Tiny Odyssey battery
[Edited on 19-8-10 by RazMan]
I need a battery for my car. Going in a 1.6 CEC. Cant be as big as normal tintop batteries. But dont want it running flat on me.
anyone any recomendations?
Cheers
Whats your car running? Does it have wipers, fan heater, stereo, running lights, fuel injection etc etc. Or is it just a carbed engine in a basic car?
odyssey(sp?) pc680, has no problem at all with my 3.0 engine, turned it over for about 3 days when I was trying to get my oil pressure up!
carbed engine basic car with just the essentials.
Where did you get your odyssey franky?
and how much?
Cheers
Small japanese car battery --- standard UK type ref number is type 054 or type 055
spec varies a bit
size is 180 x 127 x 223
36 to 43 amp hours
280 to 330 amps cold cranking.
I would recommend buying a Varta battery
For this and other battery specs Google Tanya Batteries --- they do a good mail order deal
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Originally posted by Miks15
carbed engine basic car with just the essentials.
Where did you get your odyssey franky?
and how much?
Cheers
I have an Odyssey 545 that I got for £50 off eBay. It runs my Carbed 2.0 RS2000 engine. Its 135 x 180 x 80 dinky little thing, but does the job.
I used BMW/Hayabusa 19Ah batteries (YUASA brand) on my CEC Striker. Actually only two in the 6+ years I owned the car.
I'm using a PC680 on a LS1 5.7 V8 and it's fine for my car as it's not used daily or left outside. Otherwise I would have fitted a 900+
rated one.
Redtop 25 on my zetec, has run no problem now for nearly 4 years.
I'd second britishtrident... Depends if you want light weight if so go for a smaller non-standard one, personally I'd go for a normal car
battery.. This has already saved my bacon when the alternator packed up (mounting broke on the M40, didn't hear it nor could I see the battery
warning light in the sunshine. Must have done around 30miles (on M40) like it with the dipped beam headlights on as well!)....
Dan
[Edited on 19/8/10 by Bluemoon]
[Edited on 19/8/10 by Bluemoon]
The Odyssey Battery would be my choice - really light, good value for money, you can mount it any side up and it cranks over V8s with ease
Tiny Odyssey battery
[Edited on 19-8-10 by RazMan]
odyssey PC 680
Plenty of cranking Amps and very light aswell
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Originally posted by RazMan
The Odyssey Battery would be my choice - really light, good value for money, you can mount it any side up and it cranks over V8s with ease
Tiny Odyssey battery
[Edited on 19-8-10 by RazMan]
quote:
Originally posted by Bluemoon
I'd second britishtrident... Depends if you want light weight if so go for a smaller non-standard one, personally I'd go for a normal car battery.. This has already saved my bacon when the alternator packed up (mounting broke on the M40, didn't hear it nor could I see the battery warning light in the sunshine. Must have done around 30miles (on M40) like it with the dipped beam headlights on as well!)....
Dan
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Originally posted by bimbleuk
quote:
Originally posted by Bluemoon
I'd second britishtrident... Depends if you want light weight if so go for a smaller non-standard one, personally I'd go for a normal car battery.. This has already saved my bacon when the alternator packed up (mounting broke on the M40, didn't hear it nor could I see the battery warning light in the sunshine. Must have done around 30miles (on M40) like it with the dipped beam headlights on as well!)....
Dan
I drove from Cirencester to Shakespear County Raceway and back on my 19Ah bike battery when I forgot to connect the charge cable! That was just under 100 miles and it ran out of charge just as I neared my house. Probably would have made it too but the OMEX ECU turns off at a low voltage.
[Edited on 20-8-10 by bimbleuk]
