battery relocation question

[Joe.Doty@lcnetwork.com (Joe Doty)]

Drew,

I put my battery in the hatch for the same reason and ended up using the
same Exide one.  The Optimas were too heavy and expensive for me.

I used the crappy Summit battery relocation kit.  It comes with a crappy
ABS battery box, and the hold downs are really flimsy.  I'd recommend
fabbing something yourself or buying one of their nicer kits.  Also, I
don't know if you plan on dragging your car, but those crap non-sealed
ABS boxes are not NHRA legal when mounted in a hatch.

The kit came with 2 gauge cable.  Even with a 20 foot run to the engine
bay I haven't had starting problems.  Make sure you use good cable ends
and lots of dielectric grease.

It will be difficult to mount it on the passenger's side forward of the
spare tire well.  There isn't enough flat space between the spare tire
well and the back seat.  I mounted it on the driver's side just because
it was easier.  Ideally, I think I'd cut out the well altogether and
weld in a flat piece of sheet metal and mount the battery on top of
that.  But that's way too damn much work.

Joe Doty
IT/Development
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Drew MacPherson [mailto:drew@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca]
> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 12:43 PM
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: battery relocation question
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> I know a few listers have relocated their batteries to a box in the
trunk
> (notably CA Ron - thanks for the web site Ron!)
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> Has anyone used an Optima RedTop located in the trunk?  I'm faced with
> battery relocation as an option for gaining intercooler plumbing
space,
> and if I'm going back to the trunk I don't want to give up a lot of
space
> to the battery.  The nice thing about the Redtop is that (in theory)
it
> should be able to be mounted on its end or its side tucked into the
back
> pasenger's corner.
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> The other issue is, of course, how to get those 800CCAs up to the
beefy
> starter I need to kick over the TD.
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> Any input is appreciated.
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> Drew (84 Wolfsburg Ed. TurboDiesel Scirocco)
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