Hey everyone... Have any of you moved your battery to the trunk of the car? If so, was it worth the time & effort & cost? I would like to do this as i never use my trunk..

 

i moved mine for racing and yes its worth it

 

Is there a company that makes a type of mounting braacket for this? I am going to get a nice new battery once i make the conversion.

 

sorry it took so long to get back but yes jegs can help or car quest good luck hope it all goes well

 

what is the advantage of moving the battery? It only weighs like 15 lbs.

 

What are you using, a motorcycle battery? The average full size 12 volt car battery (like we use) weighs 34~35 pounds.
The advantages are, better weight transfer by taking some out of the front of the car and putting it in the back (passenger side to slightly offset the driver's weight). And a cleaner engine compartment, if you're after cosmetics.
But you need to mount the battery in a sealable box with a vent hose going to the outside of the car. You do not want to get sulfuric acid fumes inside the car.
I moved mine to the trunk, and used one of these Moroso battery boxes: http://www.summitracing.com/parts/MOR-74050/ If you look to the right of the page, you'll notice they also have long cable kits.

 

[quote=Camaro 69;369291]What are you using, a motorcycle battery? The average full size 12 volt car battery (like we use) weighs 34~35 pounds.
The advantages are, better weight transfer by taking some out of the front of the car and putting it in the back (passenger side to slightly offset the driver's weight). And a cleaner engine compartment, if you're after cosmetics.

Sorry, I should have been more clear. What I meant was why would it be worth doing in anything other than a drag car? Is the advantage really enough to justify destroying the trunk of a low mileage car?

 

It depends on how you classify "destroying the trunk". To me, that means filling the trunk with a jillion speakers, amps, and miles of wires, which adds nothing to the performance of the car (engine and handling). To each their own, but I don't see putting a battery in the back as destroying the trunk. And I did mine mostly for cosmetic reasons. The engine bay looks a lot less cluttered without the battery (wasn't cluttered much to begin with).

 

^^^ I totally agree with the speaker/amp deal. I preffer hidden amp and sub enclosures. Plus you have a 69, you actually have a trunk. Im sure that a batt. in your trunk is no big deal, but in the 5 gallon bucket sized well of a trunk in a fourth gen, it's gonna get tight. Plus theres not much more than a motor,coil, and radaitor under your hood, so moving the battery would make a huge cosmetic diffrence. But in a ls/lt car it's still gonna look like a bowl of black spaggetti in the engine bay. I've just always heard of guys doing this and wondered if the performance gain was really worth the effort. Guess it all just boils down to whatever floats your boat.

 

I know what you're saying, I've had a couple of 4th gens in the past. If he's going to stick the battery in the well, t-top storage is going to get lost. Unless there's enough room to shove it off to the side up high, like in place of the spare, or the left side after removing the inner panel? Otherwise, I wouldn't want to sacrifice that much storage space in an otherwise small compartment as it is. Yeah, mine had plenty of room, and tucked nicely on the right side ledge and against the quarter panel. Center part of trunk floor is still wide open.