- 1. Optima Is Battery of Choice (score: 1)
- Author: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 09:17:07 -0700 (PDT)
- I got plenty of feedback on this and really appreciate it. I'll use an Optima battery, and will retain the alternator, but will use a racing alternator with oversize pulley. I'll keep the mechanical
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- 2. Re: Optima Is Battery of Choice (score: 1)
- Author: RACE427@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 13:22:19 EDT
- I have had excellent luck with both red and yellow top Optimas. Not much luck with the Blue top. Have had good luck with Exide spiral cell batteries.
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- 3. RE: Optima Is Battery of Choice (score: 1)
- Author: "Dave Dahlgren" <ddahlgren@snet.net>
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 14:05:51 -0400
- be sure to size the pulley so the battery charges at idle. Most altenators can handle 10 to 12k rpm. look at a passaenger car and figure that it turns about 6k rpm and just change the drive on yours
- /html/land-speed/2005-10/msg00264.html (7,848 bytes)
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