21lbs/9.5kg
1380 Pulse Cranking Amps
31 Amp/Hr Reserve
6.6” x 5.2” x 6.8"
Right Side Positive

I've had zero issues with the battery at all. I can completely understand running an 11lb bare bones battery in a track car, but I DD my car and have a sub/amp and I didn't want to risk it. The 21lb battery is slightly smaller then a miata battery, WAY more powerful, weighed less, and from what I could find it was not that much more money either.

[IIIXziuR]

That probably has more to do with your car - what kind of charge does the battery keep when fully charged?

I am having electrical nuisances with the car lately, I think it mainly has to deal with the grounding. I am going to hook the battery up to a trickle charger and see if it still holds charge. Not, the first time this has happened. It died the other day and left me stranded on the road, needless to say I wasn't too dapper about that.

[Homer_Simpson]

Braille in stock location.

[gregfarz78]

used to use optima but the price went way up and I can't justify it anymore, now walmart everstart maxx for $60 and a 6 year warranty its good enough

[SirSilvia]

die hard gold.. been pretty good so far, had for almost 2 years..
werd, got one and love it, i went from an interstate that crapped out on me and then a bad alt and this duralast freaking rocks. I am thinking about a dry cell Braille next, if this one dies on me.

[rocksteady_racer]

I've run one of those interstate batteries for a while. I liked those despite being wet cell. I had an energizer battery for a while in my sentra but it blew up three different times so I definately don't recommend keeping that. I've run 3 different optima red tops in 3 different 240's and a maxima and loving every minute of them. I have a AGM Style miata battery that's going in but I haven't tried that yet so can't comment on it.

[enkei2k]

good info here guys. i guess i'll try the optima red top and see how that goes...i might splurge on a braille though but i don't really care about weight reduction...yet.

[Silverstreek]

westco miata. nice, cause it fits sidways in the stock battery tray so you can run and intercooler pipe through that area easier. and it was fairly inexpensive.

[[email protected]]

Depends, if you're a baller use a Odyssey batteries (no not Honda), if you're on a budget the Wal-Mart Ever-Start batteries are among the best values.

[clark]

i've had an interstate in my isuzu trooper for 9 years no problems lol

and i have a duralast in my s13 coupe for like 1.5 years. bitch never fails me

[C_MONEY]

optima redtop here

[GaMBiTx]

Autozone Duralast GOLD.
Goto autozone to test your battery.

[xs240]

braille auto 11.5lbs.... AMAZING... its so tiny... no one believes it can start a a 4 banger much less a v8 lol. 360cca, 160 bux shipped~... smaller than oddysy. The oddysy stuff became more expensive... so I went with the braille auto. Always wanted one.

[s13skank]

Optima red top

[ReLiC]

Optima yellow top. $90 brand new :)