that's a goofy place for the battery...

[drjonez]

http://mkiiitech.com/drj/blackcar/041207/battery.jpg

:1zhelp:

[Big Wang Bandit]

Little close to a huge heat source eh?

What are you cooking Dr? ;)

No pun intended

[drjonez]

more sarcasm than anything....

[CF_Sapper]

on another note ever throw a battery in a fire, great things happend

[drjonez]

depends on the type of battery....

[foreverpsycotic]

that wouldnt be in leu of relocating it to the back, and avoiding all the extra wiring and switches and regulations the NHRA has would it?
are you going to put any more metal around it to try and block the heat?

[drjonez]

that wouldnt be in leu of relocating it to the back, and avoiding all the extra wiring and switches and regulations the NHRA has would it?


yessir, you are dead on correct.

w/the ron r FFIM, you lose the stock battery mounting point. after careful consideration, i decided against relocating to the back. my car is designed to be LEGAL for all forms of motorsports....and a LEGAL relocation is a big headache.



are you going to put any more metal around it to try and block the heat?

the battery is a metal jacketed one....i'm not too concerned about it, but i will be building a nice n pretty Al head shield.

[IJ.]

Cold Climate battery Mod ? ;)

[drjonez]

it's actually a battery warmer....

[starscream5000]

Cold cranking amps FTL.

[Supra]

The turbo must be sitting really high??? I can see or access my oil return that easily. :3d_frown:

[drjonez]

Cold cranking amps FTL.

not driving in the winter FTW.

[drjonez]

The turbo must be sitting really high??? I can see or access my oil return that easily. :3d_frown:

sure does.

[drjonez]

Ive seen smaller dry cells in that location on MKIV's, but it sure looked alot better

nice! thanks for the compliments! :3d_frown:

you're probably referring to the PC680, i didn't want to run a battery that small...

[americanjebus]

nice!

I totally just realized what the extra crap i got in mail is.
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/2204/extraxa9.jpg

Been trying to figure out what this stuff is. How did you get it all to hook up to the stock parts?? err what im asking is what do i need to get these peices to work.

[Slow66]

Looks good doc. Its probably lighter than an ABS unit too :)

[mkIIIman089]

The 680 has more then enough juice in my 1.5 year experience with it. Daily driven year round.

I'm not sitting in a parking lot for hours on end with my 500,000 watt stereo blasting with the motor off though. LOL

[shaeff]

as long as it's secured and not murderized by the heat, i think that's a sweet place for it. that's a nice little battery. :)

-shaeff

[johnathan1]

Is it an optical illusion, or is the wiring harnes RIGHT next to the dowpipe?

[drjonez]

wiring harness not secured.

[JustAnotherVictim]

Are you going to put a heat shield in between the battery and dp/turbo or just leave it as is?

[Slow66]

Are you going to put a heat shield in between the battery and dp/turbo or just leave it as is?


the battery is a metal jacketed one....i'm not too concerned about it, but i will be building a nice n pretty Al heat shield.

:)

[foreverpsycotic]

yessir, you are dead on correct.

w/the ron r FFIM, you lose the stock battery mounting point. after careful consideration, i decided against relocating to the back. my car is designed to be LEGAL for all forms of motorsports....and a LEGAL relocation is a big headache.


lol, prior to posting that, i had read what you posted in the battery relocation threads, saw that and it makes alot more sense than running it to the back.

[JustAnotherVictim]

:)
Ahhh... I missed that. ;)

[NashMan]

i sean people pop them in the fender's on other cars to avoid rules and shit do you think the mk3 has eghough room ????? wiht proper battei to fit in it's place

[bigaaron]

That is soooo funny, especially when you consider that the only drawback to those Odyssey batteries is that they don't do well with heat! It's rated at 140deg f, but that is a much higher temp then I would want to expose it to.

[drjonez]

That is soooo funny, especially when you consider that the only drawback to those Odyssey batteries is that they don't do well with heat! It's rated at 140deg f, but that is a much higher temp then I would want to expose it to.

actually rated around 200F....

[bigaaron]

I thought you were goofing on someone else's car :icon_redf

I have talked to people who sell those batteries daily to racers of all types, and they say to mount it in a cool location, preferably not even in the engine bay. Although I did just look them up and see they have a high temp version I didn't know about.