Battery for 350...

KuRuPtIoN · 10-07-2008, 03:59 PM

I got a 1970 Impala wit a 350, which battery should I get? I heard the high performance ones will help the enigine crank over better or something like that. I was gonna go 2 Autozone later n check them out. Thank for any help.

77Impala · 10-07-2008, 04:19 PM

I personaly like to go with the highest crank amp I can find that will fit the battery box. Generally mid-grade batterys work very well. High end may work better but not for the cost. If you live up north where it gets below 20 degres above 0 then I would definetly get the highest crank amp you can find. If you live in the southern states then a 560 CCA battery will do fine. The colder the air temp gets the less power the battery has available to use.

I have an Auto Zone mid grade battery with 860 CCA for about 3 years now with no problems.

KuRuPtIoN · 10-07-2008, 04:24 PM

is that one of the duralast ones? I live in the Northwest so we're talkin lows maybe upper 20s in the winter time. How much did your battery cost?

77Impala · 10-07-2008, 04:35 PM

Yes it is a Duralast. I paid around $56.00 dollars for mine but again that was 3 years ago.

White93ltz · 10-08-2008, 01:58 PM

I wouldnt buy a Duralast anything.....

I use a Sears Die-Hard battery. Something like 1000CC amps. It was $99.99. Works great for me. Has something like an eight year pro-rated warranty.

77Impala · 10-08-2008, 05:07 PM

Sears do sell good batterys. An old joke about the Sears Die-Hard Batterys is that when they die they will die hard with no warning. In fact I have seen this happen twice, one day it would work & then the next it could not even light the dash lamps.

10-07-2008, 03:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
KuRuPtIoN Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 8 View My Garage	Battery for 350... I got a 1970 Impala wit a 350, which battery should I get? I heard the high performance ones will help the enigine crank over better or something like that. I was gonna go 2 Autozone later n check them out. Thank for any help.

10-07-2008, 04:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
77Impala Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Denison, TX Posts: 1,029 View My Garage	I personaly like to go with the highest crank amp I can find that will fit the battery box. Generally mid-grade batterys work very well. High end may work better but not for the cost. If you live up north where it gets below 20 degres above 0 then I would definetly get the highest crank amp you can find. If you live in the southern states then a 560 CCA battery will do fine. The colder the air temp gets the less power the battery has available to use. I have an Auto Zone mid grade battery with 860 CCA for about 3 years now with no problems. __________________ 1977 Impala Sedan, 5.0L, TH200R, 3.25:1, 74K miles, 26 Lifetime Warranty Parts. 1997 Dodge Ram B2500, 5.2L, 36RH, 3.21:1, 335K miles, 6 Lifetime Warranty Parts.

10-07-2008, 04:35 PM	#4 (permalink)
77Impala Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Denison, TX Posts: 1,029 View My Garage	Yes it is a Duralast. I paid around $56.00 dollars for mine but again that was 3 years ago. __________________ 1977 Impala Sedan, 5.0L, TH200R, 3.25:1, 74K miles, 26 Lifetime Warranty Parts. 1997 Dodge Ram B2500, 5.2L, 36RH, 3.21:1, 335K miles, 6 Lifetime Warranty Parts.

10-08-2008, 01:58 PM	#5 (permalink)
White93ltz Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Newton, MA Posts: 103	I wouldnt buy a Duralast anything..... I use a Sears Die-Hard battery. Something like 1000CC amps. It was $99.99. Works great for me. Has something like an eight year pro-rated warranty. __________________ Bill Fisher ISSCA #2186 1994 Caprice Wagon - Who needs floors? 1993 Caprice LTZ - TBI For The Win!

10-08-2008, 05:07 PM	#6 (permalink)
77Impala Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Denison, TX Posts: 1,029 View My Garage	Sears do sell good batterys. An old joke about the Sears Die-Hard Batterys is that when they die they will die hard with no warning. In fact I have seen this happen twice, one day it would work & then the next it could not even light the dash lamps. __________________ 1977 Impala Sedan, 5.0L, TH200R, 3.25:1, 74K miles, 26 Lifetime Warranty Parts. 1997 Dodge Ram B2500, 5.2L, 36RH, 3.21:1, 335K miles, 6 Lifetime Warranty Parts.

10-07-2008, 04:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
KuRuPtIoN Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 8 View My Garage	is that one of the duralast ones? I live in the Northwest so we're talkin lows maybe upper 20s in the winter time. How much did your battery cost?

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