What battery for R34 GTT?

[beanie]

Can anyone tell me what battery I should use in my R34 GTT? The one I currently have is a A14 40Ah 330A (EN) but this seems far too puney and isn't holding the charge because if I leave it a little less than a week, it is completely dead and needs jumping to get it going again!

I have recently had the electrics checked out and was told there isn't excessive drain on any of the circuits so there is no fault there. I was advised to put a bigger battery in instead! So I measured up the available space and got the biggest battery I could fit in which is a C10 53Ah 470A (EN).

My only concern now is will anything go bang when I put this new bigger battery in? Can anyone advise if this is suitable?!

Thanks!!

[Gambit]

Nothing will go bang so long as you connect up the trerminals the right way round

[beanie]

Nothing will go bang so long as you connect up the trerminals the right way round

Well I reckon I can manage that without any troubles! I need to chomp the old clamps off the loom and put bigger ones on to fit the new battery as well so hopefully will all go according to plan!

[beanie]

What I meant to ask was has anyone else had a similar problem and needed to put a higher rated battery in their skyline...or is it just mine?! What do other people have theirs? Any info will be appreciated!!

[Gambit]

If the car isn't driven on a daily basis and is more of a weekend car then yes, you probably will need a higher capacity battery (the AH rating). I currently have one off of a renault megane scenic dti and it's hoooge

[beanie]

If the car isn't driven on a daily basis and is more of a weekend car then yes, you probably will need a higher capacity battery (the AH rating). I currently have one off of a renault megane scenic dti and it's hoooge

Yes I only tend to use it at the weekends really, if I were to use it every day then I would be committing financial suicide from buying petrol! Anyway, the battery I intend to use has a 53 Ah rating, not exactly massive but bigger than what I had and am limited to space available!

I can see a new problem now though, my +/- loom wires are not going to be long enough to reach the terminals and I still need to chomp the old clamps off and replace them with bigger ones so will then be even shorter! Any pointers on how I can get round this, am I able to extend the loom wires some how??