What Battery to use?

[killer67]

Originally Posted by canrc

Thanks Fernando, will you be running the braille with you new beast of a motor??

Yeah - I will be running two of them

[hifi875]

i am running a stinger battery, which i think is the exact same as the oddysey. never had a ounce of trouble. can sit for long periods of time (3 months or more) and always started, w no tender. there have been time when i have had problems starting the car and that thing would just keep on cranking.

[Datsbad]

We switched over to the odessey battery and have had zero problems...

[moparnut]

Originally Posted by bowtie_nut

I haven't used a lot of optima batteries, but the one I have in my daily driver is 10 years old and it cranks the 6.0L over like it's new.

That battery is good because it was made in the USA, where all their junk batteries now are made in Mexico-therefore I will NEVER own one! Thanks Optima for moving our jobs.....

[MarkM66]

Put a lead acid battery in it and worry about something else.

[cullen]

supposedly deka makes braille batteries and they are a little cheaper.
here is a link: http://www.batteryprice.com/DEKAbatteries.aspx

[Jim Nilsen]

I've been running a Braille for a year now and it is doing what it is supposed to do and it is in the trunk.

[ssx]

I've run Optima's in quite a few cars...Here's the thing, they've been good in daily drivers (for me anyway) but have been nothing but trouble in my hotrod/hobby cars...my Nova has been through two batteries recently and I finally changed them out to a Kirkland (Costco) which never failed me. Not as pretty to look at for sure, but way more reliable. The other thing seems to be once you run them down, they never fully recover, even after recharging. The Fire Dept. I work for uses Optima's in all Medic units and Utilities...Our spare Medic had a double set up, and after not being started for about two weeks...yup totally dead, would not start after putting both on a charger for 8hrs! Not bashing Optima...just my personal experience...

[Vegas69]

Originally Posted by ssx

I've run Optima's in quite a few cars...Here's the thing, they've been good in daily drivers (for me anyway) but have been nothing but trouble in my hotrod/hobby cars...my Nova has been through two batteries recently and I finally changed them out to a Kirkland (Costco) which never failed me. Not as pretty to look at for sure, but way more reliable. The other thing seems to be once you run them down, they never fully recover, even after recharging. The Fire Dept. I work for uses Optima's in all Medic units and Utilities...Our spare Medic had a double set up, and after not being started for about two weeks...yup totally dead, would not start after putting both on a charger for 8hrs! Not bashing Optima...just my personal experience...

I disagree, I accidentally ran mine down and it's been fine ever since. That's was 2 years ago. It's been discussed a thousand times. Put a tender on them if you don't drive on a regular basis or problems will persist. There is a thread over on Camaros.net with a rep from Optima. I pointed out that they should reccomend a tender after a specified timeframe to all new purchasers. That would cut down on warranty claims AND slander on the net. What the hell do I know.

[cullen]

Haha, $180 for a battery that can not hold a charge