Battery Tray for Miata Battery?
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it might be easier to pick up a used miata tray and screw it on top of the stock tray after its been cut to size. that way it will look nice and will not let the battery slide back and forth
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both autozone and o'rilley have the 90-97 miata battery for $105 which can be found on their site. prices may differ depending on zip code.
Here is the necessary stuff to mound the miata battery for $20
just trim the evo one to size if you like than screw this on top of it and you are done:
http://www.partsgroup.com/images/sales/IM001343.jpg
http://www.partsgroup.com/store.aspx...ta-Misc&Page=2
Here is the necessary stuff to mound the miata battery for $20
just trim the evo one to size if you like than screw this on top of it and you are done:
http://www.partsgroup.com/images/sales/IM001343.jpg
http://www.partsgroup.com/store.aspx...ta-Misc&Page=2
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The battery from Autozone here isn't an AGM battery, but the O'Reilly one is. Both AZ and Wal-Mart both only had regular acid batteries. I'll take a pick tomorrow of the custom aluminum tray that I made.
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Here is mine with the tray that I made. I picked up a small piece of aluminum, made a template, then bent the aluminum in a vice. I heated it a little to make sure that it didn't crack, but it didn't break in my tests without heat. I picked up some battery holds at AZ for about $3 and the top bracket for about $5. I powder coated it at work. I picked up a sheet of a rubberized foam with an adhesive back for $1 at Hobby Lobby to guarantee it wouldn't slide at all. There is also a bracket that bolts to the transmission mount bolts and attaches to the tray for extra support. I've got about $15 into this tray. The UIP in the picture is an old ETS pipe, but my Buschur short route UIP clears it without a problem. I will take pics of it when I finish breaking in my new engine and go speed density which will be about 500 more miles.
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For what its worth, it was around 32* here Friday and my VIII started strong on a duralast gold miata battery from autozone. I'm sure the higher cca the better but how much does one actually "need" .
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Its not necessarily one morning or day it was 32F, its for constant time periods which will actually start bringing the internal temperature of the battery down which will make it hard to start, these are the reasons why you need high CCA.
On a second note, your battery is an energy storage bank, if the OEM didn't believe it needed to be the size that it is, than all batteries would be tiny, its not like OEM wants to add weight to your car for no reason...but again it depends on the usage and the design requirements the manufacture believes you need.
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