track requirments for battery
 

just woundering if anyone has had problems with tech. on having the batter relocated.. i was going to mount it behind the pass seat.. in the "auto zone" battery box... any suggestions its in a crx if that matters.. thanx
dustin

Re:track requirments for battery
 

make shure its vented out to the outside of the car, and make sure you have a kil switch, preferably the ones that are like keys.

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never had any problems in any of my cars...and mine were never proper. in the integra I had my Optima ratchet strapped down in the spare tire well. ---- $100 for those BS Moroso vent boxes :P it all depends on where you race and how ---- your techs are

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Thats probably becuase dry cells (I'm guessing thats what you had) do not require battery boxes for the track.

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I thnk there has to b a fire wall seperating it from the car.

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yeah, but I'm pretty sure the rules state that there needs to be a "firewall" between the battery and passenger compartment...so for hatchbacks I think a box is ALWAYS necessary no matter what batt type, I think I read that somewhere

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ok thanx for the info. ill pick up a kill switch and i was going to pick up one of them lillte 10 lb optima batterys.

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you guy can get battery boxes for like $10 from a boat store, like west mariine or whatever its called.

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nope, i got bitched at last time at the track and i have a yellow top Optima...

track officals dont think thats funny... you need a firewall with that kind of box.


as for the other boxes, you need an externally mounted cut off switch (marked with on/off) and the box needs to be sealed with vent tubes going outside the vehicle, and of course securely mounted...

they point this ---- out to me every time i go to the track... also there is nothing in the rules about Optima style batteries, apearently its still a battery just like the others and fallows the same rules (although i had an offical admit it was gay and the rules needed updating)...

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officials are generally smart people and know what rules are needed and which are bs. But if you go to a yuppy track, they enforce them all. I live right near rt 66 in joliet (near chicago), and they enforce more rules than nhra or ihraif you go 13.99 you need a sfi helmet. So I go to hillbilly ass rt 41 in indiana. Street car chaos rocks.