battery upgrade worth it?
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battery upgrade worth it?
i have a class a/b amp running 550-600 watts, 4 awg power wire, no big 3. i get some noticable dimming on dash and headlights/foglights when i have the system turned up. will upgrading my battery help the dimming? i plan on doing the big 3 in the future. the reason im thinking about a battery upgrade is that i plan on going to a 1200 watt class d amp with some new subs in the future. if upgrading my battery will be worthwhile can someone help me choose a battery for my vehicle? (2004 optra5) thanks.
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You dont need to upgrade your battery. I was running 1100watts max plus aftermarket deck powering my front componets and after upgrading my big three had very very little dimming. I also had the UD pulley which lowers the alternators output just a little. If you have some extra cash though i would recommend getting an optima yellow top battery.
ps.. i have 04 forenza.
ps.. i have 04 forenza.
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-Turbo in the works
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-Undergoing 2.0 swap w/ lots of performance bits
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I paid like 180 shipped cuz NO autozones, checkers, or whatever had them around herelanos2001 wrote:don't know about canada but i know that autozone sells them for like $120USD.
nick
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04' Dropped Foreno
-Coil-overs, sway bars, 13" brakes, LSD, 235mm tires, the works
-Turbo in the works
01' Lanos Sport
-Undergoing 2.0 swap w/ lots of performance bits
http://www.cardomain.com/id/kinkyllama
04' Dropped Foreno
-Coil-overs, sway bars, 13" brakes, LSD, 235mm tires, the works
-Turbo in the works
01' Lanos Sport
-Undergoing 2.0 swap w/ lots of performance bits
http://www.cardomain.com/id/kinkyllama
I have a system too and I upgraded my batt to the Yellow Top big diff.
- Little light dimming.
- Cooler A/C.
- Starts right up.
- Yellow top has 2 hours reserve.
And yeah absolutely check the Yellow top you'll like it very much.
I have a bigger one it doesn't mather but you have yo see what's gonna fit in your batt holder.
I have this one>>
- Little light dimming.
- Cooler A/C.
- Starts right up.
- Yellow top has 2 hours reserve.
And yeah absolutely check the Yellow top you'll like it very much.
I have a bigger one it doesn't mather but you have yo see what's gonna fit in your batt holder.
I have this one>>
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What exactly does that mean? Im trying to figure out how long i can run my stereo w/o the battery dying. I doubt it'd last two hours though w/o the engine onrr__kroz123 wrote:Yellow top has 2 hours reserve.
www.KinkyMotorsports.com
04' Dropped Foreno
-Coil-overs, sway bars, 13" brakes, LSD, 235mm tires, the works
-Turbo in the works
01' Lanos Sport
-Undergoing 2.0 swap w/ lots of performance bits
http://www.cardomain.com/id/kinkyllama
04' Dropped Foreno
-Coil-overs, sway bars, 13" brakes, LSD, 235mm tires, the works
-Turbo in the works
01' Lanos Sport
-Undergoing 2.0 swap w/ lots of performance bits
http://www.cardomain.com/id/kinkyllama
I saw a few over at the autozone on thunderbird and tatum if i remember correctly....kinkyllama wrote:I paid like 180 shipped cuz NO autozones, checkers, or whatever had them around herelanos2001 wrote:don't know about canada but i know that autozone sells them for like $120USD.
nick
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t-bird and 40th st? I think i saw em to but they were about half the size i neededAneab wrote:
I saw a few over at the autozone on thunderbird and tatum if i remember correctly....
www.KinkyMotorsports.com
04' Dropped Foreno
-Coil-overs, sway bars, 13" brakes, LSD, 235mm tires, the works
-Turbo in the works
01' Lanos Sport
-Undergoing 2.0 swap w/ lots of performance bits
http://www.cardomain.com/id/kinkyllama
04' Dropped Foreno
-Coil-overs, sway bars, 13" brakes, LSD, 235mm tires, the works
-Turbo in the works
01' Lanos Sport
-Undergoing 2.0 swap w/ lots of performance bits
http://www.cardomain.com/id/kinkyllama
It means that you can run the radio for about 2 hours w/o the battery dying. And it does last that long, I talk from experience. But it is never a good idea to let a battery die, with the yellow top you can do this many times but on the long run your alternator will suffer.kinkyllama wrote:What exactly does that mean? Im trying to figure out how long i can run my stereo w/o the battery dying. I doubt it'd last two hours though w/o the engine onrr__kroz123 wrote:Yellow top has 2 hours reserve.
T18SED Engine.
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No matter how many watts your system is?rr__kroz123 wrote:
It means that you can run the radio for about 2 hours w/o the battery dying. And it does last that long, I talk from experience. But it is never a good idea to let a battery die, with the yellow top you can do this many times but on the long run your alternator will suffer.
www.KinkyMotorsports.com
04' Dropped Foreno
-Coil-overs, sway bars, 13" brakes, LSD, 235mm tires, the works
-Turbo in the works
01' Lanos Sport
-Undergoing 2.0 swap w/ lots of performance bits
http://www.cardomain.com/id/kinkyllama
04' Dropped Foreno
-Coil-overs, sway bars, 13" brakes, LSD, 235mm tires, the works
-Turbo in the works
01' Lanos Sport
-Undergoing 2.0 swap w/ lots of performance bits
http://www.cardomain.com/id/kinkyllama
well actauly my system is like 600+ watts, and I don't have any problems.kinkyllama wrote:No matter how many watts your system is?rr__kroz123 wrote:
It means that you can run the radio for about 2 hours w/o the battery dying. And it does last that long, I talk from experience. But it is never a good idea to let a battery die, with the yellow top you can do this many times but on the long run your alternator will suffer.
I saw one time in a carshow I was in, a mitsu eclipse that had 2000+ watts and he started the car every 1 hour and a half just to be sure.
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