This being a slow weekend filled with graduate school paper-writing, I took a break for a little bit of automotive karma adjustment. With the GT6 away for the winter I had been "borrowing" its 25-series Optima Red Top for the WRX. Not an exact fit, but more CCA than the crappy OEM battery....only issue is that the terminals are reversed (damn Brits) so had to do some creative and sloppy-looking wiring. Since I really can't abide by sloppy wiring, and the GT6 needs its battery back, it was time to do some swapping. 25-series back into the GT6, and a new 35-series with the correct terminals into the WRX. Automotive karmic balance is now back to normal.
I'm sure it will shave seconds off my autocross time!
Next season I'll probably get my hands on a lightweight Braille battery or similar to drop 10-15lbs out of the nose of the car, but can't run that year-round due to low capacity, so for the time being a new red top is good enough.
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back in the GT6 in the WRX. On the left you can see my new GrimmSpeed brake master cylinder brace. One of the biggest PITA installs for such a small part, but well worth it. |
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