[DeTomaso] Battery questions, again.
Julian Kift
julian_kift at hotmail.com
Sun May 27 11:55:27 EDT 2012
I needed a new battery for the Ultima and the replacement factory recommended Varley Red Top was $430, so I switched to the equivalent Odyssey ER40 (Extreme Racing), which was $130 less. It's a tiny little thing, but kicks the Chebbie over every time with no issues and cold cranking is usually a longer demand for me as I don't have a cold start circuit.
The Varley was a great battery too and lasted 8 years and probably would have gone longer had I known you cannot high boost start/charge the Dry Cells, so a lesson One other advantage of the Dry cells is you can get creative with mounting as they don't need to be upright. I once saw a picture of one mounted under the front trunk upside down in a Pantera, the equivalent of the drop battery box, without the cutting and welding.
On the other hand I have been going through Optima batteries in 6 - 24 months in the Pantera (I did have a parasitic drain sometimes, which I think I have cured with a new hazard switch), so the next battery I buy for the Pantera will be an Odyssey. For each car/battery I now have a CTEK intelligent trickle charger too. The gell cell or AGM batteries just don't recover well from full discharge.
Julian
> From: ParaPantera at aol.com
> Date: Sun, 27 May 2012 07:57:04 -0400
> To: asajay at asajay.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Battery questions, again.
>
> In 2003 I purchased a "little" Odyssey PC925 since I had mounted the
> clutch master vacuum pump on the passenger side of the pedal house, size was an
> issue. In 2006 I changed vacuum pump locations, and the battery in my
> Acura I bought new in July 2001 was at the end of it's five year life span. I
> put the PC925 in the Acura and bought a PC1200 for the Pantera. The PC925
> is still performs flawlessley after nine years. As for the PC1200 it has
> endured six years of Lucas electrical abuse including maybe three times a
> year when a dome light anomaly drains it completely.
>
> I cannot speak for Odyssey's built today, but the two I have purchased
> have been cost effective from a durability and life span point of view.
>
>
> In a message dated 5/26/2012 3:22:38 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> asajay at asajay.com writes:
>
> Best battery to buy for a Pantera today?
> Wet cell tech versus Dry cell tech?
>
> Is the Odyssey any good anymore?
> How about the Orbital?
> Has anyone tried the Dyna-Batt?
>
> I am battery poor at the moment. I have two rigs with old worn out and
> absolutely -dead- batteries and they can't be driven a such. I also
> have one currently going out, so I need to think new batteries soon.
>
> I'm less a fan of wet cell these days if I can get something better.
>
> Asa Jay
>
> Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
> & Shelley Marie
> Spokane, WA
> ******************************
> http://www.racingagainstautism.com
> http://www.teampanteraracing.com
> http://facebook.com/racingagainstautism
>
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA
>
> Archive Search Engine Now Available at http://www.realbig.com/detomaso/
>
> DeTomaso mailing list
> DeTomaso at list.realbig.com
> http://list.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA
>
> Archive Search Engine Now Available at http://www.realbig.com/detomaso/
>
> DeTomaso mailing list
> DeTomaso at list.realbig.com
> http://list.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso
More information about the DeTomaso
mailing list