Opinions?

BTW I need a battery that will crank in the cold and not lose charge - I realize that Ohio is not the arctic, but it does drop to single digits for a bit most winters...
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[This message has been edited by Stine (edited 10-04-2001).]

I have heard that a MATSCO? spelling? Is durable as hell and very light.

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Stine:
Opinions?

BTW I need a battery that will crank in the cold and not lose charge - I realize that Ohio is not the arctic, but it does drop to single digits for a bit most winters...</font>

Only herd good things about OPTIMA...they re-charge themselves or something? Crazy...gel-cell...if you puncture...it still works...??

Check the Westco Miata battery. It's real small, sealed, and ready to go in the trunk. ;-)

$80 shipped. www.westcobattery.com (http://www.westcobattery.com)

Yeah, thats the one, Westco, not matsco. Man I must have been on drugs when I tried to remember that name!

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Uhhh...so no one thinks the Optima battery is good? Even though it will outlast most batterys on the market?!

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by SENTRASER:
Uhhh...so no one thinks the Optima battery is good? Even though it will outlast most batterys on the market?!
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The Optima battery is really good... It's just not light... And so if you're looking for a lightweight battery, then the Optima battery isn't what you want. The WestCo is pretty small. Here's a link.

http://www.westcobattery.com/pages/products.asp?id=11

It was made for the Miata, but that doesn't mean you can't use it.

There's an even lighter battery... It's called the Dyna-batt. Here's a link:

http://www.performancedistributors.com/batteries.htm

--Andrew Phan

speaking of batteries, i know on the scc se-r they put the battery in the trunk, for the cai to fit, what do you need to do this and how tough is it?

anyone know the correct part number for the dyna-batt and westco?

I am running the Westco Battery mentioned above and I also bought the westco battery box from www.nissport.com and they work great. I have it mounted in the trunk on its side. It is about 22 lb.s or so and pretty small. I also live in Northern Michigan and the battery sat all winter while I worked on my car (December thru Now) and i just checked the battery last weekend and it was perfect.

You don't need a part number for the Westco Miata battery, it is a special battery that westco makes.

Brent

Westco Part Number 12V31M

there is one on Ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6776&item=2415612307

What about the Dyna-batt? Is it reliable as well?

Holy crap this is an old post. I went with Optima, deciding that for a street car a lightweight battery is overrated.