[s-cars] Do I want an Optima?

[Tom Green]

Manny,

I believe it says 1200 on the case.  I bought a mid-size just to be  
sure.  I believe the model is a PC625 which
was specific for M6 thread connections and the posts on the correct  
sides.  The battery has no holddown lip,
so all I did was elongate the bolt hole and bend the tabs on the side  
up slightly so I could get the holddown
close enough to the battery to match the bolt hole.  A little bending  
and the original holddown fits tightly at the
top and the battery is secure.  I considered some non-slip pad to  
stick to the bottom of the tray, but I don't think
any tech inspection will fault the security of the battery.  I used  
some sidepost covers to protect the terminals
from any stray contact because that is all I could find to fit.

This was a commercial battery supply house that had a supply of cable  
and connectors and a double-crimp
machine to make up any type of cable.  I had new ends crimped on for  
the M6 bolts instead of using top posts
that I thought would be in the way.

Tom


On Sep 18, 2006, at 8:54 AM, <manuelsanchez at starpower.net>  
<manuelsanchez at starpower.net> wrote:

> Tom,
>
>
> Which model number did you end up using? How did you mount the  
> Odyssey battery? Where you able to use the hold down strap or did  
> you fab up some alternate clamping mechanism?
>
> I looked into this briefly a while ago but a local battery outlet  
> said that the odyssey did not have that little lip detail that the  
> euro batterires use to use the factory tie downs.
>
> TIA,
>
> -manny
>
>
>
> <snip>
>
> I bought an Odyssey gel cell battery because it fit where the  
> Optima did
> not.  However, it was way too expensive, and I probably should have  
> just
> stuck with a regular battery.  ( It's the Humvee battery, guaranteed
> to survive
> the desert.)
>
> Tom
>
> <snip