Battery replacement?!

[krystalized_jdm]

After a few hours of following an electrical issue.

I've came to the conclusion my battery has a dead cell.

Now the problem - I have no clue about how to pick a car battery. Alot of people say they're all the same but it just goes by size.

I talked to some friends and they told me certain batteries have diff amperages and crank voltages?

If I went to my local canadian tire or napa. Could someone give me an idea of what I should be looking for? I know for a fact both of these stores have no idea about anything to do with skylines ( they didn't even have oem ngk plugs on record and tried to convince me they didnt exist -.- )

[speed]

Just. Ring your old one in and they can match it up for you or look at your cca # on your battery!
Napa or lordco should be able to match it for you

[krystalized_jdm]

Even if it's a JDM battery?

I didn't look at the labels assuming the usdm battery dealers wouldn't need anything.

Thanks for the idea

[Daryl @ RightDrive]

Try an Exide 51 from Part Source. Or it could be the 51R, I'm not sure. The difference is which side the positive terminal is on. It should be on the side of the battery away from the fender.

[krystalized_jdm]

Picked up a motomaster battery of equivalent size. He said its about 600 cold crank amps, does that sound about right for my skyline? D:

[DarkCaporaL]

For summer it should be fine but 600 CCA during winter will probably suck ballz.

[Daryl @ RightDrive]

600 should be fine if you are not trying to start it in really cold temps.

[RANTARAVE]

keep in mind JDM batterys have different sized terminals.

[TrevoR32]

optima red top with gold plated terminals. never failed yet. in 5yrs