Veja o relato de Jim Fusco, feliz proprietário de um DeTomaso
Pantera no Arizona, USA. A OPTIMA RedTop 35 comprada em
1995 ficou na ativa até 2012!
OPTIMA RedTop: na ativa por DEZESSETE ANOS!
“Attached is a photos of the Optima battery that has been in service in my
Pantera since 1995. The battery will still start the car when it is cold, but
when the engine heats up, it just won't quite turn it over. The Pantera is very
hard to start when hot and when it is hot out here (Arizona), it is really hot
The engine is a 11:1 compression Ford 351 Cleveland that has a large cam
and many other high performance parts. There is a huge electrical draw on
the system on these cars. There are two large engine cooling fans for the
radiator and another large fan for the air conditioning condenser in the rear
of the vehicle. I use a single wire 140 amp alternator to keep up with
everything and have upgraded the fuse panel on the car with modern day
ATO type fuses.
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This is also a mid engine car, so there is quite a distance from the battery
(that is located in the front trunk) and the starter. The old style European
ceramic fuses never allowed enough voltage through them to keep
everything running correctly. That problem could not be good for a battery,
but has now been corrected. This Optima only had a maintenance charger
on it for about the last five years or so. When this car has been sitting
around at about 60 degrees, which my garage was the other day, the car
cranks over fine and starts. I would love to find out if this battery will still
work in a conventional automobile. In a car with a small low compression
engine, I bet that old Optima would still get the job done.”
Jim Fusco
Publicado em optimabatteries.com em 2012