Optima Batteries

[vt josh]

ok so its time to upgrade my car battery due to the power of the system just want to know what type of Optima Batteries anyone on here has put in there vt v6 and also any problems fitting it

anyone got photos too

[wraith]

Yellow top Optima's are the way to go. Exxy but well worth it.

[vt josh]

thats what im thinking but what type of yellow top they have like 5 types on there site

[wraith]

Optima Yellow Top D34 seems to be the go.

[Philthy]

D34 went straight into mine. Joe usually gives a good price

[acarmody]

D34 went straight into mine. Joe usually gives a good price

I had to flatten the 90 degree bend on the negative terminal to fit up to my VX. It too some new sparky apprentice about 30 minutes to do this, me and the owner were watching and having a good old laugh.

[vt josh]

I had to flatten the 90 degree bend on the negative terminal to fit up to my VX. It too some new sparky apprentice about 30 minutes to do this, me and the owner were watching and having a good old laugh.

hey man do you think you can post a pic up please

[acarmody]

Sure. The D34 has the terminal on the opposite side to a Commodore style battery, now thats no problem as you just turn the battery 180 degrees, now the positive cable was fine, but the negative has the 90 degree bend between where my zero gauge wire is nutted down and where the factory wire is crimped. You can flatten it at home but I was already at a sparky so I he offered to do it for me.

[vt josh]

thanks mate thats a lot of help but do you think that there are any bigger ones like the next size up of is this the bigest we can go in our standard spot

[Philthy]

Sure. The D34 has the terminal on the opposite side to a Commodore style battery, now thats no problem as you just turn the battery 180 degrees, now the positive cable was fine, but the negative has the 90 degree bend between where my zero gauge wire is nutted down and where the factory wire is crimped. You can flatten it at home but I was already at a sparky so I he offered to do it for me.

Took me a while but now I see what you are talking about. I have different terminals so didn't have that problem

thanks mate thats a lot of help but do you think that there are any bigger ones like the next size up of is this the bigest we can go in our standard spot

Pretty sure optima have measurements on their website

[vt josh]

Pretty sure optima have measurements on their website[/QUOTE] sorry mate im talking about the output of the battery

[Philthy]

All of that will be on their website too, but the D34 is already a massive step up from standard

[holdenboy]

D31 "fits" in a VR/VS without too much modding.....just have to take off the top radiator hose and the pollution cylinder thingy.

But yes, Philthy is right. Unless youre running a HUGE system i dont see the need to go above the D34.