Is there a better battery with higher CCA that fits our battery casing

Taken my '16 with its stock battery to Chicago a few times in blistering cold and it had to sit outside every night, never didn't start. I keep my car in a garage and sometimes don't touch it for a couple weeks and I rarely put a battery tender on it... always starts right up.

When replacing the battery, find an AGM. One of them will fit in there, I'm sure.

Stirring the pot??
Chassis H3851 has the 470 CCA battery installed.

Well I didn't get any where with Ford replacement on this one. They said the car comes with the BXT-99RT4 black battery. And if car has the BXT-99RT4-A 470 CCA battery then it has been replaced. So unless my battery tests bad I would have to pay for the higher CCA battery that is the replacement battery for what's in the car. I told them that ain't right that Ford puts the 390 CCA battery in from factory but yet replaces it with the 470 CCA battery if the original one becomes defective under warranty. Oh well!

I just replaced my original black top a couple months ago...it was three years old and bulging on the sides, all was good, and suddenly would not start - battery was a Motorcraft BXT96R590 - I replaced it with a red Motorcraft BXT96R590 - all is good. BTW - all red label Motorcraft batteries carry a 36 Month free replacement warranty, and then prorated replacement beyond that up to 100 months - at ANY Ford dealership nationwide. You absolutely MUST have a receipt, but that's it...pretty good deal. I always attach a copy of the invoice inside a packing slip envelope to all batteries I sell at my dealership.

Ok, so it looks like my dealer put in a 590cc battery because this is not stock, but it fits!


Actually thinking of going lighter for track days. Figure 10lbs is better than 40lbs?

icormba said:

Ok, so it looks like my dealer put in a 590cc battery because this is not stock, but it fits!


Actually thinking of going lighter for track days. Figure 10lbs is better than 40lbs?

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That's odd. Autocraft is a battery from Advanced Auto Parts.

Zitrosounds said:

The C680 12V 11Ah Lithium Ion Racing Battery is a great choice for street/strip vehicles wanting to shed some battery weight. The C680 is alternator compatible (100A/14.4V max) and weighs only 4.5 lbs. The outside dimensions of 7.16″ L x 3.05″ W x 6.63″ T make it compact and easy to install in a lot of locations.

https://www.lithiumpros.com/product/lithium-pros-c680-12v11ah-lithium-ion-battery/

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thank you Harold! I'll be getting one, once the current one starts to show signs or dying.

rb92gt said:

That's odd. Autocraft is a battery from Advanced Auto Parts.

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Some dealers just get batteries from a parts store... had that happen to me before when I had a battery warrantied out. Ended up with a big ugly green and gray Exide battery, haha. Guy said they didn't have any of theirs in stock.

I wanted an AGM battery with a little more than the 390 CCA my OE battery came with. I have Odyssey batteries in all my other cars and have used them for a while so that is the direction I went here as well- Odyssey PC1200MJT.

The posts make it a bit taller than the OE battery but the real issue was the OE battery terminal clamp hardware that was 1/4" to 1/2" inch above the posts which caused issues with the battery cover- without the battery terminals there was no issue. SO, I removed the OE terminal clamp hardware, sourced some stainless bolts/nuts, and drilled holes in the terminal clamps. Clamps work fine and now they are flush with the top of the posts......battery cover works fine now. And the factory clamp hardware can be reinstalled later if you ever wanted to go back to the OE battery and hardware.
This might also work for some other battery options out there. Since UPS did not show up today with my battery hold down strap from WCB (https://www.polyperformance.com/odyssey-gm-style-hold-down-strap-hds-hdas-metal), that is not pictured below but is on the way.

machsmith said:

thank you Harold! I'll be getting one, once the current one starts to show signs or dying.

