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Hi guys,

I want to put a catch can on my R32GTR, and they have NO space in the engine bay...

So was considering swapping to a narrow battery such as an Odyssey

http://www.horsepowerinabox.com/HPIAB2/cat...ategory59_1.htm

"Odyssey Battery 650 amps CCA 245a 183mmx78mmx187mm"

and putting a catch can next to it.

*Is anyone using one?

*Do they have enough capacity for everyday work (i have no high current draining audio etc)?

*I'm confused is this a 650 cranking amp of 245CCA battery?

Any other suggestions?

Cheers,

Marcus

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yeah my odyssey battery left me up town with a flat battery on many occasions .i moved my battery to the boot & put in a century battery thats lasted 2 years so far :wavey:

wonder how hard to relocate the battery to the boot?

this is a very good idea for reduce weight of the front

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i have an odysee in my gtr it was a 700 cranking amp unit and the problem with oddysee's is they dont maintain there cranking output for very long, as soon as you crank it over for more than 5 seconds they loose there power so quick mine runs flat after about 20-30 seconds of cranking which is a pain with aftermarket fuel pumps. I now run the optima which is a biiger unit in size but still 700 ca and it never runs out it is far superior in my opinion!!!

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An Odyssey 650 is not actually 650CCA's more like 250CCA. Some sealed batteries (such as the Odysseys) are misleading in that sense.

It shouldn't take a car 30 secs to start anyway :D Also, you should wait until the fuel pump relay stops priming before starting.

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NXTIME I know to let the pumps prime up but another problem i had was with some aftermarket computers such as motec, haltecs and autronic they run a full cycle pre sensor which means they let the car crank over a few times then info goes back to the computer then they send out the injector and spark pulses ect. very difficult when you have alot of stuff especially in a GTR for the little lead batteries to keep up. Just to clarify my earlier post not having a go at anyone!!

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strange, i was running a 810wrms amp (2 type-r 12"s) in a datsun stanza with a crap altinator using the odessy 800 battery and never had a problem. it was the only battery i didnt have a problem with. only one that gave my starter motor enough power to start first time every time (bigger startermotor due to commpresion and lightning mods).

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As previously stated, the Odyssey 650CCA rating is only a starting pulse for a few seconds.

IMHO Odyssey batteries are very average in terms of performance, quality, aftersales service (personal experience) and especially reliablity. I had one Odyssey drop a cell in just 6mths... this is not that uncommon.

In my experience the Optima range is vastly superior!

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