Battery

[green536@hotmail.com (Chris DeLong)]

The orange top is designed for our cars. Use that one.

>
>Red top.  I didn't think the Optimas were designed to fit any specific 
>cars.  The posts are reversed and I had to flatten the battery clamp to get 
>it to grab right.  It was a good excuse to run a new 2 gauge ground wire.  
>The positive cable will be plenty long.  My new ground cable is 3' long and 
>runs to the top of the tranny (old self-adjusting cable brace location).  I 
>then ran a 4 gauge braided cable back to the frame.  My starter now cranks 
>at about twice the RPM.
>
>HTH
>John
>
>
>At 07:57 PM 1/15/2002 -0500, Kervin Ridgley wrote:
>>Thanks John, but the site says they don't have a battery for my car.
>>Which one are you running in yours?  I've got no ac and just a regular
>>radio.
>>
>>
>>John Erickson wrote:
>> >
>> > A serious answer might be in order here.  I've been running Optima 
>>(spiral
>> > wound) batteries for several years.
>> >
>> > John
>> > El Paso
>> >
>> > At 10:20 PM 1/14/2002 -0800, Randy B wrote:
>> > >He he, what about just running a pair of 6V lantern batterys in series 
>>:D
>> > >
>> > >Randy
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > >
>> > > > On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 22:26:36 -0500 Kervin Ridgley
>> > > > <kervinridgley@earthlink.net> writes:
>> > > > >My battery is on it's last leg.  Is anyone using something other 
>>than
>> > > > >a
>> > > > >"regular" battery on their everyday car?
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > Yeah, I got me a little 9v battery with a 3v battery attached for 
>>my 12v
>> > > > requirements. Its super duper light! Doesnt start the car worth a 
>>crap
>> > > > but once its running, whoo-hoo!
>> > > >
>> > > > Hmm....
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > Shawn Méze
>> > > > 86' Jetta GLi 8V     84' Scirocco 8V    88' Corvette -SS 30- 2001 
>>SDR
>> > > > Solo2 Champion
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>>of
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>>Kervin
>>80 1.7 8v Crack free dash
>>82 1.7 8v The gift
>>86 1.8 8v My everyday ride
>>00 tt600 more HP than my car
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