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Old 08-05-2004, 08:41 PM
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I have an Orange top which I purchased 2 1/ 2 years ago. It's just like the Red top except the anodes are reversed; it was designed for some of the foreign cars which have the terminal wires cut so they are too short to cross-connect. They go with the ERAs because the positive terminal is supposed to be oriented under the fender with the negative terminal exposed. The Orange tops are usually special order and the last time I looked they aren't even mentioned on the Optima website. The thing has 960 cca's and spins the 427 like a top. And, since it's a gel cell, it won't spill when you lay it on its side to install in the ERA cars. Pretty good battery. My car tends to sit for weeks on end but it's never failed to start the car quickly.
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