Help choosing a battery up front?

[Carnivorous18 10+ year member]

So I have a 99 Civic and am looking to upgrade my battery for my soon to be system. I first looked at a yellowtop and it gave me a battery with dimensions:

Length 9.31inches

Height 8.94inches

Width 5.06inches

So I looked into other options that may give better amp output. These are the two best one I could find that'll fit my battery compartment according to dimensions

XS Power Starting Battery S1200 : eBay Motors (item 330413281814 end time Mar-15-10 04:45:13 PDT)

and

KINETIK KHC1400R POWER CELL CAR AUDIO BATTERY HC1400R - eBay (item 390164583579 end time Apr-01-10 09:30:01 PDT)

Though the XS power one seems to have 100 more max amps. Which one should do me best? Any alternatives to these thatll give more output but still fit under the hood? I dont really wanna spend much more than 200 on a battery but give me suggustions and I may go higher

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[MmatsDude 10+ year member]

this

MechMan.com - D1200

 

[Carnivorous18 10+ year member]

this
MechMan.com - D1200

How does a D1200 compare to an S1200?

 

[Carnivorous18 10+ year member]

bump?

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

I thought that Sundown suggested at least 1 d3100 for a saz-3000d, which is a much larger battery than either.

 

[dustyshot 10+ year member]

I have this kinetik battery as my main battery in front of my mitsubishi mirage coupe with stock alternator. It says here right in my manual that this battery does have 1500 amps and all I saw on the s1200 was 600 CCA which is like having a normal battery in my car. This kinetik hc1400 is like having 300 to 400 farad capacitors in the car. It has aH of 60 which is a lot. This battery kicks ***. All I got is a crunch 1100.2 amp with two kenwood w110s 8 ohm subs in a sealed enclosure with 2 pioneer 5-way 6x9 in rear with front stock I think in doors. I bought the car after the 6x9's were put in so I do not know if doors speakers were swapped. It sounds really good. I put the subs and amp in myself. 4 gauge power and RCA's, remote were already installed when I got the car.

The only bad I did not like and I will eventually have to fix if I decide to replace the 6x9's if they go bad is whoever had this car before me messed up the panel for the 6x9's. It was meant for 6 1/2 speakers and they tore up the panel to get them in. I might switch back to 6 1/2 to make the sealed up panel again. I would have buy some thin wood for the shape of the dash with holes that mount on the 6 1/2 and take out the 6x9's and bolt down the board. Don't get me wrong the pioneers sound great but if they eventually go bad I would do it that way. They only got two screws holding each of the 6x9's and since they tore up the metal under the speakers I can't add any more screws. Otherwise with all this babbling. I like my setup and sounds loud to me. I do not even have gain on my amp passed a quarter way. The bass eq is just under quarter way to and it thumps good at volume 20 and max is 50 on sony xplod cdx-gt130 stereo.

 

[Carnivorous18 10+ year member]

I have this kinetik battery as my main battery in front of my mitsubishi mirage coupe with stock alternator. It says here right in my manual that this battery does have 1500 amps and all I saw on the s1200 was 600 CCA which is like having a normal battery in my car. This kinetik hc1400 is like having 300 to 400 farad capacitors in the car. It has aH of 60 which is a lot. This battery kicks ***. All I got is a crunch 1100.2 amp with two kenwood w110s 8 ohm subs in a sealed enclosure with 2 pioneer 5-way 6x9 in rear with front stock I think in doors. I bought the car after the 6x9's were put in so I do not know if doors speakers were swapped. It sounds really good. I put the subs and amp in myself. 4 gauge power and RCA's, remote were already installed when I got the car.
The only bad I did not like and I will eventually have to fix if I decide to replace the 6x9's if they go bad is whoever had this car before me messed up the panel for the 6x9's. It was meant for 6 1/2 speakers and they tore up the panel to get them in. I might switch back to 6 1/2 to make the sealed up panel again. I would have buy some thin wood for the shape of the dash with holes that mount on the 6 1/2 and take out the 6x9's and bolt down the board. Don't get me wrong the pioneers sound great but if they eventually go bad I would do it that way. They only got two screws holding each of the 6x9's and since they tore up the metal under the speakers I can't add any more screws. Otherwise with all this babbling. I like my setup and sounds loud to me. I do not even have gain on my amp passed a quarter way. The bass eq is just under quarter way to and it thumps good at volume 20 and max is 50 on sony xplod cdx-gt130 stereo.

You have an HC1400 right? I may just get one of those where did you buy it?

 

[dustyshot 10+ year member]

You have an HC1400 right? I may just get one of those where did you buy it?

I bought it at Sound Warehouse Utah in Salt Lake City. Just few blocks from my place. I bought it for $203 total. I thought it was a great deal, because Kinetik website says original price is $399.

 

[FIMPALASS 10+ year member]

Do you not like optima?

 

[dustyshot 10+ year member]

Do you not like optima?

Never used Optima and reading what it is, is more towards racing vehicle than Car Audio. Yellow top is the only one that is for Car Audio and the price and amps and amp hours compared to kinetik, kinetik beats Optima. Plus I got it for half price. Which if I did get an Optima for same price it would not be comparable to kinetik.

I just went to the Optima site with my car selection and it selected only the D35, which is only 620 CCA of which is not much different than the s1200. This kinetik battery is better than that by double. Plus those Optima batteries are expensive for that.

 

[FIMPALASS 10+ year member]

This Optima Optima Batteries 9078-109 - Optima RedTop Starting 12 Volt Batteries - Overview - SummitRacing.com has more Cca than any battery mentioned except the xs power 3100. but he asked for a starting battery.

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

What is your system going to consist of as a whole?

 

[FIMPALASS 10+ year member]

Mine?

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

The thread starter

 

[FIMPALASS 10+ year member]

It is in his sig.