I just bought the Shorei battery it has been in the car for a week so I cannot tell you how good it is for a long term review.
I have gone through so many batteries over the years I just thought it was part of owning this car in 14yrs probably 8 batteries.
I tried to order some stuff off Dali one of the items was the PC680 bracket/holder when none of it arrived and I got my money back I started looking for alternatives I spoke to my auto electrician and he told me the PC680 was a 'crap' battery don't touch it. His words not mine before anyone takes offense.
Let me say first impression is, when I picked up the box i thought where is the battery it only weighs 2.2 kgs normal batteries are around 18kgs.
It also comes with a battery tender which is an additional cost but I was going to get one anyway as regardless of what battery you buy you will need one with these cars if they are no longer daily drivers mine was but not anymore.
The cool thing about the tender is the battery has its own unique slot sort of like a USB slot on your laptop so the tender connects there if its not in use it has a rubber cover that sort of clicks in to keep out moisture etc.
To make sure the battery stayed where I wanted it I made a cardboard template and took it to a steel fabricator mate of mine and got him to make me my battery box and powder coat it if you like I will post some photos over the next few days when I get around to it.
First impressions starts like a charm first time every time so far, I have now left it for 4 days unattended without the tender on and plan to start it up tomorrow the reason for this is if I go away for the weekend that is about the length of time it will potentially sit unattended.
As for the battery cables on the car I was going to change the connectors out but just did a rough job using the originals until that happens as there are a few mods going on the old girl shortly so that was going to be sorted then.
In my spare time my other passion is dirt bike racing, Red Bull KTM just announced that they are using this battery exclusively from now on so these must be able to handle the odd bump, I thought I should add that as there has been comments about shortening the lifespan of batteries from too stiffer suspension and hard out driving on tracks and bad roads.
one last thing in the 4 days of driving with this new battery I have had the A/C on and my stereo up loud, I normally prefer the engine noise but thought this was important to test.
Anyway will let anyone know how this new battery goes if they're interested.
