Minimum CCA Battery

[Chris Wingardh]

I am trying to figure out if I can put the battery behind the bench seat. Seat will be a tilt up... Courtesy of Hoona in Hawaii...My engine is a Blue Print 347 FI. I am in Florida where the winter fridgid is about +35F on the coldest mornings . Soooo would a small 250-300 CCA battery work? I am looking for a small size.... size matters here.

[Pat Landymore]

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I ran a garden tractor battery to operate my turbo big block Chevy truck for most of a year. It worked fine most of the time in Alberta Canada even in winter ( heated garage tho) but if the truck didn’t start in the first few times when she was hot, the starter didn’t always want to engage the solenoid to the point the starter would operate.

So I coughed up the $ for the (Whoops! I meant Odyessy…) Odyessy 925 as recommended by many. It’s been fine for me and should readily fit behind your seat.

My 7 cents…
Ha! 😁

[Chris Wingardh]

Thanks, Pat

[VIRGIN MIKE]

My optima battery, after one year, is still cranking (also Florida, also BP 347). MY seat is tilted back slightly leaving enough room for battery, but I mounted mine behind cab, with an access hatch
in the bed

[Chris Wingardh]

Thanks Mike, I am trying to get away from under the bed mount. Its really a bad solution. Kit will be here in a couple of weeks, and it will be one of the first things I will tackle before I remove the cab and bench. Il post my solution. I suppose you have the Odessy 925?

[VIRGIN MIKE]

You will need to pull the cab off the frame before addressing the bench location. Until you have the foot box and steering in place, you won't know where/how you want to mount the seat - space is tight so I would think precise seat location would trump battery location. I didn't like the battery location either, at first; now with everything in place, it is out of the way yet easily accessible via the access hatch

[Chris Wingardh]

You will need to pull the cab off the frame before addressing the bench location. Until you have the foot box and steering in place, you won't know where/how you want to mount the seat - space is tight so I would think precise seat location would trump battery location. I didn't like the battery location either, at first; now with everything in place, it is out of the way yet easily accessible via the access hatch

Thanks Mike, I will take my time figuring this out. A friend is bulding a truck nearby, so I have acess to measurments with the foot box etc. I am 5'11 so the seat will most likly be all the way back, but raised 3"-4".... we will soon see how it goes....