hey ive been doing searchin allday

here is the problem. the last yr i went thought 3 bats

1st when i bought my car { 1987 iroc 350 5.7 700r4} all options exept leather seats. got the stupid t-tops too bla

2nd left dome light on over night and next day recharged it and then blew radiator when i fixed that the batt would not charge up

3rd been running on 9v ish for past week only drove it to skool once this week and to work .finally friday was going to skool and it had troble startin and after the final i had it woudnt start back up.

took a jump box to it, started back up and then on way home i had light and radio on. car was pretty much sputtering and dying, i turn my lights and radio off and kiked back on.
tryed to go to worik sat night car did start at all even wit ha jump and charge.

afew moths ago i did full exhust with friends. on way back to home had an elctrical fire{ batt cable was restin on the headers heated it up and fryd it. fixed that weird conection by batt wivh i dno what it goes to but thats for a different thread

so the wires to the batt were replaced only ones damaged. ive been sick the past week so couldnt realy work on my car . im prety sure my alt is dead


now the questions i have are what batt and alt should i get ? ac delco { derect replacement or an optioma batt with like a power master 140 amp alt ??

what would the benifits be of using a combo like this and the downfall??

or should i just go with oem parts?

 

any one??

 

I'm biased toward the Optima batteries(particularly the Red Top).I have one in my '83 Z28(for about 8 months) and my '95 Jimmy(about 14 months).I haven't had any problem out of either(knock on wood).
On the alternator I have a 105 amp in my '83(stock it had a '85 amp).I have Duralast Golds in both vehicles.You have to look at what electrical accessories you have or plan to add.Upgrade now while you have to and you only have to do it once.But remember to upgrade the battery cables,check/upgrade engine and chassis grounds.
The a few things to remember about alternators/batteries.An alternator is meant to maintain the battery's charge.They aren't meant to fully charge a dead battery(this will overheat an alternator).If your battery is completly discharged either recharge using a battery charger or take it to Auto Zone they will charge and check for free(other parts stores may do this also).

 

thanks for the reply, im thinkin in the long run mabe havin a 10 sub in the spare tire place , getting some rear speakers and new front ones , replace my foglights

~foglight are after market but they were an option with my car {dont work now}
~rear speakers where stole out by transportation agency{ couldnt prove it}
~ with sub in tire well...was readin treads about ppl doin that and im not that big into subs but i thought it was kinda coo havein a hidden su that doesnt take up any trunk space ,{ and dont have a spare }

other then that i think i wont be running anything more mabe new headunit,upgrade light later on