Battery Relocation

[confuzed240]

Well I just purchased my first 240 today, yay!! But had a quick question about the location of the battery.

The interior has been stripped so the contents of my trunk are fully visible. The previous owner didn't make it to the trunk with the battery relocation and decided to mount it behind the passenger seat. Its bolted down and there is a cover over the leads.

I heard somewhere that batteries are always releasing some gas/vapor that you shouldn't be breathing, is this true and should I move the battery back? SOMEONE HELP ME SLEEP AT NIGHT!

[vboy720]

i hope its a dry cell battery....

[lunar_s13]

i hope its a dry cell battery....
:bowrofl:
Dude just move it to the back if its going to freak you out.

[fullthrottle]

:bowrofl:
Dude just move it to the back if its going to freak you out.
This thread had me laughing haha

[reflexdb]

It's just a battery. Make sure that if you crash, acid doesn't fall onto you. Besides that, you should be fine.

[GSXRJJordan]

Dry cells are sealed. Standard lead-acid batteries can spill or whatever, but don't worry about it - as long as it's bolted down and the +12V lead is covered, you're good.

[RacerX1]

Having the battery in the trunk is win win-> if you go turbo it leaves an open space for your IC piping, and it helps equal out weight distribution.

[KeithDigital]

The wet cell batteries do release harmful gases, put it in a sealed box (with a vent tube outside the car), or get a dry cell battery. The dry cell batteries are sealed but they do release a tiny bit of gas, but not enough to harm anyone. They also won't leak acid or explode on you!

Dry Cell batteries: Optima, Odyssey, Westco, etc.

[Zerolift Autolab]

Summit G1200A is a great solution - comes with everything you need !
Let me know if you need any help.
Thanks,
Robert

[aznpoopy]

put it in a vented sealed box or move it back to the engine bay. make sure there's a metal tie down.

there's nothing particularly wrong with putting it somewhere near or in the cabin instead of the trunk, as long as you're not going to catch battery or acid to the back of your head. when you locate weight more centrally in the car, you improve the car's polar moment of inertia.

[808DRFTR]

Just get a dry cell/optima battery in there. if not get a fully sealed box like zerolift has for sale. they do have vent tubes that run to the outside of the car.

[WildAsDaTaliban]

are all optima batteries dry cell? i have a red top optima.

[redsx13]

I really don't think the fumes matter that much compared to the shitload of poisonous tire smoke you breath in at the track while drifting.

[QuickSpoolSR]

this is a little off topic, but those shuriken batteries have amazing stats compared to optimas, are they like amazing, or is it just hype?

[s142jzkillav10]

Just PURCHASE AN OPTIMA and you don't have to deal with spills or vapors

[angelom88]

Go dry cell and leave it alone no sense in making urself do more work than needed. But if it truly annoys you that much than you know what relocated it to the rear, make sure to put it oposite the side of your fuel tank for better weight distrubtion



Ka build just got me a t57 turbo looking for a down pip and intake manifold
Going with ebay 3" intercooler hks ssqv blow out valve may get a small 38mm waste gate valve for now

[angelom88]

Go dry cell and leave it alone no sense in making urself do more work than needed. But if it truly annoys you that much than you know what relocated it to the rear, make sure to put it oposite the side of your fuel tank for better weight distrubtion



Ka build just got me a t57 turbo looking for a down pip and intake manifold
Going with ebay 3" intercooler hks ssqv blow out valve may get a small 38mm waste gate valve for now