s2000honduras, after you installed your replacement battery, please come back and tell us what you bought (brand, model, how much CCA, cost, etc.). I will also need to replace my battery soon and I want to know whether others are happy with their replacement batteries. Thanks.

 

Curious!

Probably, more CCA is better, but where are we getting the 500 & 550 #'s from? the owner's manual and shop manual both only list 36 ampere hours / 5 hours, no mention of CCA.

OEM Panasonic battery in mine is rated at 410 CCA.

These guys: http://www.bgsoflex.com/cca.html compute we only need 244 CCA. (also linked to a url in alberta, ca.) The FAQ file is also EXCELLENT.

Winter in Honduras can't be too bad.

My '02 battery is tired and I will probably just go with the $40 Wal*Mart EverStart.

Ken

 

CCA is a battery rating of its capacity. I think the other number you put up represents the rate of discharge before the thing is dead.
Unless you live in a cold climate like I do or have a huge sound system, you don't need that kind of CCA. On the other hand, the difference in price between a 350 CCA battery and one with 500 isn't really significant, so why not get the biggest you can?

 

how about buying a light weight battery, thats what i plan on doing when i need to replace my battery. look for odyssey batteries.

 

I just bought a new battery, because after 5 years of abuse (frequent full draining, because of my alarm system required by insurance here) it started to get really weak. I would have to put the fan and radio off before my instrument cluster would light up properly!

In retrospect 5 years of service isn't bad at all really!

I have had problems locating the correct battery for a reasonable price (i.e. dirt cheap) but I finally did at some hardware store which put it on sale. The specifications listed were DIN 210, 45 Ah.

After a lot of investigation I found out that (depending on the source) DIN CCA converts to SAE CCA by multiplying the DIN value by 1.6~1.9 depending on the source of the information.

Anyway, a requirement for high CCA (as strongly suggested here) is really not of this era anymore. Nowadays with modern fuel injection and computerised ignition the car will start so much sooner than in the olden days, even when the cranking speed is a little bit lower due to the cold etc. The fuel will be injected by the system and it's not necessary to suck some mixture in from a complicated carburator system... My old battery would barely get my engine spinning, but it would always start. Now with the new 'weak CCA' battery I'm sure it gets the job done perfectly fine for a few years to go.

Take care,


Siepel

PS: I guess folks that still think changing oil at 3000 miles intervals is crucial and necessary should stick with >500 CCA batteries... J/K

 

park on hills and roll start ur ride. that way you really dont need a battery to start the car.

 

Yo Jeggy, we don't have any hills over here

But i'm curious Siepel, which battery did you get?

 

I got the "Duracc" going for 40 Euros at Gamma (dat zeg ik).`

Don't you need a deep cycle battery like the optima yellowtop or something like that?

Take care,


Siepel

PS: How's the rear bumper?

 

thanks

 

That's what I was thinking too, all that audio needs a lot of power

As for the rear bumper, i'm getting a new one in March, together with a new exhaust (probably a HKS).
I'm putting on the '06 model rear bumper. think it's the same as the '05.