Recommend me a battery

[mr Tibbs 10+ year member]

Well, the battery in my car is well beyond the point of no return. I need a new battery and I need it yesterday. I have a modest system in the car (1400+ total watts, about 100 amps IIRC) and am looking for a battery that is both good for starting and the car audio side of things. I would like to use a single battery and not have to run a second, also I do have a HO alt and it is doing the job. I have also done the big 3 so that is not a problem. Also, I would like to stay under $200 either shipped or picked up local. One final thing, the car is a 2002 Saturn SC2 and the battery is small! So far it looks like it's a size 75 series if that helps. So, anyone have a suggestion for a single battery solution to my problem?

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[azeroth123 10+ year member]

If you wanted to be real cool you could get any battery (yellow top) and wire it in the rear and have no battery up front in the engine bay lol but really, if you have a ho alt and you had no dimming/electrical problems b4 why don't you go to any ole' shop and pick yourself up a regular battery that fits your car?

 

[PSturmer 10+ year member]

kinetik for sure

 

[mr Tibbs 10+ year member]

Is Kinetik a good starting battery or just a deep cycle 2nd battery?

 

[ent3rdadragon 10+ year member]

hc1800 and up is recommended for the main battery. anything below that should be used as a secondary battery.

 

[mr Tibbs 10+ year member]

lol, it looks like even the hc1800 is too big for my car. Also, according to MSRP they are wayyyyy out of my price league.

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

lol, it looks like even the hc1800 is too big for my car. Also, according to MSRP they are wayyyyy out of my price league.

MSRP is not set in stone, most dealers dont sell at that. 1400's are recomended for under the hood.......

 

[mr Tibbs 10+ year member]

Well, today I said to hell with it and just went and got a red top Optima. I'm sure it will do the job just fine and I needed a battery like last week. It's to the point right now I don't even trust the car to drive it anywhere. It has literally been sitting for about 5 days now. I guess I just couldn't wait any longer. Maybe in the next car with the next install I will shoot for a 2 battery setup. I know I will need it if I am going to use my Phoenix Gold Xenon 2000.1!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif

Thanks for the suggestions guys, I'll take another look at this in the next install.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif