<VV> Optima Batteries

[Dale Dewald]

At 10:00 AM 7/6/04 -0400, Joe White wrote:

>Is anyone using an Optima in an EM? If so, what model?

Hello Joe,

The Optima Yellow Top group 51 battery (specifically the 51F) will replace 
the Group 53 battery used in EM Corvairs and FC's.  The group 51 size has 
equal or greater ratings than any group 53 battery you might find, even 
though it is approximately the same width and height, but 2/3 the length of 
the group 53.  The Optima Yellow Top is a deep discharge type battery 
similar to a marine starting battery--the Red Top is an automotive starting 
battery.  The 51 size is only available as a Yellow Top.

I have a 51F Yellow in our '65 Greenbrier, an Optima Red Top 34/78 (should 
be an F) in my wife's '65 Monza, a pair of D34/78 Yellows in our 01 Dodge 
2500 w/Cummins turbodiesel, and a single D34 Yellow in our '85 Jeep 
Cherokee w/Renault turbodiesel.

As they die, I will eventually replace all of our conventional vehicle 
batteries with Optimas.

Dale Dewald
Hancock, (UP) MI