Starter motor power consumption
Sometimes people on this form and the inter webs claim that a higher CCA battery makes your car start faster. Today i noticed the Factory service manual says that the starter uses 0.95kw at 12V. that works out to only 79.16 Amps.
My questions are as follows:
1. has anyone ever measured starter motor power consumption?
2. Does this mean that installing a battery with higher than 79 CCA will have no noticeable benefit?
3. what are peoples experiences with installing newer/higher CCA batteries?
Im curious because a lot of high capacity battery chemistries like LiFePo4 only allow for 200-300A peak discharge and i'm unsure if this is enough to reliably start the vehicle.
This post is for discussion purposes, i'm not currently capable of doing an alternator delete as i lack a power outlet to charge the battery with.