Main Mattery for 92-95 honda civic

[civicman07 10+ year member]

Looking to upgrade my front battery in my 95 honda civic, just wondering if anyone else has the same car and what battery they are running, was looking at a kinetik 1400 but think its to tall, might have to go with a kinetik 800.

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[MikeyB 5,000+ posts]

lawl Mattery........lawl

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

Looking to upgrade my front battery in my 95 honda civic, just wondering if anyone else has the same car and what battery they are running, was looking at a kinetik 1400 but think its to tall, might have to go with a kinetik 800.

800 is too small

 

[civicman07 10+ year member]

800 is too small

Hows it to small? The one i have now is only rated at 550 amps and they kinetik is rated at 950 i believe?

 

[civicman07 10+ year member]

lawl Mattery........lawl

Whatever that means?

 

[MmatsDude 10+ year member]

Hows it to small? The one i have now is only rated at 550 amps and they kinetik is rated at 950 i believe?

kinetik overates there batterys by alot dude.

 

[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

the hc1400 will fit, just make sure you get the right alignment or the posts will be on the wrong side

 

[civicman07 10+ year member]

the hc1400 will fit, just make sure you get the right alignment or the posts will be on the wrong side

well i looked up the measurements for the 1400 and h=8.9" with the post and my old battery is 8" with the post and its pretty close to the hood the way it is now with my stinger battery post on it.

 

[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

you can take the regular kinetik posts off and use 5/16" bolts. then all you'll need is ring terminals to hook all wiring up to the posts and they will be low enough to avoid striking the hood

 

[civicman07 10+ year member]

you can take the regular kinetik posts off and use 5/16" bolts. then all you'll need is ring terminals to hook all wiring up to the posts and they will be low enough to avoid striking the hood

Thats a good idea i will look into that. thanks

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

kinetik overates there batterys by alot dude.

tell us then how you rate a battery off of CCA and CA and how it directly applies to starting a car or running an audio system...those "specs" only mean that the battery stays above 7.2 volts for 30 seconds under load with no concern for staying above anyother voltage...the battery can very well fall below 10 volts in under 1 second and still meet its CA. It is also possible for a lower CA battery to also stay above 10v longer than a higher CA battery of the same load. if you want to try and rate off that then i guess every 1000 CCA battery is good for what 10k watts? LOL It wouldnt be.

I have messed with HIGHER "max amps" //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif batteries and didnt hear a difference other than the fact it died faster with the key off because it was smaller capacity........

 

[05_ZX636 10+ year member]

i had 2 95 civic hatchbacks and a 95 coupe and i ran the 1400 under the hood on all of them with no problem.

 

[civicman07 10+ year member]

i had 2 95 civic hatchbacks and a 95 coupe and i ran the 1400 under the hood on all of them with no problem.

What did u use for battery terminals? Would youhappen to have a pic? Im using some stinger ones but they sit up pretty high. Just want to make sure before i buy one. Anything is better than my junk battery i got now, rated at 550 max.

 

[civicman07 10+ year member]

i had 2 95 civic hatchbacks and a 95 coupe and i ran the 1400 under the hood on all of them with no problem.

Did u have to change ur wiring alittle when u ran them? I see the post are on the opposite sides than my original battery>

 

[MmatsDude 10+ year member]

tell us then how you rate a battery off of CCA and CA and how it directly applies to starting a car or running an audio system...those "specs" only mean that the battery stays above 7.2 volts for 30 seconds under load with no concern for staying above anyother voltage...the battery can very well fall below 10 volts in under 1 second and still meet its CA. It is also possible for a lower CA battery to also stay above 10v longer than a higher CA battery of the same load. if you want to try and rate off that then i guess every 1000 CCA battery is good for what 10k watts? LOL It wouldnt be.I have messed with HIGHER "max amps" //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif batteries and didnt hear a difference other than the fact it died faster with the key off because it was smaller capacity........

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edit - oh and btw how what were exactly the steps you used to charge your pm? forgot what you told me