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optima battery #1202996 03/02/05 03:11 PM
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 42 Q quarterboy25 OP New CEG\'er
OP quarterboy25 New CEG\'er Q Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 42	I am looking into getting a yellow top optima battery for my car. I just wanted to know if there is any specific one I should get. Any certain specifications I should look for in the battery? 98 Tour SE 2.5L Pioneer 8600 HU 4 Infinity Kappa 5'7's 2 Kenwood Typhoon 12's 18" TR Motorsports wheels

Re: optima battery #1202997 03/02/05 03:13 PM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,033 S.E.M.I. G GetBooby151�?© Hard-core CEG\'er
GetBooby151�?© Hard-core CEG\'er G Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,033 S.E.M.I.	I donno if there is anything specific you should look for...all I know is, that Optima puts out really good batteries. Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

Re: optima battery #1202998 03/02/05 03:13 PM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 5,882 at the gas station every other... S svt4stv Addicted CEG\'er
svt4stv Addicted CEG\'er S Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 5,882 at the gas station every other...	wont fit right in under the hood. i believe you have to do some modifying. i plan to use one but will be running it in my trunk. i think there are only two of these, iirc. always go for the bigger one if there is a power difference. but it may just be shape/size difference. Originally posted by Tourgasm: Sometimes you can mess up a word so bad that spell check doens't know what the hell you're talking about.

Re: optima battery #1202999 03/02/05 04:30 PM
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 835 Costa Mesa, CA C ContourSVT98 Veteran CEG\'er
ContourSVT98 Veteran CEG\'er C Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 835 Costa Mesa, CA	Originally posted by svt4stv: wont fit right in under the hood. i believe you have to do some modifying. i plan to use one but will be running it in my trunk. i think there are only two of these, iirc. always go for the bigger one if there is a power difference. but it may just be shape/size difference. Heres mine with no modifications. Installed it myself 3 weeks ago. -dan 98 CSVT 484/6535,18" MI Rims,Nitto NEO GEN Tires,Pioneer DEH-P7300,Custom Cougar CIA,CF Hood,McCULLOCH HID 6K,Custom painted red calipers,Flowmaster 40s mufflers,Drilled Slot rotors,K&N 9" air filter,Brullen HiFlo Y Pipe & CAT,Magnaflow Res

Re: optima battery #1203000 03/02/05 06:47 PM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 6,791 SE-MI CEG R RawBurt Hard-core CEG'er
RawBurt Hard-core CEG'er R Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 6,791 SE-MI CEG	ContourSVT98- Your engine bay is sooooooooo clean and organized... I admire you!!

Re: optima battery #1203001 03/02/05 07:29 PM
Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 685 Pittsburgh M mygameisplatnum Veteran CEG\'er
mygameisplatnum Veteran CEG\'er M Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 685 Pittsburgh	Originally posted by ContourSVT98: Heres mine with no modifications. Installed it myself 3 weeks ago. -dan When i bought a new batt a few weeks ago I was going to buy one of these however the problem was that when positioned right side up i thought the terminals would be very close to hitting the hood...or maybe it was that the terminals themselves were bass ackwards and the power and ground wires werent long enough for a simple lpug and play install, i dont recall exactly. But I think I would have had to lay the batt on its sid (which is fine for gel batts) but then it would hit my heat shield so there was still not enough room. So i had to go w/ another kind Justin 98.5 CSVT # 4887 of 6535 (born 2/28/98)

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