Chad, I've got an oversized battery, just a plain vanilla BIG battery to help out with the sound system. It's a tight fit, but here's a few tricks to get everything to work together:
1. re-wire the main battery lines with 4-gauge or twin 8-gauge (that's what I did) copper. This way the connectors reach no problem. 2. pull the clutch cable around the distributor and tie-wrap it along the fuel rail- the slack will sit near the brake reservoir. The clutch will feel a little smoother after you do this. 3. get rid of the (corroding) battery hold-down bracket and replace with a single strong 1" wide strap (like a metal line weave), or what I did was use this all-purpose green coated hanging wire (it's about 1/4" thick and strong as hell). 4. Loop the wrap around the new battery's center, parallel with the front of the car, through the metal shelf it sits on, then get one of those universal Honda bolts (10mm) and bolt to where the airbox used to sit (I assume you got rid of it) an inch or two away from the battery. Bolting down the strap causes the battery to lean slightly away from the distributor and voila! All's well. George '89 DX-Hybrid-D16Z6, 122k miles "Seats, Suspension, Engine, MSD, next=dyno" -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chad Sullivan Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 10:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: CRX: Battery (again) My question wasn't really regarding the quality of the optima batteries, I know they are good. But do they fit? Someone said they had to stretch the cables, thats not really a concern as the previous owner has some sort of monster stereo and replaced the main power and ground cable (OMG, is that ground cable 0/2 gauge? Good Lord!) The heart of the problem is the rubbing of the clutch cable. Anyone else has a rubbing problem they solved? will the battery physically fit cable aside? I plan on relocating it, but have neither the time or money to do so at the moment. Thanks for the help, I'm stranded until I get this solved and I want to make the right choice here. -Chad Sullivan
