Replacement Battery

[Altair]

Originally Posted by Frenchy How much was somethin like that, Eric? I may eventually need one of those... You start talking Optima you're talking money now, they're awesome batteries but overkill for most people. When I had my Chevy it would have cost me over 150 just to put a red top in it, ended up going with a napa batt.

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[Frenchy]

I'm going to end up having almost 2000 watts of pure audio bliss blastin through my truck...

I'm going to need an extra battery...

[ericemery]

I ran an Isolator and that huge deep cycle blue top. the battery was 249. the isolator was around 40.

[Frenchy]

so 300 total... not bad... think stock alternator can handle that much, though?

[m0unds]

I didn't have any luck with NAPA. They didn't have a direct OE replacement in stock and wouldn't be able to get one for a few days. I ended up just keeping the Bosch battery and fabricated a larger "hold down" bracket thing (the part that you thread the bolt through to hold the battery down on the engine side) and that ended up working out alright.

[jpg1957]

I also have a 2005 Dakota 4.7l 4wheel drive I bought a Autozone battery Duralst Gold It is the same size as Mopar Battery 3year replacent 8yr battery made by Johnson Controls

[Blown287]

Good stuff, I'm still on my OEM battery. Which is suprising looking at how many systems I have constantly drawing power. Split Second computer, GPS, LCD Headrest and the DVD player, lol.

[06dak287]

optimas are monsters! even if they're smaller than stock they put stock to shame. my old honda had a 3000w stereo on stock alternator and i had a capacitor and a red top. thing could handle anything.

[popsnbeer]

I just replaced my battery about a month ago. I just went into Checker and got a battery (it was $99.99 i believe w/ 84 month warranty *3 yr full replacement). It fit perfectly in the tray.