Over here in the land of OZ all the VW boys used 8Volt batterys, they did not have to chage anything as far as I know, just bolt it in and they had better cranking speed and better lights etc. Can you still buy 8 Volt batterys in the US I wounder? regards George. ----- Original Message ----- From: "roger crabtree" <rcrabshish@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 11:46 AM Subject: Re: IML: 6 volt battery that will crank > Hi Don and list, > I bought the biggest case, most number of plates, > largest cold cranking amps, and best warranty offered > at Carquest. That was 2 years ago. The car starts in > -15 deg weather and has never failed me. The secret > is to double the cold crank amps compared to cubic > inches. A 331 Cubic inch needs 600 cold crank amps to > work correctly. The biggest I could find was a 550. > I was worried at first, but it has never failed. Most > of the battery companies have discontinued the big 6 > volts except truck applications. If all else fails go > to a truck repair center. > RC Billings, Montanaaaaaa > --- DONALDDICKINSOND@xxxxxx wrote: > Has anyone > found a good 6 volt battery that has lots > > of cranking power for my > > 1955 hemi Imperial? Maybe that's an oxymoron! > > > > ===== > RC Billings, Montanaaaaaa > > http://www.imperialclub.com/temp/1955/RogerCrabtree/ > > > Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. > http://au.movies.yahoo.com > >