Optima Red THE Battery

[Black Chim]

Battery totally dead, had it tested & its "as dead as a doornail".
Having done some research I'm finding the Optima Red with a CCA of 815 seems to keep coming up as the best around for cranking power & outstanding retention of charge if left for months. At £149 inc vat just to buy it, I'm looking for advice before I take the plung.
Its dimensions are quoted as 254 x 174 x 200mm.

[V8 Animal]

What's the warrenty?
5 years if you bought one from costco and a third of the price and buy a accumate and have change.

[STEV8E]

I bought a Varta Blue last year,can't remember the amps but excellent cold cranking
Snug fit but ok. £125 I think. I do always keep her pluged in when in the garage.
I don't like to skimp on batteries.... or anything else on the chim come to think of it.

[Mr Nordic]

I have fitted one to my Chimaera a year ago and have never looked back. Previously I built a sprint mini and got through a few batteries (not recovering from dead flat)and so fitted one of the Optima Reds. I never looked back, I fitted an isolator and on most occasions would always start having been left and even if it run dead flat would always recover ok. Hence my decision to buy one for the Chimaera.

When I changed over on the Chimaera, I fitted an isolater, a pair of 1 meter battery leads with an Anderson connector for easy jumping (cost in total £14 which is cheaper than alternatives)(fitted into the glove bag under the dash) and a conditioner lead straight on the battery rather than a cigar lighter route.

[robbri]

i have been thinking about the optima but not sure if it will fit into the early chim battery box i also came across odyssey batteries a few cerbera owners have fitted these.
www.odysseybatteries.com

[Mr Nordic]

These were supurb to deal with, fast delivery:

http://www.tayna.co.uk/catalog/114/0/Optima-Batter...

I am sure mine is a BCI 78 and it fits in the box in my Chimaera, I did measure my box prior to ordering and would advise you do the same just in case the box sizes varied (TVR stlyie).

[spend]

Very Early: battery on top, fuses on bottom (REAL PITA to get at!)
Most others: fuses on top, battery on bottom