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Offline Bud

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Battery for "74 TCS
« on: Tuesday,July 05, 2022, 12:39:23 PM »
Can anyone tell me what Battery I should be using in my car as I am about to buy one and drop it in for the first time. My parts store doesn't seem to have one that is compatible
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Re: Battery for "74 TCS
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday,July 05, 2022, 12:45:10 PM »
The battery specification in the workshop manual is obsolete but I was lucky enough to encounter a guy at the parts counter old enough to translate to a modern specification. I use a Group 51R. I don't know if they use the same battery group but you could also just get a Miata battery. Some of us use AGM batteries and the Odyssey PC680 is the usual choice.

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Re: Battery for "74 TCS
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday,July 05, 2022, 01:47:06 PM »
Wonderful and thanx for the info...will buy one tomorrow

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Re: Battery for "74 TCS
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday,July 05, 2022, 02:25:31 PM »
The easiest, smallest, lightest drop in would be the Miata one BDA mentioned. They are AGM too. Plenty of power.