question about car battery

[Evil Purple 10+ year member]

the battery in my car died so i need to get a new one. i thought that i should just upgrade to something like a optima or stinger battery but how do you tell which is right for your car? if you get a battery that is bigger than your origional battery is that bad?

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[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Nothing wrong with a bigger battery as long as it fits in the location...

You should be fine with a deep cycle as a primary battery, like a Group 34-sized Yellow Top, if you want to get something locally.

 

[Evil Purple 10+ year member]

what does the group size mean?

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

The physical size and ampacity...a bigger battery's going to have more current delivery and higher reserve ability, of course.

There's Group 51 (Honda/Acura sized), Group 34 (regular vehicle sized) and Group 31 (larger truck/auxiliary battery). I'm sure there are others, but those are the three most used.

 

[HydroCloud 10+ year member]

The group determines the dimensions. Check this site for dimensions and the sizes that go along with them:

http://www.rtpnet.org/~teaa/bcigroup.html

 

[Evil Purple 10+ year member]

so the lower the group number it seems the bigger the battery.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Excellent link //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Evil Purple 10+ year member]

who else makes batterys besides stinger and optima that would be a strong battery?

 

[PepsiFiend69 10+ year member]

ive heard good things about some exide batteries, not sure of the name or model.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Kinetik...

 

[BigOso 10+ year member]

who else makes batterys besides stinger and optima that would be a strong battery?

Kinetik, Hawker-Odyssey, Northstar

 

[HydroCloud 10+ year member]

Odyssey

 

[mokedaddy 5,000+ posts]

Interstate makes great batteries, but they of course own Optima...

 

[TypeRBass 10+ year member]

kinetik's are good //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

aren't stingers battery's manufactured by Odyssey?