Optima Red or Yellow Top for under hood

[EddieC 17]

Another vote for the DIe Hard Platinums here.  I have the 34 under the hood and 31 in trunk.  As long as I'm on the highway around 2k rpm, my voltage never drops below 14.0 with a BC5500 running full tilt.

Doesn't look like I'll be able to wedge the Die Hard Platinum 34 under the hood. The length is just a bit too long to fit without removing the Borla intake system to make it work. Plus it looks like all the Platinums had a price increase this week. So now I'm down to the last day of the 25% off at Pep Boys and I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with this battery.

It's a Bosch Platinum (made by Exide apparently) and seems to have pretty good numbers to it. 120 minutes of reserve which is better than the Optimas...plus the length is just enough to fit without going to extreme measures to make it work. Are these decent batteries? Never dealt with a Bosch one.

http://www.pepboys.com/product/details/838883/00162

[pmureika 31]

 

Another vote for the DIe Hard Platinums here.  I have the 34 under the hood and 31 in trunk.  As long as I'm on the highway around 2k rpm, my voltage never drops below 14.0 with a BC5500 running full tilt.

Doesn't look like I'll be able to wedge the Die Hard Platinum 34 under the hood. The length is just a bit too long to fit without removing the Borla intake system to make it work. Plus it looks like all the Platinums had a price increase this week. So now I'm down to the last day of the 25% off at Pep Boys and I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with this battery.

It's a Bosch Platinum (made by Exide apparently) and seems to have pretty good numbers to it. 120 minutes of reserve which is better than the Optimas...plus the length is just enough to fit without going to extreme measures to make it work. Are these decent batteries? Never dealt with a Bosch one.

http://www.pepboys.com/product/details/838883/00162

 

Exide is one of the largest battery companies in the world.

 

S0 I think the bosch battery would be just fine.

 

Bosch itself is a good company.

[swift 501]

I also run JuiceBox 31's in the back. If anyone is looking for a extra battery for the rear you cant go wrong with the Juicebox's at 230.00 shipped

[EddieC 17]

Well I wound up ordering the Optima Yellow Top 34/78. After measuring closely I realized that there was no way to make anything over 10" L fit. The Borla intake just isn't going to allow room for anything larger. I called the rep and asked which was the best for my application and he said definitely go with the Yellow Top being that a lot of power would be drawn from the system. Plus I read somewhere (don't believe all you read though) that they wouldn't honor a warranty on a Red Top if a high power audio system is in use. But we'll see how it goes..... should at least have plenty of juice now. Paid $196 but I have a core to get $15 back. Plus a $20 mail in rebate from Optima put the battery right at $160. Not bad so long as it holds up. Thanks for all the input though guys. Wish this thing had more room under the hood so I could have made the Die Hard work, but that extra inch just wasn't happening. (That's what she said ;-))