Battery selection for '02 Exporer

[HCCA 10+ year member]

I was looking to get a dry cell battery for my 02 Explorer. I was looking at both Kinetik, and Oyyssey. I know I can modify the battery location to accept an odd size, but it's a lot less work if I don't have to. Has anyone installed a Kinetik HC2000, in theirs, or should I stick with an Odyssey PC 1750 that's a "drop-in"?

Is the Kinetic so much better to have to make extensive mods to make it fit, or are they pretty much comparable?

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[patotay 10+ year member]

what size can you fit bud?

 

[HCCA 10+ year member]

12" long, 7 1/4" tall, 7 7/16". This is the group 65 battery size. I can't go longer. I can't go taller. But, I could go a couple inches wider with some modification. That would require mounting the Kinetik battery on it's side. However, that should not be aproblem with a dry cell. The problem is that the +/- terminals would be swapped, in order to keep them up near the top. I would do this for ease of access to the terminals. Right now, the pos term, is towards the rear of the compartment, the neg near the doghouse. Mounting the Kinetik would mean that the + terminal would be near the front. The modifications could be done, and it could work. On the other hand, the Odyssey is a drop-in....zero mods.

So, again, is the Kinetic that much better to modify for use in my vehicle, or will the Odyssey do well enough?