What do you think of using a battery that has the negative and positive polarity terminals on the opposite side of the battery to what the standard setup is?

Only reason I'm asking is that I was given one for free and my current battery is dead.
I know it will work but is there anything to look out for?

 

As long as you get the proper battery cable on the proper terminal it should not matter at all.

 

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the car doesn't care WHAT battery is put in it, as long as the cables connect properly, thats all that matters

 

as long as you hook it up correctly then you are fine.
Remember that the FC has a yellow stripe on the NEG cable.

 

i guess i find that they chose that orientation in case the car hits a bump and the battery isn't strapped down, since if you put the positive in front then there is much less room for it to ground out on the firewall and hood.

it'd be easier to put it in the proper orientation but the battery terminals would be on the far side of the battery, still an easier way of dealing with your issue.

 

Funny you mention that "strapped down" term.
Every time I look at a engine bay pic on cars for sale the damn battery hold down is missing.

 

my bad i thought i would have to be taking the battery back out of a subaru, and before i know it the damn office lady called the customer to come get the car on my day off.. so another hold down joins the pile.

 

I don't have a battery hold down on either RX7 I own.

 

they be pretty **** about it at the track, a generic one will work anyways.

 

I think on my vert the notches where the hold down would hook are broken. I bought a generic and it wouldn't work easily, so I let it go. Never got back to it.

12 years ago. Probably not a good Idea.

 

yeaaaaaah..... didn't tie mine down, fell into ac compressor and shot battery acid all over the engine bay....