HomemadeTurbo - DIY Turbo Forum - track requirments for battery

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Originally Posted by turbohf

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Originally Posted by Whitey

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Originally Posted by DA-MAX

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

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

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

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

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)...

dude the battery box we got from the marine store was the EXACT same box they were selling at the speed shop with out the nambe brand on it. The EXACT same one.