What Battery Do You Have...Looking at the Optima!

[94GTLaserRC]

I wanna get this battery for the car. Not only is it considered a strong battery, but it fits well with my engine "decor". I think Red is indeed the one that we get for our cars.

Anyone using it?

Thanks
RC

 

[1105]

RC, is that their deep cycle battery? If so you'll want to get a diff one. I'm pretty sure thats the right one for cars but just checking.

 

[slvrbullit302]

I have that same battery, picked it up from Advanced Auto for like 129 tax and core. I have had no problems from it but I have only had it 2 months. Well there was that one time the detail shop bumped my Bottle heater switch in the ashtray and I did not realize it but other than that it has been great.



Tommy

 

[94GTLaserRC]

RC, is that their deep cycle battery? If so you'll want to get a diff one. I'm pretty sure thats the right one for cars but just checking.

Yellow is their Deep Cycle.
Red is their Starter Battery
Blue is their Marine.

Pep Boys has them for $109 with NO COre.

Gonna get one tomorrow.
Thanks
RC

 

[slvrbullit302]

Cool deal, I wish we had a pep boys here but the closet one to me is in Atlanta. Adv. was 109+10.00(core)+taxes I kept my core for a back up battery.

 

[jetuomi]

stupid question but will the blue-top work in our cars, according to the website it seems to put out good CCA??? tx

 

[GTPhreak]

I have a 75/35 series optima red in my car

 

[94GTLaserRC]

Just got back from AutoZone and got my 75/35 for $109.
It is a little different from the one in the top photo ($119)(34/78 series)

Here is a pic of the 3 they make. Ours is the one in the back.
Thanks again :worship:
RC

 

[94GTLaserRC]

BTW Chris,
I have to put this first thing in the morning, am I gonna have problems with it fitting?
I read on similar threads that some guys had problems with the hold down fitting.

Thanks
RC

 

[GTPhreak]

are you still on aim? you said you were back but then it wouldnt do anything.
I believe the adapter that is on the top should fit, but like i mentioned earlier i think i had some spacer clip things from a different battery that was there that let it fit perfectly in the tray

 

[GTPhreak]

as a matter of fact, it almost looks like the hold down pieces were for that first battery you showed a pic of

 

[Bling]

I've had that Red top in my car for 3 years now. I't been surviving 120+deg temps, 6 months no starting, 9 days with the dome light left on (went on vacation oops), plus being in my trunk hidden in an aluminum box. Never one slow crank whatsoever. Truthfully mines not even an Optima though, it's an Interstate. They just put their sticker on it and sell it a bit cheaper.

 

[svt5150]

RC-

Too bad you arent in CA, I got my Red Top for $60 and I can say that they are great. You'll like it.

 

[DustoneGT]

As long as you dont have a system you can run for days with no alternator
with Optima batteries.

Now with an alternator and a system it helps keep that headlight dimming
from happening as bad.

 

[Zero Signal]

Damn, all this time, I thought they didn't make one that fit our cars. I even tried to order one from a couple places and they said they couldn't get them. This is a pleasant suprise

 

[94GTLaserRC]

Chris, When I sent you that IM, I got an error, and I rebooted...I never logged back to AIM.

MIKE (BLING), where the H3ll have you been , I need to call you about the PCV thingy...When are you going to be home?
Thanks guys.. Going now to hook it up.

RC

 

[urban96]

i have had one in my car for about a year and i liek it a lot, when i put my car away for the winter i forgot to disconnect the battery do you think itll start right up in the spring?

 

[331 cobra]

stupid question but will the blue-top work in our cars, according to the website it seems to put out good CCA??? tx

I have owned a blue top for several years. I'm going to trunk mount it in my cobra, so I have not tried it in a mustang yet, but it worked well in two other cars, and it also had enough juice to jump start a car after sitting for 9 months without any charging.

They are damn good batteries and well worth the price. The blue top is not a deep cycle, it just has more CCA's and it was the same price as a red top. I just wish I new where to get one for $60 like svt5150.

 

[viperos]

well, I use an Interstate Racing battery... very hard to find aparently, it came from the woman who owned my car before me... that thing is amazing! I park outside, and the cold or lousy weather doesn't phaze it at all!

 

[94GTLaserRC]

I went today and exchanged the smaller one for the larger, 34/78 model (the one at the top of this thread). Bought the hold down bracket and J-bolts. Got everything done, and DAMN, the Postive cable wouldnt reach.

Had to cut off the cable where the fuse box lead and positive lead join. Then I had to go to Walmart and get a fuse box lead cable long enough. Also, the loom that the + wire is contained within was fastened down to the chassis down below. I had to lift that off so that I would have enough wire to stretch to the terminal. Never though that changing a battery could be so time consuming.

Anyway, here is the pic...I guess it's worth it to dress up the engine aside from the power of the battery.

Thanks
RC