intake and battery question
 

hey guys. since it's getting cold down here (woke up to -48c with the windchill) i'm wanting to put in a better battery. we sell semi batteries pretty cheap, and they can take alot of abuse. so naturally i want to put one of those in.

battery is 1000cca, and it is about 6" longer than the stock battery. so heres my idea. *note this is not my car. i took this of the internet, but i do have the same intake*



i want to cut the intake where the black circle is, and directly attach the filter there. and in the red square is where the new battery would sit.

anyone see any problems with this.

can the alero starter handle 1000cca?

no problem as long as you keep the iat sensor plugged in the intake path... and the starter can handle 1000cca easy... It is not the battery that push the power... it's the starter that draws what it need from the battery.....

I would get a new section of tubing rather than cut that nice-looking intake tube :)

The starter will pull the same current from the 1000 cca battery, cca is just a rating of the battery for comparison to other batteries, i.e. how they perform in cold weather.

You could just go with a red top. Those are awsome and pack a good punch for thire size

thanks for the replies guys.

and i dont have any tubing kicking around, so i think i'll just have to end up cutting this one, i know it sucks, but it should be semi permanent. and this battery is like $80 bucks. red tops (or a yellow top which is what i really want) cost alot more than that. and these semi batteries back quite the punch as well. should be able to handle the large stereo lol

and i'll leave the ait in the same spot as it's already in

Agreed about the red top.

Mine was 5 years old before it kicked the bucket in the vandlism act. Probably would still be going strong, the shorted out starter too :(