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02-10-2015, 11:38 AM
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Ouch Ouch Hot Sand
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Daytona Beach,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Street Beasts w/302 Twin Turbocharged....Under Construction!!
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Optima Red Top battery question?
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Safe Flyin, errrrr Drivin, Earl
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02-10-2015, 01:29 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: SoCal,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: CSX #4xxx with CSX 482; David Kee Toploader
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Griot's has this battery manager that claims to be able to rejuvinate your AGM Red Top battery.
Battery Manager V - Battery Care - Car Maintenance - Griot's Garage
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02-10-2015, 01:33 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2014
Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance, Survival Motorsports aluminum FE 482
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Originally Posted by EarlsflyinCobra
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Bring it to a service station with a battery tester that can put it under load. Then you will know!
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02-10-2015, 01:42 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Crowley,
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Cobra Make, Engine: North American Fiberglass, 302
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With that many years on that battery I would replace it
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02-10-2015, 01:43 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance, Survival Motorsports aluminum FE 482
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That is the likely outcome but the test is usually free, but they assume you will buy the replacement from them.
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02-11-2015, 05:18 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Daytona Beach,
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Wellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll , the Red Head must have heard I was talking about her because I went out last night to try and get some action and she said PHTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT. Now, thanks to a friend of mine at a local parts house meeting an online price there is a nice new BLONDE (Yellow top) making my engine purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
And by the way I did have it tested and the test showed "NO" cold cranking amps.
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02-11-2015, 05:21 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EarlsflyinCobra
Wellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll , the Red Head must have heard I was talking about her because I went out last night to try and get some action and she said PHTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT. Now, thanks to a friend of mine at a local parts house meeting an online price there is a nice new BLONDE (Yellow top) making my engine purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
And by the way I did have it tested and the test showed "NO" cold cranking amps.
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"NO", denied.....
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02-11-2015, 10:53 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Syracuse,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance #2660, FE-406
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The next one you get, get something like a CTEK tender which will handle AGM batteries.
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02-11-2015, 06:17 PM
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I went with the Yellow because the only Red they had in stock had the terminals reversed so he offered me the Yellow at the same price.
Well, today saw a lot of the little things get done but when I tried to start it I had no luck , I'm getting spark and fuel so i'm not sure why it won't start.......will try again tomorrow.
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02-12-2015, 06:35 PM
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Well, I found the problem, all though the only thing I have put in the gas tank is non-ethanol fuel and Seafoam there was a BAD reaction in the gas tank and the hose between the pump and the top of the tank was EATEN away and when I pulled it out it melted in my hand (also stained my hands with black goo which I can't get off, tried gas, mineral spirits, GoJo, lacquer thinner ), so tomorrow I replace the pump. I've got the inside of the tank soaking in lacquer thinner now..... :-o . Hopefully this is the LAST HURDLE to going to getting my tires.
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02-26-2015, 06:08 PM
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Well, I finally got the tank back in, got the straps on it, and got the new fuel filter in.....hopefully it starts now and over the next three days it will make a spin around the neighborhood, make a trip to FIRESTONE, and make a trip to the paint shop.
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02-27-2015, 01:24 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Shasta Lake,
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Earl,
I am glad that you found the problem and it sounds as if you are really getting near the finish on the build. I have used both the red top and the yellow top and they both lasted for about 15 years.
Ron
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