I'm planning to replace the battery in my 87 NA. What do you suggest?

 

DEKA Intimidator

 

optima. red top. excellent

 

QFT. That's what I am currently running. Best battery EVER.

 

braile has a baddass battery.

 

Odyssey Battery, dry cell so you can sit it sideways, its super thin, and it weighs like less than 14 lbs but you gotta buy the terminals seperate and i have a red top currently, it roolz but i think im get that odyssey after mine dies out

 

Deka Intimidator.

Optima's suck.

Braille is just a re-badged overpriced Deka.

 

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If you are not performing any intense g rated turns any battery that has a high cca is good enough, anything else is a waste of money.
Also, saving 20 pounds from a battery is useless on a daily driver unless you really want that small performance from the weight loss.

 

+1 on that, i'd like to know too. I've had a Redtop in my FC for the last 4 years with no problems of any kind.

I also liked the Odyssey PC1200 (it's the larger size one) I had in my old FD.

 

If you buy the Odyssey PC680MJT, it comes with SAE terminals and is pretty much a plug and play affair.

 

If you have a sound system, optima red top. If you just have a stock car, mazda oem battery. I would only put in an optima if you need it, because they're very expensive.

 

I had an optima yellow top that had been sitting for probably around 3 or 4 years, and I just charged it up a few times and it's back up to full strength.

I find that pretty ridiculous, Optima has my money any day.

 

I heard the older Optimas were good but recently they've become very poor quality.

I've been running on brand X sucko battery for a while. So if someone could tell me how much the battery brand matters that'd be great info.

 

I've been running on an Ever Start with a dead cell for about 4 years now.

 

Odyssey, Deka, or ooooooolllllllllldddddd Optimas (if you can find one that is still good)

 

Thats what I have been hearing as well, the optimas bought a few years ago are much higher quality than what is currently produced. I don't have any real proof of that either though.

The DEKA was cheap and it's a champ.

 

Napa Gold was highly rated by consumer reports. I got one a few years ago. It performed well when my alternator took a dump and has survived some fair amount of abuse.

Ramses666

 

The quality of Optima Batteries took a nose dive after they were sold to Johnson Controls about 6 years ago. Now they are producing them cheaply to be sold at every discount store they pretty much suck.

While I don't doubt it regained some capacity, coming up to full capacity is simply not physically possible. Storing ANY lead acid battery in a discharged state sulphates the battery, something that cannot be reversed. If you had done a capacity test when the battery was new, and then again after it sat and was recharged, you would have found that after sitting the battery had greatly reduced capacity.

 

Thanks aaron......just saved me some money