I am still in the process of installing my greddy FMIC and now 90% of the way, the 51R battery I got doesn't fit. It doesn't sit in all the way down with in the stock position...(won't clear the fan shroud) and if I sit it sideways, it rubs up against the fan motor and engine pulley.
Do you guys know if I can get a longer radiator mount? Or a way to fabricate one? If I move it forward, the A/C canister would get crushed??

Any suggestions????

 

BTW, is there a smaller battery that can be used instead of the 51R??

 

You might want to try Odyssey battery.. like this one..

 

i have the odyssey pc680 and if i dont start my car for 3 days...it is dead. i just bought a optima yellowtop 51r and am putting it in one of the bins...it is also small enought i dont have to cut the bins.

 

If you park in a garage as I do, attach a trickle charger to it every night and then you will not have any problems with it! Been using them for 4 years and am on only my second battery. Never got strandit.

 

i heard the odessey batteries are good but just a pain if you dont have them charged after a while. dies real quick...thats why i decided to go with the optima

 

damn, I ordered my Odyessy last night and from what the ad says, last 2 years on a full charge

 

haha...maybe they meant the battery will last 2 years if you fully charge them all the time
audiobot said his dies out in 2-3 without charging.

 

the optima is a bit more expensive...but i think it will be alot better

 

Here's how I mounted my battery in with my Greddy FMIC. I'm pretty sure it's a 51R.

https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...hmentid=116166

 

how are your temps??? looks like your radiator is covered up

 

My temp stays around 87-90C which is about where the thermostat starts to open and the radiator isn't covered up. The highest I've seen is 101C which is well within the saftey limit but that was after sitting in bumper to bumper traffic in 92 degree weather for 45 minutes with the air conditioning at full blast. Once I got out of the traffic and turned the AC off it went back down to 88C.

 

thats about where mine stays...im gonna relocate some stuff tho...try to get em down even lower

 

I got my battery to fit and its huge. I mad a custom bracket and i took out PS and AC.

 

hell to the naw...i thought about takin out AC...thats suicide

 

yeah suicide...esp with all the humidity around here...85degrees around here feel like 100+

 

I put a 51r yellow top in the driver side bin and it did require that I cut the bin but afterwards It worked out great. Just just 4 gauge wire. more than enough to start the vehicle and easy to wire in a system. Any on top of that I have left the vehicle without starting it for 2 months and she started right up. Great battery.

 

turbojeff tray with 51r battery..it looks great in the bay but the yellow kinda throws it off