Re: Attn. Optima Users

[John Erickson <hombre@elp.rr.com>]

Optimas sort of fit.   All you really need is a longer ground cable (I 
re-did the grounds in the engine bay anyway.  My ground cable is 2 gauge, 
36" long.).  The bracket can be "fixed" by flattening it in a vice.

John
'87 16v
El Paso

At 11:18 PM 11/15/2001 -0500, Brian Haygood wrote:
>Has anyone else had trouble getting a battery hooked up in their 16v?  I had
>a big battery in there that fit fine, but my new, smaller Champion Vortex
>spiralcell 75 series battery has the terminals near the front of the car
>instead of the back, so the wires don't reach it!  What's up with that?  No,
>I don't have it in bassackwards, and I checked Optima's site - the battery I
>got isn't reversed polarity or anything.  I was planning on changing the
>wiring, so its only a giant pain I don't want to deal with right now.
>
>The main problem is that it isn't held firmly in the little hold down
>braket - the battery is too narrow.   Very annoying!  I guess I'll have to
>try this one in the Passat until I can get it in the back of the 'Roc or
>something.  The battery is a Champion Vortex, which is made by Exide.  It's
>"just like" an Optima.  I got it really cheap because it has a nasty looking
>chip out of an insignificant plastic flange and I know the manager at the
>store.
>
>So, Optima users - are my troubles caused by a bastard sized crappy battery,
>or do Optimas not fit in our holders quite right, either?
>
>-Brian
>
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