Battery in your celica 35amp?, Convertion to higher poss? Options

[Nigel]

My car didnt start today even from a jump from a car. Waited 2-3 hours before mate came and he jumped it with one of them batt jump starter things. He said the batt was so flat you needed a lot of current to get it going.

He said my battery isnt giving enough amps.
I have a 35amp batt he said on normal cars there 60amp.

So why is mine 35amp? Its a batt for a celica too and cost more. Could i convert it to a 60amp?
This is the fith time this has happened to me.

[mikew04]

You either need a new battery or you have alternator problems.

Batteries are rated for their cranking amps and cold cranking amps (the more useful rating) and its how many amps it can provide for 30 seconds before it drops down to 7.2 volts. As far as I know, they do not make 35 or 60 amp car batteries. They're more like 400 and up. If you can take it to a shop that will test your battery and alt, then do that.

If this has happened 5 times before, then your battery is probably shot. Once they go flat, you never get as much power out of them unless they are deep cycle. If you do get a new battery, check out the CCA's and get a good number, 600 or more. That way you wont have any cold morning starting problems

BTW, when tryin to jump a car you need solid connections to carry the current, and it helps if the donor car is revved a bit to get the alternator spinning up.

[Nigel]

This is my battery.
055
290 Amps
12 Volt

Thanks for you help mike

[1900WattCelica]

Yeah that battery is weak as hell. Go to your nearest auto store and get something like 500 CCA or more. Mine is 1000 CCA's MUAHAHAHA