Which battery to use?

[racing23s]

I will be running a 602 with the stock HEI, so should I stick to a 12v or 16v battery. Also I don't run an alternator.

[Kwoods25]

16v if you can get it. We used to run 16v till ours went south after 1 season. Now we stick to 12v Carquest brand optima. We run the red top optima and the Carquest brand. Just seem to like CQ better

[Tony27]

I've always run an optima, both red top and yellow, and have never had an issue. I charge it each week, and at most on a weekend running 2 nights, have only had it drained down to 80 percent charge.

[zeroracing]

I don't remember the part numbers, but I want to say if you order online you can get an optima with only top mount post not both, it has like a 5 lb less shipping weight if I remember correctly.

[BigNilla]

Pricey but XS Power are the best batteries I have ever used

[hpmaster]

My Optima red top hit 8 years with zero problems including some serious wrecks.

[blue93trd]

I've had a red top optima for 3 years now. No problems

[restad4r]

I agree, for 16v XS power is the best battery by far. I went through 3-4 turbo starts. Those things are junk.

[blackdirt]

Turbo start is JUNK. Plain and simple. 2 batterys in one year. One of them rode in the trailer as a back up, went to use the back up and would not take a charge. No more. Optima red top with a good charger all the way.

[spilledmilk]

I run the 16 volt rock battery going on third season awesome battery.

[ledfootproducts]

We have ran the yellow top for 4 years now. If you go with a 16v battery I highly recommend getting the dual voltage post ones. They have 16v posts for ignition and a 12v one for accessories such as gauge lights and tach. This prolongs the life of these things.