[Healeys] Battery Cold Crank Amps

[pennell at cox.net]

Mark,

Those higher CCA in expensive batts are a wast of money in a Healey IMHO.  All you need is to start the car and run some low amp electrics.  I have a basic store brand 550 CCA in my BN7 for 4 years now and still going strong.

Keith Pennell

> I can't find any info in my old Healey manuals about
> Cold Crank amps for a battery.
> 
> Any suggestions on what the CCA should be for the 3000
> six cyl.   eng.
> 
> After shopping around, prices really seem to have shot up recently.   And the
> higher the  CCA the more $$$$.   For now I just need a battery to start the
> car and  do some minimum test driving.    Its going to sit for awhile over the
> winter months when the cars in storage so keeping the cost down is of interest
> right now.
> 
> Anyone been down this road?
> 
> Mark