Re: Trunk mounted battery?

[Andrei Pasternak <swirldesign@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Hi Andy,

I would definitely recommend a sealed battery box that vents to the 
outside via a breather tube.
The battery off gasses are combustible and a friend of mine had a nice 
explosion in the trunk
of his race car before switching to the sealed w/ venting type of box.

Andrei
64 Fury 361


On Jun 5, 2004, at 9:43 AM, Andy Grow wrote:

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> Does anyone have their battery mounted in the trunk of their car, for 
> whatever purpose (weight distribution for racing, to clean up the 
> engine compartment, etc)?
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> If so, are there any problems or difficulties with having it mounted 
> there?
>
> I'm considering mounting mine there, if for no other reason than to 
> clean up the engine compartment.  I've heard though that I need to 
> beware of venting issues, anyone have any knowledge of this?
>
> Summit has a trunk mount battery kit for about 40 bucks that I'm 
> looking at getting.
>
> Thanks,
> Andy
> 64 Polara 500
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