Battery

[green536@hotmail.com (Chris DeLong)]

I just bought a orange top yesterday from Interstate Batteries. You have to 
ask for the orangetop. It is for passenger cars.
Unless you like replacing your battery cables and not with OE ones then get 
the red top.

>
>The Optima site only lists red, yellow and blue.
>It also indicates Red Top is appropriate for passenger car use.
>Dan
>
>Chris DeLong wrote:
> >
> > 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
> > >> > > > 82' Scirocco GTi -FSP 54-     79' "Project FSP Scirocco"
> > >> > > > The Fastest, Quickest, Cleanest and best looking Scirocco(s) in 
>all
> > >>of
> > >> > > > San Diego!
> > >> > > > http://www.Geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/1308/index.htm
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > 
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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
> > >>00 Habanero my cheap ti ride
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