Best battery for slightly modified 455

Here's some battery info that might be interesting to all. Vet

About the Top 10 Battery Manufacturers in the U.S.A.

1. East Penn Manufacturing Co.

You will find this company in Lyon Station, Pennsylvania. It penetrates many marketplace sectors, including automotive, marine, commercial, industrial and stationary uses. The Lyon facility employs 7,800 workers. This manufacturer sells under the brand names Deka and Lynx. The company maintains the single largest lead-acid battery manufacturing site.


2. Tesla, Inc.

If you visit the Tesla facility in Sparks, Nevada, you’ll find a workforce of 3,000 producing lithium-ion batteries and automotive components. Brands include Powerwall and Powerpack. This factory received considerable press coverage and calls itself Gigafactory 1.


3. Clarios Advanced Solutions, LLC

You can call on this manufacturer in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The staff of 1,200 produces lithium-ion batteries and systems for hybrid and electric vehicles. They also manufacture lead-acid batteries and storage batteries. This company’s batteries power one in three of the world’s cars.


4. SK Battery America, Inc.

This company in Commerce, Georgia, delivers more than batteries. The 1,000 workers turn out whole electric vehicles, including the Ford F-150 Lightning and the Volkswagen ID. You may also hear this business called SK Innovations.


5. Stryten Salina, LLC

This company in Salina, Kansas employs 950 workers to turn out automotive batteries. The brands include Champion, Exide, Absolyte, Centra and Fulmen.


6. SK Battery America, Inc.

This company maintains a second plant in Commerce, Georgia, on the same road but at a different address than the one previously cited. The listed products are the same, but it employs 940 workers, fewer than the other facility.


7. Ultium Cells, LLC

The manufacturer makes lithium batteries for electric vehicles. The 800-employee company is a joint venture between LG Energy Solutions and General Motors.


8. A123 systems, LLC

This company, in Livonia, Michigan, produces lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles. A staff of 600 works on systems for buses, low-voltage hybrids, plug-ins and motor sports. The company touts an ultraphosphate technology for better starts in cold conditions.


9. Enersys, Inc.

This manufacturer in Richmond, Kentucky, employs 525 to produce industrial specialty reserve batteries. It takes pride in placing its products everywhere, from satellites to submarines. The batteries are also powering 5G.


10. Clarios, LLC

The 500 employees of Clarios, LLC in Holland, Ohio, make lead-free batteries for start-stop, hybrid and electric vehicles. You might want to keep in mind that Clarios considers itself to have the broadest portfolio of batteries.

 

Read good things about the Walmart batteries including longevity and price.

 

Only good thing about Walmart batteries is just for the simple fact is you can walk to a Wally World..... Aren't they are on every major intersection...

 

Only if you live in EBF.

 

I tried the Walmart battery once and that was enough. It kept failing before a year was up. I kept taking it back and getting a free replacement,but then,of all times,I was next up in the water box and no dice. No more.

 

My son recycles computers,converters(all legally) and batteries among other things.We have pallets stacked with car and truck batteries to be picked up all the time. 80 % are Walmart batteries that most are 3 years or less. I wont even buy their mower batteries to put in mowers I work on and sell.. They are inferior. Just my honest opinion.

 

Costco (Interstate) for about $110. You'll pay almost twice that at Autozone. I always leave my GS on the $40 BatteryTender and get a decade+ out of that battery. My newer cars struggle to get to four years on that battery even though I religiously babysit them (heat is the killer and we have around 40+ 100+ degree days per year here; one of these is a twin turbo car so it's even hotter). Costco does also have an AGM version of many of those Interstate batteries. I actually keep a spare (take-off) in the garage; my Taurus and F150 use the same battery so if I have an inadvertent failure I've got a drop-in available (I can't get that six year old unit to come past about 400 CCA even after weeks on my BatteryMinder, but it's still sufficient in a pinch).

 

OMG so sorry for your experience. I was just doing research on replacing my Die Hard Gold and this came up as a good option.
Mitch

 

Getting towed by a golf cart is something one might do AFTER a pass,not BEFORE.

 

When these cars were new, the conventional wisdom was that you should have one cold-cranking ampere for every CID of engine displacement. A 455 engine should get a 450--475 CCA battery.

Now, you'd have to look in the garden-tractor or motorcycle section to find a battery with that few CCAs.

1. Yellow is incorrect. You'd be looking for a red-top, if you insist on buying an Optima.

2. When Optimas were made in Colorado, they were a fine product. They moved production to Mexico, and quality PLUMMETED. I've still got a Colorado battery, probably close to 20 years old by now. My Mexican Optima lasted about six months and then went dead every month until I replaced it with a different brand. Nothing wrong with the vehicle, the replacement battery hasn't given me a bit of trouble in the years since I installed it...But SWMBO got stranded about four months in a row because the MexiOptima wouldn't hold a charge.

