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Old Nov 3, 2006 | 09:05 PM
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Let me just begin by saying HOLY HELL!!!!!!!!!!! I hope this damn battery lasts longer than my car for the price i had to pay. $151.00! I bought it cause my stocker took a **** and was egged on by friends in the car world to buy an opti spark cause they are supposed to be awesome. Well, i jumped on the band wagon and got one, just wasent expecting to pay over $100 for it! Oh well, just wanted to rant alittle.
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Old Nov 3, 2006 | 09:16 PM
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ive got the yellow top in my truck. ive got electric fans, a system, and all kinds of other crap. it is 5 years old and still fires up everyday with no hesitation.
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Old Nov 3, 2006 | 09:20 PM
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Off topic....

Are you taking your car to Dyno Day at Dynotuned Performance tomorrow ( 4 Nov)?

50 bucks for 3 pulls with AFR and printouts.

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Old Nov 3, 2006 | 09:23 PM
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Are you taking your car to Dyno Day at Dynotuned Performance tomorrow ( 4 Nov)?

50 bucks for 3 pulls with AFR and printouts.

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are u talking to me? Holy hell, i wish i knew about this earlier!! Im doin my headers tommorow and i have to drive to work(fort story) in the morning cause a unit in the battalion is returning from Iraq!! Whats ur name man? shoot me a pm dude, i see ur in newport news, im in hampton, we should hang out sometime! Name is darren by the way!
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Old Nov 3, 2006 | 09:26 PM
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so what is the diff between the red top and the yellow top?
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Old Nov 3, 2006 | 09:28 PM
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regular and deep cycle. not much difference if you dont drain your battery alot.
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Old Nov 3, 2006 | 09:30 PM
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which is regular and which is deep cycle?
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Old Nov 3, 2006 | 09:32 PM
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Darren,

You have a PM.

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Old Nov 4, 2006 | 08:22 AM
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i'm confused do you mean optima? opti-spark is the lt1 distributors.
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Old Nov 4, 2006 | 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by MUSTANGBRKR02
i'm confused do you mean optima? opti-spark is the lt1 distributors.
+1! Your car guy friends will think you're a D-bag if you call that battery an optispark
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Old Nov 4, 2006 | 10:53 AM
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I assume you guys are talking about the Optima batteries and not the Opticrap right?
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Yea Optima Batteries, had a red top and i let it deplete for a bit, it fired up ok, but wouldn't take a charge. Sears did replace it for free so i can't complain. I did break the lip that holds the front of the battery on a hard launch, so if you drag race i'd take a giant zip tie to hold it in place...
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Old Nov 4, 2006 | 03:38 PM
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sorry for the miss-use of the term "opti-spark"!! Thax for not raosting me too bad. What can i say, it was late friday night and its been a long week!
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Old Nov 4, 2006 | 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by MUSTANGBRKR02
i'm confused do you mean optima? opti-spark is the lt1 distributors.
Thats the only reason I checked this thread out, I thought I would get some info for the lt1 distributor!!! lol.

But it is good I did come in here. I am also here in Va beach, hows it going guys??? I never see anybody around here, driving there sport cars, they are always v-6's or gt's. lol We will have to get up some time, check each others cars out.


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Old Nov 4, 2006 | 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by crazylane
Thats the only reason I checked this thread out, I thought I would get some info for the lt1 distributor!!! lol.

But it is good I did come in here. I am also here in Va beach, hows it going guys??? I never see anybody around here, driving there sport cars, they are always v-6's or gt's. lol We will have to get up some time, check each others cars out.


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Lane,

Gyrene and I were out at Bass Pro Shops in Hampton tonight. I will be out there next Saturday night if you want to come up.

Hey Darren....it was nice meeting ya. Good luck with that header install and stay in touch. If you need help let me know.

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I would love to come out there some time, but with as much as I work, I don't find much time to ventur that far from the home base. lol. Do you happen to have any good suggestions for a shop around here that can do heads and cam install? In the next few months I will be getting a set of heads, and possibly a cam.

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Old Nov 4, 2006 | 08:57 PM
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I was at Dynotuned Performance this morning. They seem like a pretty straight forward group of guys. Friendly and easy to talk to. They have an in-ground dyno and can tune with EFIlive, HPTuners, Predator, ect.

They had a 2005 GTO on the rack they were doing a Procharger install on while on the other rack they have an RX7 doing an LS1 conversion.

Give them a call. 757-549-3966 They are at 820 Greenbriar Circle #15. Chesapeake Ask for Frank. Brent does the tuning. Website is dtpracing.com

They can do the install and tune in one shot. I will be there at 10 am on the 13th for my tune if you want to swing by.

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Old Nov 4, 2006 | 09:10 PM
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Cool man thanks, Keep us updated on your tune, let us know how it goes. I am still trying to figure out what head and cam set up I wanna go with. I have an 02 Z28, with LT'S and TSP TD's. and a air lid. thats it for now. I have only had the car since June of this year, I got the bug, and it bit kinda hard. My wife really don't like the idea... But hey most wifes don't. lol

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Old Nov 4, 2006 | 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by crazylane
My wife really don't like the idea... But hey most wifes don't. lol

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So true....

Hey Darren....sorry about the hijack.....

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Old Nov 5, 2006 | 07:52 AM
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its all good jeff!
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