After my bad Optima Redtop experience, I settled to buy a Odyssey battery that will supposedly be a direct replacement so I shouldn't need to fabricate/buy a bracket but we'll see. After returning from a 4 month deployment and my friend only driving it about once a month, the shitty makeshift Interstate was dead this morning when I started it up to go to work but almost had enough juice to turn over after work.
I'm sick and tired of having my battery die out on me. For all of you who missed my thread detailing my experience with my Optima RedTop, my alternator output is well within normal specifications.
Will post pictures and any problems with the install since I haven't heard of many people using this battery on the boards.