[s-cars] Optima Battery - What Model?

[Trevor Frank]

I put mine on it's side and built a little metal strap to hold it down.
Since it's a gel cell it don't care how it's mounted.

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Powell [mailto:brian at atomicham.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 8:56 AM
To: mark.pollan at mci.com
Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Optima Battery - What Model?

> My battery gave up the ghost.  Under the seat is a Diehard.  Would
like
> something different that does not fail without fail at the
> predetermined
> Mean Time to Failure.  I do recall reading that Optima makes a good
> battery
> but cannot recall the model to use.  If anybody would be so kind to
> provide
> info/commentary it would be greatly appreciated.

I recently put in an Optima Red Top with Reverse Posts.  They are
wonderful.  I bought rubber boots for the terminal plugs as the Optima
sits a little high and could touch the metal lattice of the seat.  I
got the battery at an Interstate Battery Store for $110.  The rubber
boots I got from a local napa.

Costco sells normal Optima Red Tops (without Reverse Posts) for like
$90 if you are a member.  You may have to do a little finagling to get
the cables to the correct post, but, other listers have done it.

Watching Le Mans this year, there was a shot from one of the pit crews
yanking an Optima Red Top out of the Corvette and putting in another
one...

Cheers,
Brian

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