Need some advice regarding battery selection.

[UMDSmith]

I have a 1989 mustang 5.0 that is getting a hifonics zrx2000.4 and a hifonics brutus 1700.1D. The 4 channel will be wired into 4 ohm so max it will only pull 1000 watts (probably far less), and the 1700 into 1 ohm.

I have already upgraded the alternator to a PA performance 200 amp unit, and just completed the big 3 using 1/0 Knuconceptz CCA cable.

The car has only a small amount of additional electrical draw, although I do plan on adding an electric fan in the future. I don't drive it often, and when I do, only 1-2 hours max in a sitting.

What battery would you recommend under the hood, and do I need to run an additional battery for this draw in the rear (eventually the front battery will also be moved to the read for better weight balance).

[Kranny]

whats a PA performance?

[HHR Ed]

With your power you can get away with a D3400 or S3400

Oh look, I found one here.

http://showtimecaraudio.net/bci_group/58/

But you would benefit a great deal by adding a 2nd batt in the back, a XP950 would do great as a 2nd batt in combo to a 3400

http://showtimecaraudio.net/shop/supplemental/xp950/

[UMDSmith]

whats a PA performance?

It is a company that a ton of the mustang guys use. Here is the output chart of their amps at given RPMS. http://www.paperformance.com/scripts/openExtra.asp?extra=11

Our cars, especially heavily modified ones, don't idle as nice as a lot of these newer things. Mine bounces between 800-900 at idle, so at the time, it was one of the best I knew about for a nice price.

HHR Ed, thank you for the information. Would you recommend tying those batteries together for the entire car, or installing a battery isolator for the rear mounted one? Just trying to determine everything I need for budget purposes before a purchase.

[HHR Ed]

whats a PA performance?

It is a company that a ton of the mustang guys use. Here is the output chart of their amps at given RPMS. http://www.paperform...ra.asp?extra=11

Our cars, especially heavily modified ones, don't idle as nice as a lot of these newer things. Mine bounces between 800-900 at idle, so at the time, it was one of the best I knew about for a nice price.

HHR Ed, thank you for the information. Would you recommend tying those batteries together for the entire car, or installing a battery isolator for the rear mounted one? Just trying to determine everything I need for budget purposes before a purchase.

Use them together. They are both of the same chemistry (AGM) so no need to isolate them.