Quote Originally Posted by jmmx258
Ok, I had the wrong thoughts about the batteries, Gotcha now.


The point of the thread is for a lighter battery. Understood.

However, The way I see it, if your battery weight is significantly slowing your car down, then your motor is a pile of **** and needs more work. I'm assuming this isnt the case, therefore you're wasting time/money researching and spending that much money on a battery.

With the battery you bought, i'm assuming again that you do not have any sort of larger stereo system. So, with that, a cheap ass, 30-40$ walmart battery would be more than sufficient.

Battery weight (or weight in general) affects all areas of performance: Acceleration (which you aluded to), Braking, and Cornering. The less weight you have on the vehicle, the better it will respond to all three.
So a lighter battery isn't helping my acceleration. No problem there.

My battery was dying anyway - otherwise I wouldn't have spent the $.
This was a purchase of necessity, but I decided to make the most of it.

In relocating the battery for better weight distrubution, and finding a suitable location, a smaller battery cuts down on the space needed. Weight is in direct correlation to size where battery technology is concerned.

IMO: Lighter = Better. (Assuming other compromises need not be met.)

I have a standard stereo system - nothing excessive, so this suits me fine. The price was better than what is available at wal-mart or any local retailer including autozone, etc. The specs were better - and the only place that carries this particular unit is Batteries Plus, but I didn't know that until Luda posted it.

No problem if you can get by with whatever battery you choose. I can tell you that this is the lightest battery I could find with decent specs that will run my car. It also happened to be very cost efficient compared to other batteries which were either heavier or more expensive, not to mention equal or worse specifications.