Battery tray needed or not?

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  1. AppMaverick

    AppMaverick Member

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    u think I have to do something that nice for the inside of a battery box? Maybe I can just use some por15.... need to get some for my floor pans anyway
     
    AppMaverick, May 22, 2013
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    How did you add the shock to your trunk lid?? I would like to do the same!
     
    jrgallier, May 26, 2014
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    I'm planning to relocate the battery to the trunk as well. It's a red optima, will I have a problem with building gases in the trunk?:hmmm:
     
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    What's the benefits of mounting the battery in the trunk
     
    AquaInferno, Feb 18, 2016
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    better weight distribution, read somewhere you would gain a couple of points weight bias towards the rear, again mostly for extremes of road racing, where ideally would be 50/50 front/rear weight ratio.........plus it cleans up the engine compartment!
    David
     
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    Who has a battery tray for sale? :)
     
    NCFatBoy, Feb 18, 2016
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    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    get one for a mustang and put your Mav. tray mounting bracket on it...:thumbs2:
     
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    That would work great if I had a mounting bracket!
     
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    I used the original tray with some modifications:

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    Mciah
     
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    depends on if you are drag racing or not if not drag racing why put it in the trunk?
     
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    For me, EFI pretty much requires it.

    Getting rid 50 pounds hanging out in front of one tire does help handling. So does equalizing the weight distribution on either side of the trunk.

    Micah
     
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    most people put them in the trunk over the right rear tire to help traction in drag racing ''back in the day''if you don't need an edge racing why bother?:coco:
     
    OLD GOOSE, Feb 24, 2016
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    Did you remove the bar to use the gas shock or are using them both together. and if you did remove it can you tell me how
     
    Wizz, Aug 7, 2017
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    did not remove the bar, mine I just set it on it's weakest setting.
    my situation was the trunk lid would cock up a little with any tension on the spring.
    later I found the trunk battery mounting good for my electric fuel pump. I ran the switched on pump wire to the trunk to a 30 amp relay, then short wires to the pump and battery...(E-pumps love 12+ voltage)
     
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