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Joes924Racer · Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2004 1:05 pm Post subject: RElocating battery

I bought a battery box and cables and some other terminals a cut off switch
and stuff.
Gonna put the bat box behind the passenger seat.

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Stu2j · Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2004 1:13 pm Post subject:

Don't you have to have a special vented battery if it is located in the passenger compartment to prevent certain gases from killing you?

Is that what the battery box does?
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Fuzzbeaner · Joined: 03 Dec 2003 Posts: 236 Location: Central MA

Well, the only gas the battery should release would be hydrogen, and that's under extreme drain or overcharging. The real danger from that would be flammability or displacing the oxygen in the cabin. Under normal ventalation conditions he should not have a problem.

-Jeff
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Paul · Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 1:34 pm Post subject:

Why don't you mount it on the roof and paint it red?

Joes924Racer · Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 2:03 pm Post subject:

Hahaa haa ah thats a good one. Really funny.
I made my own bulkhead connector and just
cut a hole and ran it through. Using a 3/8
carriage bolt with the head cut-off as the connector
and bolted the cable to each end. Non conductive material
screwed with framing screws to the bulkhead finished it off.
Just ran the cable and bolted it to the tranny hump
with some conduit fastners.

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1980 porsche Turbo 931GT Replica
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Paul · Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 2:09 pm Post subject:

After 3 scotches, 3 pints of Harp, and a black and tan, still can't figure why you did that....

jamez · Joined: 03 Nov 2002 Posts: 401 Location: Chehalis, Wa

i put my battery in the very rear of the car, where the jack is supposed to go. just doing every thing I can to keep the wieght distribution good..

Joes924Racer · Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 3:48 pm Post subject:

Thats where Im gonna put the bass and bass amp.
Well it was like I was just waiting for the bat tray to break
through again.
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1980 porsche Turbo 931GT Replica
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Joes924Racer · Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2004 11:18 am Post subject:

I bought a inexspensive box from wall-mart. It barely held
the battery when i set the battery in it barly fit I cut the straps off the battery for more clearence now Im confident the bats gonna fit the box
so Im ready to put it in the car i pushed it in the box splitting it. it only
costed 6.83 Ill get a proper box nothing like the 100.00 bat box though at least one that will hold the bat well enough. Theres a good secure bat box holder I must get also. I gonna put a switch above the line with a
uluminum bracket
up by the shifter heres a nice 20 dollar switch from summit..

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1980 porsche Turbo 931GT Replica
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IanJ · Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2004 9:36 pm Post subject:

The 944 has it in the rear wheel arch well. I plan on putting my 924S battery back there using 944 cables and tray, as I want to put a washer bottle in the current (no pun intended) battery location.

The reason for this is I want to keep clear the engine bay for a possible engine conversion, plus it will resdistribute some of the weight which has been lost with selective stripping out.

Ian
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Joes924Racer · Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 1:22 pm Post subject:

Ian in the wheel well arch is there some kind of flat tray or
something the 944 uses..Ill have to take a look see unless
anyone has a pic. of the location. Just for curiosity sake.
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1980 porsche Turbo 931GT Replica
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IanJ · Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 9:06 pm Post subject:

Yes Joe, there is a battery tray complete with clamps. I don't know if this is a panel you can buy. I will be investigating in the near future. So will post findings on here.

Ian
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81turbo · Joined: 03 Nov 2002 Posts: 1065 Location: Oakland, CA

So why did you move it? Are you puting something in its place under the hood? Is it just for looks, or fun? Why on earth are you still working on your girlfriends car? Sounds like someone needed to sheild his assetes so the goverment couldn't take them away. How's your credit?

Joes924Racer · Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 10:52 am Post subject:

What the are you talken about. its not like that at all.

The msd 6 and rev control are gonna go there. Im aken my
own brackets out of some plate aluminum maybe exspensive
though I was contemplating buying the msd bracket they put out
though thats just
plain silly.
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1980 porsche Turbo 931GT Replica
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augidog · Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Posts: 1360 Location: New Jersey

I cut some bass and treble speakers into the rear flap compartments.
I think it’s a good idea. The sound will bounce nicely off that glass.
I'm still wiring the amp to work them taken from a BMW.

Hey Joe, what do I do with the space left over from my rubber bumper pads? There is a gap by the turn signals now.
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