Any of you guys know where i can get a good battery...something that looks pretty nice under the hood as well with typical easy drop in installation....any links?? light weight batteries..i don't wanta spend more then a 100 bux

 

Optima Battery. Some of them are under $100.

http://optimabattery.com/optima.cfm

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2424151985


search optima battery theres lots !

 

www.batterymart.com

 

I see Obessy is selling a plastic battery at a reasonable price

http://www.batterymart.com/battery.mv?p=ODY-PC680

 

You need the "reversed" Orange label Optima. The regular ones won't fit because of the location of the posts.

You can go smaller with the Honda 51R battery and there is someone on the forum that makes hold down brackets, but I would sugest the Optima version because water filled batterys will leak acid when hot.

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...=optima+orange

If you really want to get small there is the Odyessy (Harley/BMW) battery which starts the car fine but can not run anything with the engine off. You will need a hold down kit but NTech won't sell you the replacement unless you allready bought their BMK before.

 

Here's a slightly better price on the Optimw 51R. I use it in my behind the seat bin.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...&category=1498

 

Costco carry Optima batteries too. never used one from them, just saw it last time I was shopping there. Good luck

 

^ Costco does "not" carry the reversed terminal Orange label needed for the RX-7.

 

I am going to need a mini-size battery for my front-mount installation. Doesn't the miata come with a little battery or don't a lot of miata owners use a certain kind of little battery... there was a thread about this a while ago. Any suggestions... Keeping the price in mind.

 

Car stereo shops are sometimes a good place to get nice dry cell batteries.

 

I just bought that to accomodate my FMIC. It's great.

 

Thats exactly what i was looking for.

 

You want the metal jacket version if you are using it in the engine and you still need to hold it down. N-Tech engineering sells the BMK.

 

The 51r Batteries are fairly small (abt 3" narrower and 10 lbs lighter than stock)
TurboJeff makes a great Stainless Steel Tray & Holddown to fit the fd for them.

 

I agree! I'm still waiting to buy a 51R battery to install mine. I'm glad this thread came up, it looks like I will go with that Optima yellow top 51R.

 

I wish I had known about the OPTIMA 51r when I got mine (Die Hard) but at time I was told OPTIMA only made group 24 & 35 sizes.

 

The Optima 51R is new. They use to just make full sized batteries.

 

I have only had mine for 4 months

 

This is the kit I'm gonna get..

http://www.rotaryextreme.com/minibattery.html

 

Thats a nice looking kit. I think it could be done for cheaper though. I dont have the money to waste on a fancy box.

 

I have the 680. I got a hold down kit from an NSX site:

http://www.daliracing.com/v666-5/cat....cfm?focus=166

 

Have any pics of where you mounted yours?