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| sixaddict |
 Jul 8 2012, 07:05 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 804 Joined: 22-January 09 From: Panama City Beach, FL Member No.: 9,961 Region Association: South East States 
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LAst event at Road Atlanta came out of turn 5 and lost all power. Coasted to stop awating flat tow. Smelled something odd. Turned and saw smoke then fire. Optima flipped and shorted causing fire. Minor damage ( really) but just got it back together ...Decided those stainless fuel ines werent doing much good on the shelf and fire extingisher didnt last very long. Installed Rennshift while down ..Now thats the ticket ..Thanks Sergio !
Almost ready for next weekend ( new Atlanta track) but discovered corded tire....KACHING ! BAttery had been bolted the same way for two years without issue. Any pics of mounting would be appreciated. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) |
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| Tom |
Jul 8 2012, 08:05 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,139 Joined: 21-August 05 From: Port Orchard, WA 98367 Member No.: 4,626 Region Association: None |
Here is how mine is held down.
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| Tom |
Jul 8 2012, 08:11 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,139 Joined: 21-August 05 From: Port Orchard, WA 98367 Member No.: 4,626 Region Association: None |
Second try!
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| Elliot Cannon |
Jul 8 2012, 11:06 PM
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914 Guru Group: Retired Members Posts: 8,487 Joined: 29-December 06 From: Paso Robles Ca. (Central coast) Member No.: 7,407 Region Association: None 
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Mines actually in the front trunk and ummm, held down pretty well. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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| sixaddict |
Jul 9 2012, 05:19 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 804 Joined: 22-January 09 From: Panama City Beach, FL Member No.: 9,961 Region Association: South East States
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Elliot ....You could crash and yours wouldnt budge.
Tom : Is that piece that comes from Optima I had home made pice that didnt hold it against inner fender ... Like the simplicity of that. Thanks QUOTE(Elliot Cannon @ Jul 8 2012, 10:06 PM)  Mines actually in the front trunk and ummm, held down pretty well. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) |
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| Tom |
Jul 9 2012, 05:37 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,139 Joined: 21-August 05 From: Port Orchard, WA 98367 Member No.: 4,626 Region Association: None |
sixaddict,
Yes, that came with the battery. Tom |
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| Chris H. |
Jul 9 2012, 07:41 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4,031 Joined: 2-January 03 From: Chicago 'burbs Member No.: 73 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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It's been a while but when I got my Optima it didn't come with that piece. Back then if you called Optima they would send you one free of charge.
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| GeorgeRud |
Jul 9 2012, 08:08 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,725 Joined: 27-July 05 From: Chicagoland Member No.: 4,482 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
I think the problem is that the Optima's base may not have enough of a lip to be properly held by the back lip of the battery tray.
The bracket supplied with the battery may not hold it back far enough to reliably catch that back lip. |
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| wndsrfr |
Jul 11 2012, 08:36 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,430 Joined: 30-April 09 From: Rescue, Virginia Member No.: 10,318 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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QUOTE(GeorgeRud @ Jul 9 2012, 06:08 AM) I think the problem is that the Optima's base may not have enough of a lip to be properly held by the back lip of the battery tray. The bracket supplied with the battery may not hold it back far enough to reliably catch that back lip. thank you thank you thank you for posting this. sure enough just got back from a d e and looked at mine and it was loose. very hard to tell at a glance but it was sitting on top of the bracket! super lucky it didn't tip out and start a fire.... fuel lines and throttle bodies located right next to the battery. thanks again now I've got to figure a better way to hold it. |
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