Re: [alfa] 164 LS Sparkplugs & Battery

[Benjamin Kaupp <bkaupp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob-

Can't help you on the spark plug note, other to say that I just stuck 
some NGKs and a set of Magnecor wires (thanks AlfaBill!) in my Spider 
and couldn't be happier. As far as your battery is concerned, you 
didn't say the age but it may very well be just time for a new one. If 
this is the case, your local Kragen/Checker/Pep Boys/Auto Zone will 
test it for free. If you need a new battery, I'd recommend dropping the 
extra $50 or so and stepping up to an Optima gel battery. I love mine, 
and won't let anything else power my baby (and its sound system, and 
its hopped up alternator, and its hopped up headlights, which helped 
blow the old alternator...).

HTH
Ben Kaupp, Santa Cruz
'78 Spider (back under its cover on this overcast August day. Tourists 
always ask me where the sun is...)

On Aug 20, 2004, at 9:09 AM, Bob Perez wrote:

> While on the subject of starting and running, my current battery 
> doesn't want to perform according to my expectations.  Again, once the 
> car is running, all is fine.  Holding and maintaining a charge, seems 
> to be a challenge.  Recommendations????
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