How much of a difference would a yellotop make?

[Fattony911 10+ year member]

Right now I have a 96 Mercedes C230 and my alt is rated at 70 amps. Now my battery if in the back so the big 3 is out of the question. But without doing any major upgrades what would be my best way to a better electrical.

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[Ali1 10+ year member]

alternator would help alot!!!

is your battery under your backseat or in the trunk?

If its in the trunk, you could replace that battery with a Yellowtop and add an additional yellowtop in the trunk, depending on how much power you running. that shouldn't be too difficult

 

[Twilight 10+ year member]

You could still do the big three. Most people have their amps in the trunk anyway, so running a wire into the trunk is pretty common.

What are you running/plan on running?

 

[BassAddictJ 5,000+ posts]

yellowtop will help alot. alty would help even more. alty and yellowtop would be best

 

[basssquared 10+ year member]

i have the same problem 01 bonneville battery is under back seat so its hard to do the big 3 cus you have to run the wires from under the hood to the backseat thats alot of wire //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif.

 

[Fattony911 10+ year member]

As of now im running 2 12" FI BL's off an IA 20.1. Also the batt is in the trunk but i think im going to look for a new alt i guess if it can be had for not too much money.

 

[Fattony911 10+ year member]

Alright one last question seeing how I dont really undersand the concept, can I run a 200 amp alt and my same batt and still notice on increase in power or will I have to get multiple batts. just to see more power? Thanks for helping out guys.

 

[WrenchGuy 10+ year member]

The alt works while running and the system uses battery while engine is off. The deep cycle will help if you sit there too long and need a jump and can be drained repeatedly.

 

[Fattony911 10+ year member]

So as long as the car is on I should see a difference even with the batt I have now and not changing to a yellowtop? The one I have now is the biggest one Interstate makes so I think I should be fine or atleast better off than my old 70 amp setup?