12V racing battery recommendations

[Glenn Briglio]

Originally Posted by rboyle

I'm sure it's been covered before but looking for a lightweight 12V battery recommendation over my current Optima red top battery that weighs 38 lbs

How much do you want to spend?

[rboyle]

Originally Posted by Glenn Briglio

How much do you want to spend?

Keeping it reasonable like $300 or under
It is only a battery after all

[Troy Henderson]

I actually just posted about this topic on my FB page. I replaced my Optima with a Big Crank ETX30L AGM this season. Weight is 24 lbs and is half the price of a Braille B3121.

https://www.batterymart.com/p-Big-Cr...qWOStM0Zl4z-xU

I received an email for 8% off if you enter "8offaug" this month.

[Tom Goldman]

Check out AntiGravity's line of batteries.
I found out about them from some off road friends and they are really rugged and dependable.
And they are extremely light weight.
A couple of my customers have switched to them with great results. https://shop.antigravitybatteries.co...extreme-power/

[Dave Gantz]

If it's feasible, I'd suggest being able to swap back (quickly) from whatever you get to your tow vehicle battery. The battery gods and Murphy get together and take their life usually a few rounds in. :-)

[Dragsinger]

This is a subject on which I have experience and thoughts. With my super stocker and my bracket builds, 16 volts has been my choice for a few years.

However, I am softening with that stance and now think a conventional, lead-acid, or AGM 12 volt deep cycle is an overall excellent choice.

In my opinion, the latest, high tech batteries are not yet completely developed to be 100% dependable in the later rounds that come close together when charging time has been little to none..

The Camaro I am building today will have a 27 series, lead-acid, deep cycle battery. It will cost about $110.00, run the car all day, but carries the penalty of weighing 50 pounds. It is trunk mounted and in this situation, the weight is an advantage.

[SSDiv6]

Lifeline Batteries. Their race batteries are made in the USA and built to MIL-SPEC since the company also builds aircraft commercial and military batteries.

https://lifelinebatteries.com/produc...ing-batteries/

[Dave Noll]

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[rboyle]

Originally Posted by Tom Goldman

Check out AntiGravity's line of batteries.
I found out about them from some off road friends and they are really rugged and dependable.
And they are extremely light weight.
A couple of my customers have switched to them with great results. https://shop.antigravitybatteries.co...extreme-power/

I ordered the Antigravity! Thank you Tom!

[Glenn Briglio]

Originally Posted by rboyle

I ordered the Antigravity! Thank you Tom!

Which one did you go with?