grega
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by grega » Mon Jun 02, 2008 10:02 am
lads,
What type of batteries are we using?
Mine has gone flat, i was wondering what your exerieces are
thanks
Greg A.
sh0rtlife
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by sh0rtlife » Mon Jun 02, 2008 11:20 am
optima red top!!!!
tcl
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by tcl » Mon Jun 02, 2008 2:26 pm
sh0rtlife wrote: optima red top!!!!
Same here.
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by Alfa GTV6 NZ » Mon Jun 02, 2008 4:41 pm
When i had a big stereo - Optima Yellow Top
Now without stereo - Optima Red Top
I would recommend Optima or Kinetik racing batteries.
1987 GTV6 - Livin in New Zealand.
grega
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by grega » Mon Jun 02, 2008 10:07 pm
would you guys have the battery part number handy?
Is the gtv-6 listed in the optima book in the autoparts store?
thanks a bunch
Greg
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by sh0rtlife » Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:37 am
just ask for an optima red top..they only make 1 and its universal to EVERYTHING that uses a 12v battery
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by tcl » Wed Jun 04, 2008 8:44 pm
I seem to recall that Optima makes two red top variations with different cold cranking amps. I went for the more powerful version. Both sizes fit in the GTV-6 battery compartment but the more powerful version weighs more if that's a concern.
grega
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by grega » Thu Jun 05, 2008 10:09 am
looks like they sell a few types of the red tops.
they list about 6 of them.
Do you have a part number for the ones you speak of?
Thanks
Greg
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by tcl » Thu Jun 05, 2008 4:25 pm
grega wrote: looks like they sell a few types of the red tops.
they list about 6 of them.
Do you have a part number for the ones you speak of?
Thanks
Greg
The numbers on my receipt are: OPT8002-002 34 800CCA RT 36. I think I recall the salesman calling it the 34.
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by Alfa GTV6 NZ » Fri Jun 06, 2008 4:54 pm
I use the 34 or the 34/78 models.
1987 GTV6 - Livin in New Zealand.
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by twinspark6 » Fri Jun 06, 2008 7:04 pm
redtops are okay but honestly, I would rather purchase a diehard. I've had numerous issues with the optimas in the past. Many people that I know have also had the same problem.
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by sh0rtlife » Fri Jun 06, 2008 8:27 pm
every diehard ive had has died in under 3 years...ive got an 8 year old optima thats still kicking
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by twinspark6 » Sat Jun 07, 2008 9:21 pm
My optimas have lasted less than that.