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Zitrosounds said:

The C680 12V 11Ah Lithium Ion Racing Battery is a great choice for street/strip vehicles wanting to shed some battery weight. The C680 is alternator compatible (100A/14.4V max) and weighs only 4.5 lbs. The outside dimensions of 7.16″ L x 3.05″ W x 6.63″ T make it compact and easy to install in a lot of locations.

https://www.lithiumpros.com/product/lithium-pros-c680-12v11ah-lithium-ion-battery/

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Hey guys,
I was looking into getting one of these. I don't know much about amps, Ah, and such, but the battery specs show (100A/14.4V max). Our Alternators put out 200 amps, wouldn't that be too much for this battery? Or am I understanding this wrong, which could be the case.

icormba said:

Hey guys,
I was looking into getting one of these. I don't know much about amps, Ah, and such, but the battery specs show (100A/14.4V max). Our Alternators put out 200 amps, wouldn't that be too much for this battery? Or am I understanding this wrong, which could be the case.

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machsmith said:

thank you Harold! I'll be getting one, once the current one starts to show signs or dying.

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Crap! Looks like our alternators put out way too many amps to work with the Lithium Pros C680! [MENTION=19262]Zitrosounds[/MENTION]

From: Joe Cubberley <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2018 1:27 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: battery

Way to high of amps going into the battery it will ruin it and is not a warrantable product. If you look on out site 50 amp max



Joe Cubberley
Lithium Pros
T-865-688-2083
www.lithiumpros.com

icormba said:

Crap! Looks like our alternators put out way too many amps to work with the Lithium Pros C680! [MENTION=19262]Zitrosounds[/MENTION]

From: Joe Cubberley <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2018 1:27 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: battery

Way to high of amps going into the battery it will ruin it and is not a warrantable product. If you look on out site 50 amp max



Joe Cubberley
Lithium Pros
T-865-688-2083
www.lithiumpros.com

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Lithium Pros recommended their L3420 battery for our cars. I believe the stock Ford battery is 31 lbs? The L3420 weighs 9.5 lbs and according to the person I spoke to at Lithium Pros, is fully compatible with our alternators and has been used successfully on street cars for some time.

Since I live in north central Florida and garage the car, no extreme cold temps to worry about. The idea of saving 21 lbs or so of high mounted weight in this already front heavy car is appealing.

And before, anyone asks, I did the "driver mod" a long time ago, so very few excess lbs here! :lol:

17RubyShelbyGT350 said:

Lithium Pros recommended their L3420 battery for our cars. I believe the stock Ford battery is 31 lbs? The L3420 weighs 9.5 lbs and according to the person I spoke to at Lithium Pros, is fully compatible with our alternators and has been used successfully on street cars for some time.

Since I live in north central Florida and garage the car, no extreme cold temps to worry about. The idea of saving 21 lbs or so of high mounted weight in this already front heavy car is appealing.

And before, anyone asks, I did the "driver mod" a long time ago, so very few excess lbs here! :lol:

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Is that $1000?

17RubyShelbyGT350 said:

Lithium Pros recommended their L3420 battery for our cars. I believe the stock Ford battery is 31 lbs? The L3420 weighs 9.5 lbs and according to the person I spoke to at Lithium Pros, is fully compatible with our alternators and has been used successfully on street cars for some time.

Since I live in north central Florida and garage the car, no extreme cold temps to worry about. The idea of saving 21 lbs or so of high mounted weight in this already front heavy car is appealing.

And before, anyone asks, I did the "driver mod" a long time ago, so very few excess lbs here! :lol:

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They must have their wires crossed over there. Joe replied with P3426, but I can’t find that one anywhere.

L3420 is 80 amps max.

Just wanted to bump this thread for those who may experience a dead battery. My 2018 built in October 2017 came with the 390 CCA battery. With such low CCA it did not make it through the winter even here in the Bay Area.

Rather than toy with a marginally better 470 CCA from Ford, I wanted to try the 96R as I didn't want to deal with this again next winter. I can confirm that the 96R size will fit without any modification and was a perfect fit in the battery box.