http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ODYSSEY-PC545-...3%3A1|294%3A50





Im looking for a new battery, anyone know if this is suitable to run a 2litre car with only wipers and lights to power.

Advice welcome

 

not sure if that battery is any good or not?

but i can speak to my tuner he is a main dealer for dry cell batterys and can do good prices for mates

 

he is a main dealer for optima batteries, does car, motorcycle, dry cell blahblah blah,

 

 

could i have a price to (for a mate)

 

am i allowed to put he's number up on here? i dont want to get shot down,

 

you can call him for us mate ! BULK BUY

 

send me model numbers or cars that their for and i'll find out for you

 

oh so now i'm your mate??!!

i feel so used

 

luke, ive just got an odyssey 30 from merlin motorsport. they are a varly redtop that was souley distributed to djm, and sold as a varley, but bjm done the dirty on the company so they stopped trading to them, and now rebranded it odyssey.

mine will be running the lighing circuit only but its the cranking amps you want

or so the guy at merlin told me lol

http://www.merlinmotorsport.co.uk/p1...duct_info.html

 

Just be warned that small dry cell batteries can be flattened very easily under cranking...

 

Luke, I run one of these on both mine and Lee's YB Westys with 044 pumps/ECU, Lights etc etc. No problems and widely used in the kit car race world.

Mine has been on the car for 2 years now and works fine mate. Lees about 6 months which is more like 10 years abuse and is perfect. You wont have any problems.

They are very versatile in that you can mount them in different positions and they are nice and small. Also wont leak everywhere should the worst happen.

I buy them from Knight Batteries which is cheaper than that eBay guy. £90 delivered so you save £7.50 too. You will need to buy a pair of the round post adapters for that battery too. They also sell all the mounting brackets too. Hope that helps.

Battery

Square Terminal Adapters

Round Post Adapters

Mounting Brackets

Stu

 

Every car I see with one always has problems with them, For me a big old normal battery is about as good as it gets.

Mark

 

Stu, your doing a good job at selling me one here.

Are yours and Lee's the same sized as the one in the ebay link above.
Just to clarify if thats suitable, for which in essence are the same sized engines.


EDIT - Oooh Just seen your reply with links, many thanks Stu .

 

Luke - if you need a set of round post adaptors i have 2 here i bought for mine and never needed. Let me know and they're yours

 

battery is surely only for starting?once running you should be able to remove it? its the alternator that runs the lights etc?

 

This im not sure 100% on I just didnt want to buy a battery that was not big enough to crank and keep things powered.

The pc545 seems a good choice, what do you run on yours Andrew?

 

red top 30,, but 25 would be ample

 

Varley Red Top 25 gets my vote. Know so many people running these and never known a problem. It's what I'll be using 100%

 

spot on

 

What kinda problems Mark. Can you explain? I dont understand how they differ really from a normal battery in terms of performance? I like Andrew says, once running its the alternator doing the work?

The PC545 is what we use and fine.

90 notes well spent as Will has the terminals too!

 

Many thanks for your feedback Stu, just ordered one and the mounting bracket.

 

None of them last.

Mark

 

Last what? The test of time?

Well I am only 2 and a half years into ownership and use so cant comment beyond that. I've never heard that being a problem though in the Kit Car world where they are used lots.

Looks like Lukes bought one now so maybe we can drag this thread up in a few years time for an update!

Stu

 

well mine was second hand, and has been in my track car over two years,

has been drained flat flat a few times charge up and is fine

seems good value for money to me

 

Most have lasted no time at all and other wont take charges.

Mark

 

I bought a varley for my mk1 escort,the battery stood for 2 years untill i fitted it to the finshed car, charged it up fitted it and it was superb started the car every time,never had to touch it

 

Got a Varley in my Mk1 as well and one of the other lads has one in his Mk2 with no problem - in fact my "big old normal battery" went dead in the XR so I used my Varley in that for the Croft weekend - nee bother

The only issue is that if the alternator does fail you won't be able to run the ancilliaries for long, and if it's at night you won't get very far which is why some of the rally boys don't use them - a normal battery might be the difference of getting to the end of the stage - so, you takes your choice

 

luke you ponce phone adam he can get em cheap he's got one on the nissan and mr2 and there tiny and he still manages to run stereo bullshit off his

 

we had a car with a red top 25 lay for over a year with no engine,, engine was re fitted and started no prob!!

 

canny whack that way a stick!

 

most race cars don't even run a battery!!

 

Would one of these batteries be suitable in a road car? (my focus cosworth)

 

As long as its starts it, and your alternator is in good health then yes, no problem at all

 

The atlernator in a brand new ford OE item ;o)

 

Should be ok then. Going up a Amperage output if your running extra fuel pumps and alot of electronic items at the same time will certainly help also.

 

Are these battery's much lighter than a say normal 500 odd amp lead acid jobby ?