Optima in 88 Range Rover

[skydiver]

Can anyone tell me which Optima will work in an 88 Range Rover.. I haven't been able to find any info.

Thanks...
-Tommy

 

[Black Mustache]

get yourself the redtop , assuming you are not running a gnarly amount of high-watt ancillaries

 

[p m]

redtop is okay, even if you do.

 

[cptyarderho]

I just tucked a red top into the 92, but it will be hard to use the side posts for my winch, it is a tight fit with metal all around it. I may end up wrapping the metal and the side studs.

 

[p m]

thought you weren't supposed to use side posts for a winch?
in any case, it's much easier to convert existing battery cables to side-post variety (nearly any parts store would have GM-style cables), and use top terminals for a winch.

 

[sven]

Optima D34/78 is the one that fits.

 

[skydiver]

Optima D34/78 is the one that fits.

That's what I was looking for... thanks. Optima's site returns nothing for my truck.

Thanks!!
-Tommy

 

[cptyarderho]

no room in mine to do the GM side mounts, I will probabley have to put the winch cables on top as well. I have heard people say that the sides are not good for winching, but I have never had a problem with it, multiple pulls, etc... I think Optima does not reccommend it, but to each his own. Anybody see one go south doing it this way?

 

[p m]

It won't go south, you just won't get as much current for your winch as from the top posts.
Strange that there's no room for side terminals - I have plenty of room in my 89.

 

[cptyarderho]

I can get it in there, but there is very little room to put a wrench on the posts to tighten them down.