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| kbrunk1 |
 Aug 31 2012, 07:34 PM
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Brunk  Group: Members Posts: 180 Joined: 13-November 11 From: Dallas,Texas 73 2.0 FI Member No.: 13,778 Region Association: South East States  |
I see various posts with pictures of red top Optima batteries.
I did some measurements but I think you would have to modify the drain pan if you installed one on a stock 73 914 2.0L in the normal spot for the battery. We are talking all stock stuff here as far as the engine. Anyone have any experince here? Will one fit? Thanks |
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| Chris Hamilton |
Sep 1 2012, 05:33 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 611 Joined: 7-March 06 From: Berkeley, CA Member No.: 5,687 |
The only batteries I've seen with worse reliability than the Optimas have been the braille racing batteries.
I tried to convince myself that I just got a bad one or two batteries from Optima, but my fourth one in like 4 years failed about 6 months ago. None of them older than 3 years. Never again. Got a pile of dead optimas in the shop next to the pile of dead braille batteries. |
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I just installed one a couple months ago, the onl... Sep 1 2012, 04:49 PM ellisor3
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