[Tigers] Correct battery sizing

[James Lindner]

Tiger Man

I know you said you were not interested in originality, but in case you have 
a change of heart, or if others do seek an original looking battery, please 
see Antique Auto Battery, a company out of Ohio. I have pasted the link to 
their site.

http://antiqueautobattery.com/batteries.html

These guys will build to order a maintenance-free, correct Lucas Group 27 
battery...all modern maintenance-free workings on the inside, terminals and 
faux-caps correctly located and black Lucas logo case on the outside. It is 
listed on their site under Sunbeam Alpine with further description under the 
maintenance free section. The G27 battery is a bit too large for the Tiger 
battery tray but the G24 will fit...but less cranking power.

Downsideb&not cheap at $265+ shipping.

Jim

-----Original Message----- 
From: Tom Hall
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 9:25 PM
To: Tiger Man
Cc: Tiger e-mail List
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Correct battery sizing

On 2/14/2013 12:59 PM, Tiger Man wrote:
> Was looking to pick up a new battery for the tiger.  Current battery that 
> is
> in it is an Interstate 24-50.  I thought I remember that group 24 was the
> original size, but I can't remember what reference I found that in.
>
> Poking around, it looks like group 24 is available, it isn't very common
> anymore except in marine batteries.
>
> Looking at the optima site, they pulled up a size 34 battery for the 
> Sunbeam
> tiger.
>
> Since I'm not really worried about concourse, Is group 34 that what other
> people are running as a practical matter?  Or is there another size that 
> makes
> more sense?
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
> _

The OEM group size for the Tiger was 27. They can be difficult to find,but I 
have seen them at Sam's Club. For non-purest owners, a group 65 will fit in 
the OEM battery tray if you slice off some of the inside
mounting lip (this battery was designed for Ford installations with the
bottom holding clamps). It gives you the option of replacing the
battery kick-up in the rear deck, with a full flat deck, allowing more user 
friendly packing for trips.


-- 
Tom Hall
ModTiger Engineering LLC
www.tigerengineering.net
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