Diary of a Madman; TitaniumTT's see you @ DGRRXI RE-REbuild

[project86]

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

Either a trickle charge or COMPLETELY disco the battery. But that defeats the purpose of alarms and radio mem's. In a track car it's fine. Setup the disco on the negative side and you'll NEVER have an issue. I've had them hold a charge in storage over a winter doing that. But two+ weeks with a slow drain.... <1A, and they're fucked.

Glad to know I'm not the only one.

Maybe the answer is to actually drive the car

Dude i had the same problem with my red top. The first time i re worked my front end in the body shop ( it didnt sit for that long) the damn thing was completely dead. I was kinda shocked. Ive tried braile batteries. I still have one of their lightweight carbon race batteries. Its pretty cool. CCA is really low and i think the CA was only around 700 something. but they make bigger ones too i think.

BTW fuel cell looks super.

[Max777]

Originally Posted by project86

Dude i had the same problem with my red top. The first time i re worked my front end in the body shop ( it didnt sit for that long) the damn thing was completely dead. I was kinda shocked. Ive tried braile batteries. I still have one of their lightweight carbon race batteries. Its pretty cool. CCA is really low and i think the CA was only around 700 something. but they make bigger ones too i think.

BTW fuel cell looks super.

The red tops suck... the yellow top is where it's at. [EDIT]: I'm not completely sure how it works, but the yellow optima is designed for people with heavy sound systems, and people that tend to drain their batery often... I have abused the shit out of my battery and it still works great. [/Edit]

I hope not to jinx anything, but I've had one ever since my old fc vert and I love it. I would leave the stereo on for 4 hours, leave the lights on for 30 min, leave the car KOEO overnight... pretty much do whatever the fuck I want and it ALWAYS starts... fucking ALWAYS.


So, I dunno what you're talking bout.... mush have bought the wrong battery?

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by MaczPayne

If you want the Paul Bunyan of batteries, go with an East Penn Deka Intimidator AGM battery.

I have a Deka ETX16 17lb battery in my fc, been working great so far; I finally installed it in my car after 2 years, it still fired up

Nice. The only problem is the super sexy billet hold down that I bought was machined specifically for the 75/25 series. I could always move that over to the truck, except I think that's running the 34 series.... sigh. I dunno. I may find a dealer and try to swap the fucker out for a yellow top. If they won't be good about it, and I bought the thing about a year ago, then fuck them. I'll check out that Deka. Is that a gel cell, dry top, no fumes when charging battery? Got the thing mounted in the passenger bin

Originally Posted by Max777

The red tops suck... the yellow top is where it's at. [EDIT]: I'm not completely sure how it works, but the yellow optima is designed for people with heavy sound systems, and people that tend to drain their batery often... I have abused the shit out of my battery and it still works great. [/Edit]

I hope not to jinx anything, but I've had one ever since my old fc vert and I love it. I would leave the stereo on for 4 hours, leave the lights on for 30 min, leave the car KOEO overnight... pretty much do whatever the fuck I want and it ALWAYS starts... fucking ALWAYS.


So, I dunno what you're talking bout.... mush have bought the wrong battery?

No, the red one is the standard starting battery. The yellow is a deep cycle that is designed to be able to be brought back from the dead with no issues. The battery shouldn't die if left unattended for a few days though. It's not that I bought the wrong battery, it's that the battery pretty much blows.

[MaczPayne]

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

Nice. The only problem is the super sexy billet hold down that I bought was machined specifically for the 75/25 series. I could always move that over to the truck, except I think that's running the 34 series.... sigh. I dunno. I may find a dealer and try to swap the fucker out for a yellow top. If they won't be good about it, and I bought the thing about a year ago, then fuck them. I'll check out that Deka. Is that a gel cell, dry top, no fumes when charging battery? Got the thing mounted in the passenger bin

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I've got to build the box for my battery too

Yeah, the Intimidator is a sealed absorbed glass mat battery, perfect for your passenger bin