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[Murlo26]

I had good luck with the STM battery kit I put in my car. Pretty nice for $150 shipped (battery, bracket, hardware, etc.).

I have all the hardware for the PC680. I have the AMS battery kit, just need a new battery and the PC680 should work the same.

Thanks though for the recommend :)

[A//// Guy]

Why not test that battery in your other car or in some other application, if it checks out on a tester? Id do that before ordering another expensive battery.

[simulatedwood]

I will run nothing but these batteies: check out the site.. expensive but they out perform anything you can get, and last forever. http://shop.antigravitybatteries.com/antigravity-batteries-ytx12-20/

[turbotalon1g]

Order it up, that is badass!

[Murlo26]

That battery is too much Shawn, I would love to get it but I am tapped for car money. I just want to drive the damn thing. I went with the PC680 as they are relatively proven.

The guy who tested my other battery said its sadly very common that the tester shows it good but they still have to replace batteries to fix them. He saw it in action and agreed a new battery was in order, so I just ordered it as I just want to drive the car.

[simulatedwood]

That battery is too much Shawn, I would love to get it but I am tapped for car money. I just want to drive the damn thing. I went with the PC680 as they are relatively proven.

The guy who tested my other battery said its sadly very common that the tester shows it good but they still have to replace batteries to fix them. He saw it in action and agreed a new battery was in order, so I just ordered it as I just want to drive the car.

Ok.. I going to introduce some logic.. and it will blow you mind, is this your 3rd small battery @ 160 bucks a crack? Lets say you buy one anti gravity battery, you are still way ahead. You can get the smaller one @ $289. I Just went with the 600 Cranking amps, no this is not same old CCA which tends to be way overrated. But 600 cranking amps for 10 seconds or more which is insane.

[turbotalon1g]

I'm about to drop it on you bitches.
Walmart battery - $60-120 bam!!!
http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080921183948/uncyclopedia/images/thumb/5/56/Kaboom.jpg/640px-Kaboom.jpg

[simulatedwood]

I'm about to drop it on you bitches.
Walmart battery - $60-120 bam!!!
http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080921183948/uncyclopedia/images/thumb/5/56/Kaboom.jpg/640px-Kaboom.jpg

I will see your walmart suggestion and offer him my good OEM battery for free.. Yes Murlo free..

[Murlo26]

Ok.. I going to introduce some logic.. and it will blow you mind, is this your 3rd small battery @ 160 bucks a crack? Lets say you buy one anti gravity battery, you are still way ahead. You can get the smaller one @ $289. I Just went with the 600 Cranking amps, no this is not same old CCA which tends to be way overrated. But 600 cranking amps for 10 seconds or more which is insane.

technically, yes this is my 3rd lol.

I know what you are saying but I think I cooked the other two myself, no one else has these issues. Actually this is my 4th :(

I had the original one that came with the AMS kit, that one died pretty quick sitting in my garage through winter. So I bought another which never actually died, fully, but shows the same symptoms of my current battery. I left that one on my trickle charger through winter in my basement, same as I did with my current battery and they worked but not great and had trouble starting so I bought my current problem one last spring after the car was struggling to start. So I am guessing the last two were worn down my my trickle charger not working right.

I know A LOT of evo guys that run this PC680 that never seem to have issues like I do, so I was just assuming improper storage and charging on my end here.

I was going to buy a lithium one but didn't want to shell out that much. But you are right if the cause of those batteries failing wasn't by me or my charger, then I am throwing money away. But the symptoms of the batteries and my process pointed towards me being the culprit aka user error.

If this one bites the dust I will sack up next year and buy a lithium one. But I just feel like it was my storage of the battery that killed it.

[Murlo26]

I will see your walmart suggestion and offer him my good OEM battery for free.. Yes Murlo free..

LOL, if this one doesn't work, then I will come grab your OEM one :)

But the battery is already bought and on the way. If the new one has issues then it is something else causing it not battery related and I will dig into that and sell my other battery or one of them.

It seemed like it had a dead cell though so guessing a new battery will work better.