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post Jul 23, 2004 - 11:33 AM
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Have any of you guys relocated your battery in your car? If so, did you notice a difference in handling?

I ask because I'm not sure that I feel a real noticable difference. I finally got my car back together after doing tons of work to it, part of which was replacing the Costco battery in the engine bay with an Optima Red Top in the passenger-side section of the trunk, mostly because I thought it would help handling. Maybe it's because I hadn't driven the car for over a week up until last night, so it doesn't feel that different...I'm not really sure.

I'm just curious as to whether anyone noticed a difference in their car's handling when relocating the battery to the trunk. smile.gif


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post Jul 26, 2004 - 12:04 PM
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I haven't done this, but I have thought about it. I am not sure that I would want to move the battery all the way back to the trunk. Yeah, it'll balance the car a bit better, but if you do this, you have to run a real thick guage wire back there, and that seems like it would be adding a lot of weight, something I do not want. If I were to do this, I would likely relocate the battery back up against the firewall, and replace it with a DynaBatt (or something similar) to save on weight.

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