Battery relocation

[Cory_Langford at bcit.ca (Cory Langford)]

You gain the ability to remove the battery tray and mount a horizontal
intercooler :)

Cory Langford


Daun Yeagley <vwdaun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote on 07/09/2007 12:05:49 PM:

>
> --- "Mark F." <mk1mark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Cathy, have you considered buying a lightweight Braille
> > battery and
> > mounting it in the stock location instead?
>
> I believe she's already gone this route.
>
> > Moving the battery to the back actually increases the
> > weight of your
> > car when you consider all that extra (heavy) cable...
>
> Thank you, thank you.
>
> Why anyone would want to mount the battery in the trunk is
> beyond me.  Some say weight distribution, but with all the
> aforementioned cabling and a lightweight battery, what are
> you gaining?
>
>
> Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
> '81 Scirocco S (Deiter)       '86 Scirocco 8v
> '88 Scirocco Slegato (Gino!)  '88 Scirocco 16v
> '96 Passat GLX Wagon          '56 Cessna 172
> The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts -
> Ehrlich's Law.
>
>
>
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