 

"BadBrad, post: 3473465, member: 127"]Costco (Interstate) for about $110. You'll pay almost twice that at Autozone. I always leave my GS on the $40 BatteryTender and get a decade+ out of that battery. My newer cars struggle to get to four years on that battery even though I religiously babysit them (heat is the killer and we have around 40+ 100+ degree days per year here; one of these is a twin turbo car so it's even hotter). Costco does also have an AGM version of many of those Interstate batteries. I actually keep a spare (take-off) in the garage; my Taurus and F150 use the same battery so if I have an inadvertent failure I've got a drop-in available (I can't get that six year old unit to come past about 400 CCA even after weeks on my BatteryMinder, but it's still sufficient in a pinch).[/QUOTE]

yes. Heat is the silent killer and cold winters then easily takes them out.
Said here many times. Battery tenders are the real deal, 10 years plus on some of my batteries.delicate lawn mower batteries…7 years plus.
Probably have five tenders here myself. They cycle the battery. Leave on 24-7 for years. Slow charge when needed. Senses when need to be charged. Fully charged, turns itself off. Then when the battery is getting low. Senses that, and turns itself back on. Repeat…
My two group 31’s that run my winch in my trailer are well over 10 years. And still going.

 

A few different quality options at Wallyworld.. don't think they can be all lumped into one category. I buy the most expensive one, have 5 of them in vehicles right now, and then we torture the crap out of the one on the run stand in the shop all the time.. draining it down, overcharging it because we aren't paying attention to it.. that kinda deal. That one has been a trooper.. it's 4 years old, and has endured much more abuse than you will ever inflict on it under the hood of your car. heck, I use it for the battery for my open car trailer when we are using that.. more deep discharge/charge abuse.

the cheapies at Walmart.. yup those are one year disposables.. don't bother with them.

I also agree that stepping up to an AGM battery is worth the extra cost to keep the acid away from your baby.. That's what my Race cars will run, when they get to the point of needing a battery..

 

Another thing about lead acid batteries:
With some applications, the higher CCA batteries are sometimes not the best. Mentioned this in past battery posts.
Have an industrial account…
A rock and Granite quarry. Think bouncy end loaders, using the larger 8D3. Usually around 1,100 cca. 21 in” length, 11 in”height. A big battery.
End Loaders use two.
We were having problems with this account. Batteries prematurely failing with dead shorts. Got with my Rep. turns out the higher the caa the more lead plates needed. Ok…but to manufacture for more plates in a given group size they have to make the plates thinner. Thinner plates equates to easier cracking especially under harsh conditions like in End Loaders, off road equipment. Started selling this customer the less expensive, lower cca as recommended by my Rep, batteries. It gives you less plates. Which translates into thicker lead plates. Bingo! Problem solved!!!

 

The Walmart battery that I had was their top-line,most expensive. What we found to be the possible design flaw was that the plates were too close together. After 4 batteries in 3 years,I had enough.

 

Shoulda bought the cheap one I guess.... I've had issues with Optimas and batteries from Advance auto but surprisingly not with Walmart. 18 cars and 5 boats so lots of charging/discharging going on.....

 

I had a customer’s car here that went through 3 Optima batteries while it was here. He had a custom fancy aluminum cradle made for it. I replaced all of that with an Interstate and a boring battery box. Still in there.

 

Like many others, I use 24 case batteries that are the same size as originals. I get the sealed, flat top models so I can install the Delco R59 Topper to give it that vintage look. I add the R69 sticker that Todd Miller sells to give it an even more correct look. I like interstate, Delco, NAPA, et al.

 

I had a red Optima short out coming out of burnout in a final round. My opponent gave me time but even hitting it with a jump box it was no-go. So he got a single. Had to be pushed off and put battery from my truck in to get started. Optima gave me a new battery which I sold right away.......

 

Redid my response placement , somehow my response was included in your quote so probably wasn’t noticed.
Anyhoo. Your post is true. But…a very big butt. (Pun intended) the actual manufacturer produces the batteries to the dealers spec. They may even have a piece meal menu sort of thing. like interstate batteries and such, car manufacturers, mom and pop shops like America Start, Battery Plus, etc.
again, learned this through my Rep.
And BTW. My NAPA store is Amera Start’s number one in sales in our territory which includes all of Wisconsin. We sell the hell out of their batteries.
Huge part of our business. I am up and very informed on this subject. Have to be.