Biggest Battery?Best Battery?

[tojo mojo]

I have a Gen 2 (sv21) 3sfe.

I want to replace the battery.
I was thinking what is the biggest, baddest, coldest cranking battery I can fit in?I would be prepared to modify the battery clamp if neccessary to get a monster in.
Money is really no object here. My car is a city driver fitted into an auto. Extra weight dont worry me as it will only be a couple of kilos anyway.

Is it worth extra the extra money for a Yuasa??
What battery brand did the full import camrys have from Japan?
Is anyone in the auto business and have any part numbers for big mofo batteries to suit SV21's.

[02whiteLE]

What purpose would this serve? I don't think it gets that cold in Australia, so why would you even want that, unless you're severely draining a stock type battery via a huge audio setup.

[ghettosled]

im wondering about the purpose as well. are you having problems starting the car? do you massive amounts of electronics? are you in need of a larger alternator?

[solidg]

die hard

[Zandro]

The biggest battery the Gen2 Camry came with delivered 95Ah (Turbo Diesel)
but the standard battery delivered 65Ah (without AC) or 70Ah (with AC) for both
the 3S-FE and 2VZ-FE engines. The battery clamp size for the 3 batteries is the same
so no need to change the clamps, but i recommend changing the + clamp if you still
got the original one as this clamp is weak and has a poor contact surface

Varta Asia Dyanmic 65Ah Nr: 560 162 042 2082
Varta Asia Dyanmic 70Ah Nr: 570 137 057 2082
Varta Asia Dyanmic 95Ah Nr: 595 104 068 2082

[Dj-torn]

Here is a link to another forum where i was able to pull some data off of Consumer Reports.org

Hope this helps;
http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showpo...4&postcount=16

[mspringer]

Just buy a red-top Optima battery. You will be very happy with that one. You can even get them on e-bay, not sure if they ship to Australia, though.

[DarkMastyr]

+1 on the red top, unless you're heavy into audio, then you would get a yellow top. Find them cheap at Sam's Club.

[Zandro]

The Optima batteries have a high CCA rating but the capacity is low, and the
capacity is what decides how powerful equipment you may have, the biggest
Optima red has a capacity of 50Ah, the biggest yellow has 55Ah. Remember that
the CCA rating is only short term, so a CCA of 1000amps wont help much on a long
term high load app as a big stereo ect, unless you buy a pair of optimas. Id go for a
95Ah Varta ASIA Dynamic battery or equiv. unless you have some serious shit going on.

[Ferrat]

Lol it gets mighty cold in the southern areas of Australia

[Mike Gerber]

Originally Posted by Dj-torn

Here is a link to another forum where i was able to pull some data off of Consumer Reports.org

Hope this helps;
http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showpo...4&postcount=16

The Everstart #22 from this report, previously available at Walmart for $40, size 24/24F, has been discontinued. I had one and had a problem with it. They had to replace it with the upgraded $60 one.

Mike

[Tom 2000]

I've used Die Hard batteries for the last 15 years now and have had very good luck with them. I got 7 years from a 48 month battery on my VW. On my Nissan, the one I have in there now is on it's 91st month and it still starts up every time.

However, I don't know if you can get Die Hard batteries in Australia. At least here in the U.S., Sears is where we gete them.

The OEM Yuasa batteries that came with all the 1980's Toyotas we've owned weren't that great. We ended up replacing them after about 3 years. Heat is hard on the battery and that probably had a lot to do with it as we lived in Southern California at the time.

My gen4 came with a Panasonic battery from the factory. After 6 years, it still does just fine. Of course, the climate in Washington State is pretty mild.

The batteries that the other folks have all recommended are good quality brands. You probably can't go wrong with any of them.

What I recommend also is to look over your charging system also. Make sure it's in tip top shape.

[Dj-torn]

Kenetic is another battery out there, that I have heard nothing but good things about;

http://www.kinetikaudio.com/products.asp

[95camguy]

optima batteries are a good choice as others have already mentioned.

about a month ago i replaced my battery with one from wal-mart and have had no problems. btw the battery i replaced in my 95 v6 said "Toyota Motor Corp 1994". thats 167,000 miles and 12 years on that battery.

[tojo mojo]

Thanks for your replies guys. I thought Yuasa were the go but i might have to think again. Optima red top in Australia is $348......yikes.

Keep on trucking with your street tough Camry's.