battery requirement
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Kurt Combs
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battery requirement
Can anyone tell me how many cold cranking amps my battery should have in a 1972 F-250 with a 360? My semi-deep cycle battery has 550 cca. I have hot start problems and thought it might be the battery being marginal in capacity.
Kurt
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19674x4
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the general rule i go by is to double your CID and thats how many CCA's you should have
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re: battery requirement
In my F100 I have a 1100 Cold Cranking Amp battery. It will start the truck usually no matter how cold. 
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1968 F100 SWB 360
1969 F100 LWB 360 "Ol' Blue" - Sold
1976 F350 Trailer Special, Extended Wheel base, 460
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