There is hardly any .. its barely even visible.. only have one battery as if now so neither of those is necessary..

 

i need this done but ill end up putting it off a few months...

 

if you have the wire.. Do it.. Its easy as hell.. If i had the tools i woulda done it myself..

 

Glad to hear it helped the voltage so much. A second battery (or alt) should really help on long term bumping.

 

Oh i plan on it.. my battery now is only 530cca and 660ca.. which.. i mean isnt bad but it isnt great..

 

I think you would be good with the smaller Stinger SPV, I believe its SPV44. Only time we ever run the optima's is when were replacing the battery under the hood or adding a battery under the hood. Any other time its stinger or kinetik.

If you dont have the cash to drop on a brand new aftermarket alternator then check out some other models of your car, sometimes a higher model will have a higher output alternator.

 

I want to replace my under the hood battery.. so optima yellow top would be the best option for that? i want to do one at a time to see what helps/doesn't..

 

Always good to see big3 pics - its the cheapest upgrade for getting more power through the charging system.

However 0/0 is way overkill for a stock alternator. the terminals and fuse connectors are difficult to stuff all that copper into and look bad. ultimately there isn't any benefit to it.

I beg to differ on the corroding terminals though - ive had the same terminals he used on my car since 04 and they look pristine. As long as you charge the battery regularly it shouldn't corrode.

5/2004 stock acdelco battery:



6/2006 optima redtop:

 

Nice work Adrian

 

I would not waste my time with the big 3 without doing 0/1 gauge... Overkill never hurts especially for upgrades.