new battery for GTV6

[shane wescott]

Hi Guys

Thought I would treat my GTV6 to a new battery. There are some strange electical issues which I am trying to isolate and figured I would start at the source.

Went to Century Batteries website and while the battery selector sort of showed me what I needed, when I got my new battery home I found it was a lower rating than the one currently installed.

The one installed is a 550 105, and the new one as per the selector is a 500 90.

So my questions is which is right. What is the standard battery for the GTV6.

Any help greatly appreciaited.

Catch ya

Shane

[Jekyll and Hyde]

Both would be fine.  When the V6 was first introduced the batteries probably weren't as well manufactured as they are now, so even if its slightly lower rating you'll probably find its got ample juice anyway.

If it concerns you, and you want a really beefy battery, you could look into a Deka marine battery with Absorbed Glass Mat (AGM), or similar.  I have one in the back of my 2.0 litre, it is the same size as the 440 CCA one that was in it, but puts out 785 CCA.  I'm waiting for my starter motor to melt, it spins that fast!  However, they are quite expensive compared to your run of the mill battery - I got it because it is fully sealed, and won't splash battery acid everywhere like my previous ones, was cheaper than an Optima gel cel or similar, and I used a mates contact at Batteryworld which meant it worked out pretty cheap.

[scott.venables]

Century makes 2 ranges of batteries, High Peformance and Ultra HighPerf or something like that.  So they could both be the 'right' battery but one has a higher CCA rating and a battery condition indicator. They're about $20-30 more expensive if I remember right. 

Scott

[shane wescott]

thanks for the tips guys.

I will put it in and see how it goes.

catc ya

Shane

[GeeTV]

Hi,

Any more current GTV6 battery [& Supplier <Mel> ?] recommendations?

[Colin Edwards]

I'm just about to replace the Century DIN53 LH MF in my 3.0 75 with a Varley Red Top #30.  The "State of Charge" window has begun to weep. 

The Varley battery is more than 4kg lighter than the Century but rated to 550CCA @ 18C and 650CA @ 0C.  Just need to add SAE terminals to the Varley.

30% lighter while capable of doing the same job makes sense to me.