Re: Opinions on Optima Battery

Posted by Bobby On 2012/7/3 15:00:51

Perhaps I've always been misguided, but I always thought that the major difference in battery 'Performance' concerned CCA's...which would be more significant for a car left outside and subject to repeated starting, like a daily driver. For a cossetted and garaged classic, I'd think the significance of CCA's would be minimal at best.

Why you'd want to go thru the trouble of having a 'Dummy' battery up front when you could have the real thing there, and then to go thru the improbable install of an optima somewhere else is beyond reason. You can do what you want, of course, I just have to ask why. The only thing I can tell that makes the Optima different is the odd shape of it, and personally that's enough of a reason to stay away, it looks gimmicky to me.

I've used the Napa quite successfully, with the proper braided positive ground strap, and a cut off for longer storage for around 7 years now.