SM105K
Streetlight Grand Prix Champ/ IG @fafomotorsports
Since you don't drive your SHO everyday, get a battery tender. The battery and the car will be happier.
Replacing battery
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yaycandy
Aerospace Engineer
Yea that would be a good idea, in all reality i should have one on all my vehicles.
Thinking of reflashing my Ghost cam and crackle ajp tune to see if it runs better. I havent seen my idle this steady, within 20-30rpm since i bought the car.
SM105K
Streetlight Grand Prix Champ/ IG @fafomotorsports
Might as well. I haven't reflashed my mine back on since my plug and coil change. I might too.
SM105K
Streetlight Grand Prix Champ/ IG @fafomotorsports
Yes you can. Battery tenders have a dedicated pigtail you connect to the battery. It then becomes plug and play.
yaycandy
Aerospace Engineer
I flashed back to ghostcam. It still acts up like it did before, so i just flashed to the normal tune again.
SM105K
Streetlight Grand Prix Champ/ IG @fafomotorsports
The Ghost cam is cool idling. However in gear idling at a stop light, or just trying to creep through a parking lot...geez.
yes you can replace your sho battery. but i would suggest you not to do that , like how many times you will replace your battery, instead of that try to recondition/revive your battery. i also encountered lots of issue from my battery, after researching i got this guide which helped me alot to revive my battery.
yaycandy
Aerospace Engineer
Well my state and county is on lockdown so i cant go out to my garden to pick a new ripe battery.
yaycandy
Aerospace Engineer
Ill take my optima into autozone and be like hey son can you check this here bat tree. Hey when the bolt hole gets shot make a new one.
yaycandy
Aerospace Engineer
Mine was alittle stuck. Unplug the connector from the whole positive wireblock. Should be towards the fender at the terminal. Then loosen the clamp bolt and find something to gently pry up on it. Helps for that connector to be unpluged but it dosnt have to be
Hijacking this thread for my own battery question if you don't mind.
Does anyone know where to grab an OEM negative battery terminal? Mine is in rough shape from corrosion and even after a thorough cleaning I'd feel better replacing it. I can only find the positive terminals online or the $350 package from Ford for the entire assembly.
I've tried three different "universal marine terminals" from your every day auto parts store and none fit the OEM wire & adapter. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Does anyone know where to grab an OEM negative battery terminal? Mine is in rough shape from corrosion and even after a thorough cleaning I'd feel better replacing it. I can only find the positive terminals online or the $350 package from Ford for the entire assembly.
I've tried three different "universal marine terminals" from your every day auto parts store and none fit the OEM wire & adapter. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
luigisho
SHO Member
What size is the wire. You can get about any aftermarket style to work if you get the correct gauge or put an eyelet on the end and clamp it to the terminal end like something that look like these. You just have to get the gauge right.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07G5P9Y8...1388268856.1586875328&tag=shopperz_origin3-20
https://www.bestreviews.guide/battery-terminals
https://www.thedrive.com/reviews/30620/best-battery-terminals
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07G5P9Y8...1388268856.1586875328&tag=shopperz_origin3-20
https://www.bestreviews.guide/battery-terminals
https://www.thedrive.com/reviews/30620/best-battery-terminals
CraxyMitch
Member
Sorry for resurecting an old thread, but I had been reading up on batteries.... and then the latest cold snap just killed my battery, which I knew needed replacement.
So, today I put a new battery in, with good CCA and reserve -so many things suddenly work better -even properly, which I didn't know they weren't before. The idle IS massively smoother, the turbos are better, PSI is up, BOV much smoother. The seat memory works every time, when I had just decided I needed to pull the module and replace it because it wouldn't always activate all functions. The engine just sounds... better. Leaner. Meaner.
I'm pretty amazed at the importance of a good battery in this car; and not unashamed for letting mine get to the point a 20 deg cold snap could **** it.
Get a battery if you think you need one. Even if you plan on upgrading later. I didn't get the smaller form factor, high end battery I wanted. But I got a good one that I won't feel bad about. Now, the car is ready for me to work on more of the various little things I want to do.
So, today I put a new battery in, with good CCA and reserve -so many things suddenly work better -even properly, which I didn't know they weren't before. The idle IS massively smoother, the turbos are better, PSI is up, BOV much smoother. The seat memory works every time, when I had just decided I needed to pull the module and replace it because it wouldn't always activate all functions. The engine just sounds... better. Leaner. Meaner.
I'm pretty amazed at the importance of a good battery in this car; and not unashamed for letting mine get to the point a 20 deg cold snap could **** it.
Get a battery if you think you need one. Even if you plan on upgrading later. I didn't get the smaller form factor, high end battery I wanted. But I got a good one that I won't feel bad about. Now, the car is ready for me to work on more of the various little things I want to do.
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