Re: optima battery
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02/03/10 07:35 PM
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Does your car have an alt? If not I would use the yellow. (that's what I have)
If it does then the red should be fine.
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Re: optima battery
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02/03/10 08:45 PM
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I run no alt, but have 2 red tops. I have made 11 passes in one day before putting a charger on it, including cooling down and cranking up at trailer and 3 or 4 times in the staging lanes. Now that I think about it, I had to swap a battery out before semi finals that nite, but I was running two classes. 1/8 mile, MSD 7AL2, line locks ect. Brian
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Re: optima battery
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02/04/10 04:21 PM
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You'll probably either want a bigger alternator, or if the car is mostly used on the strip, I would install a yellow top.
I run a stock alt and a single red top and if I run my fan a bunch between rounds it will kill the battery. I had to get a jump more than once in the pits last year to make it back around for the next round. I'm adding another red top or a different alternator for this season. Might even do both to be safe.
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Re: optima battery
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02/04/10 05:00 PM
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You couldn't give me an Optima Battery these days....get yourself an Odyssey PC1200 I run all the electronics, fan, No Alternator, with (1) PC1200 and it's Five years old and has never let me down 565" 15-1 Rickster
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Re: optima battery
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02/04/10 06:54 PM
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I've just bought an HHR fan and a meziere water pump, so will need something reasonable. Rickster Just looked at the pc1200, quite impressive. Mick
Not sure if it's the dry-cell construction or what, but it will sit for months and crank right up....it sat for two years in the roller and never charged it when the bullet went in it cranked right up. And it's very light taboot
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Re: optima battery
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02/05/10 06:08 AM
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I got a 105 amp single wire alt and two bosch 65A/H sealed lead acid in the boot (trunk). They weigh a ton but do help with weight distribution
'74 Challenger..9.46 @ 145.9 1/4, 6.001 @ 118 1/8 so far. 4023lb !!! # N/A, Marsh performance 655ci, Indy Maxx, T/R, Indy 600-13 X's, Street legal, pump gas, full interior, Cal-Tracs, mufflers, 3:73's and real 10.5 radials. 9.51 @ 142.4 1/4, 6.003 @ 114 1/8 with our old mule KB, 572-13, 580 wedge. RHD '68 Barracuda Fastback 323ci street/strip. Best ET 13.88 @ 99.03
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Re: optima battery
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02/05/10 07:09 AM
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I'm not a big fan on running 2 batteries... a battery is a storage device.... I run a single lead acid production type battery WITH a alt(80a).... if it isnt working then you need a better battery or a bigger alt... if the car cant start in 5 seconds you should fix the problem.... some of the guys are using the added battery for weight and thats fine and dandy but you could do the same thing with lead bars farther back to do the same.... any ways, to each their own. I have heard some bad things about the Optima batteries in the last few years... at Chrysler we use to use them as a production battery and changed due to a high warranty on them
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Re: optima battery
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02/05/10 07:58 AM
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I run a Yellow top in my Challenger with no alt. Charge in between rounds and run two classes. I run electric everything. Have had this battery for a season and a half.
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Re: optima battery
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02/05/10 08:27 AM
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I sell batteries and have seen a huge reduction in the Optima warranties over the last year or two. I think it has to do with a new plant they built just recently. There is an Optima internet relations guy that I am surprised hasn't stopped in here yet. He appeared on a jeep forum I am on when there was a thread bashing them. He had some good answers and was very profesional. I guess he monitors google for optima bashing maybe I have had a red top in my Jeep for 3 years now with no trouble. I will be going with a yellow top in my Barracuda.
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