View Poll Results: optima battery you use/recomend?
Red top 75/35
1
5.00%
Red top 34R
5
25.00%
Red top 35
2
10.00%
Red top 51R
1
5.00%
Yellow top 51R
4
20.00%
Yellow top 35
1
5.00%
Yellow top 34R
3
15.00%
Other...
3
15.00%
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Optima Batteries
#3
I'm using a yellow-top group 34. It rocks. I live in an oven, so the OEM battery went south almost immediately. The Optima gave ma a ton of additional cranking sped which gets the motor started really quick.
Plus, I can run all of my A/V stuff at shows for hours instead of minutes.
The "group" designation refers to the fitment - where the terminals are located, their orientation and the physical size of the battery.
Optima doesn't have a battery that they spec for the RX-8, so if you use the group 34, you will have to extend the positive terminal with an inch or so of aluminum bar stock to reach the (+) terminal.
The negative will fit just fine.
This is because the group 34 is physically backwards compare to the OEM battery.
Plus, I can run all of my A/V stuff at shows for hours instead of minutes.
The "group" designation refers to the fitment - where the terminals are located, their orientation and the physical size of the battery.
Optima doesn't have a battery that they spec for the RX-8, so if you use the group 34, you will have to extend the positive terminal with an inch or so of aluminum bar stock to reach the (+) terminal.
The negative will fit just fine.
This is because the group 34 is physically backwards compare to the OEM battery.
#6
not quite dead yet...
After a good bit of research and calling practically all of the Delaware parts shops I found the D51 yellowtop optima fits our cars perfectly. The batteries come with a little tray attached to to top of the batt, it clips underneath the battery and puts it at the perfect height- no extending cables, the battery clamp goes back on, no wiggling around in the batt box, basically a perfect fit and match. my 8 flooded and I ran down the stock battery in about 2 minutes- went out picked up the D51 dropped it in and IMMEDIATELY the car started up from the quicker rollover of the starter. I plan on adding more AV and this was worth the money.
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