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What’s a good size battery for a ford 460?


Brockpend

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You know, a lot of stuff around here gets group 24 batteries, I have a lot of 3 year old take outs every year, one of them whipped a gas 460 over just fine. I have one on my M as well. I am a fan of big batteries, preferably duals but i am always amazed. 

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1 hour ago, vtfireman85 said:

You know, a lot of stuff around here gets group 24 batteries, I have a lot of 3 year old take outs every year, one of them whipped a gas 460 over just fine. I have one on my M as well. I am a fan of big batteries, preferably duals but i am always amazed. 

I always used group 24 in most of my machines that use that style.   Then I discovered that group 34 batteries fit and have more CCA.  

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13 minutes ago, nepoweshiekfarmalls said:

I always used group 24 in most of my machines that use that style.   Then I discovered that group 34 batteries fit and have more CCA.  

I have a nearly endless supply of free group 24-R, we pull them at 3 years from generators and they usually go another year or 2 

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3 hours ago, oleman said:

Group 31 is the battery, if the box is large enough. Actually cheaper than many smaller batteries because they are so common  in commercial equipment.

 

1F9BF926-D9E6-4E78-8614-317DC5E5328C.pngWould this work with my 460? Don’t see any reason why it shouldn’t. It’s 1000 cca

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8 minutes ago, Brockpend said:

 

1F9BF926-D9E6-4E78-8614-317DC5E5328C.pngWould this work with my 460? Don’t see any reason why it shouldn’t. It’s 950 cca

Long as it will fit in the tray and the cables will reach the correct terminals.

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4 minutes ago, iowaboy1965 said:

That looks like a deep cycle tho with the threaded terminals?

Cables will reach. I’m pretty sure they make adapters that screw onto those. If not I’ll change the ends out on the cables. What does deep cycle mean though? I do not know?

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Deep cycle=Camper or boat battery made to be used longer without being charged. More reserve capacity.  Not a bad thing but not really needed in an automotive application either. I assume a bit more expensive....

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6 minutes ago, iowaboy1965 said:

Deep cycle=Camper or boat battery made to be used longer without being charged. More reserve capacity.  Not a bad thing but not really needed in an automotive application either. I assume a bit more expensive....

Well I’d like to go with this if it’s not a bad thing. I imagine a 460 from the 70s will definitely need to be turned over a little more to get it to start lol

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58 minutes ago, Craig61019 said:

I have a 1000 CCA in my 1977 F-250 that doesn’t get driven much in the winter months, started it today for the first in 2022, plugged in the block heater ,waited a while and it took right off😎

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