cysco00

Looking for advice or recommendations for a lightweight battery for my V. How do the Optima red and yellow tops compare to a standard die hard or factory battery in terms of weight? Are they usually lighter, heavier or about the same?

i8acobra

Same weight.



You want a Lithium battery. Only caveat is that they usually have fairly low amperage ratings.

2000J25SP

I was cheap and bought a used Civic battery for $15. Weighs 17lbs, stock was 39.5lbs.

01steve

I have an oddessy battery ( 200mjt sticks out in my head as the model #) . It,s a dry cell battery so it can be mounted in most positions. It weighs about 15lbs. I had one issue where i had to use a 12v lawnmower battery for a month-...the lawn mower battery was on paper a better battery (cca) and weighed about the same. It was a wet cell battery and loads cheaper ($30 vs $175 i think). Hope this helps!

JonGTR

It's the Odyssey PC680. There's a few threads on it and is what most Mitsu owners have used for a decade. Nowadays however there are alternative knockoffs that have proven their performance.

01steve

That's the one! Don't expect to blast music for hours while your car is off though!

Mr. Muffin

I've seen a couple "ballistic" brand battery's for motorcycles that were featherlight.. like 2 lbs vs. 14 lbs, I don't think they make them for cars but they got one on their website with 400 cca

Cereal Killer

Seen those too. You definitely have to build a strong and sturdy holder though because it would flop around. Best thing would be to build a box out of sheet metal and put the batter inside of it.