ChrisJ

What is recommended?

Lightweight battery, or a full size battery mounted in the trunk? Ive heard that lightweight batteries cant start the car from the trunk.

Whats everyone here using?

SilverGhost

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i have a optima red top in my drivers side rear inside a polished sealed/vented aluminum box and a cut off switch in my license plate.

chpmnsws6

iTrader: (70)

pics of the switch?

SMOKIN01TA

iTrader: (10)

i did the dynabatt under the hood, saves tons of money on relocating everything and the battery is light so it saves in weight also.

2FAST4U

battery in trunk here red top Optima.

SilverGhost

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madmark

went with the light weight battery works great, but will have to put a regular battery in the trunk if the nos works out

JS

iTrader: (4)

Ghost you put your bat on the wrong side?

JRcamaroZ28

iTrader: (41)

I have a Optima Red Top in the rear passenger side of mine.

JR

boseman350

i did red top optima and polished box in spare tire well and flaming river long rod switch thru the rail light !!! Clean and i def noticed a increase in traction

JS

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It should be on the RS.....
I just did th LW battery in the rear just for racing 24lb savings

SilverGhost

iTrader: (53)

JS, explain why I should have put it in the right side.

These cars already naturally slam that side down in the launch and twist the car through the 60 foot...adding a bunch more weight over there will only compund that problem.

I put my battery on drivers side a couple years ago and immediately noticed the car launching much more evenly. I do not nor have ever needed airbags like so many other folks to keep the car level, been a pretty neat trick for me so far that alot of other folks that have seen the car have done as well..took a good bit more work to make that box and everything fit over there and still be able to put my t tops in but it was worth it.

TApimp

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take as much weight off of the front of the car as you can.

Race Car Driver

It's not worth the time and expense, don't do it.

Shon Herron

iTrader: (25)

This is what I have alwasy wondered. people always say put them on the passenger side but that is the side that squats more so why not keep more weight on the driver side to stop some of that.....but you see cars all day with them on the passenger side....

SilverGhost

iTrader: (53)

i think its a matter of first logic and convenience for folks. there is alot more room to put a battery over there and you don't need as much wire since you're running up to the passenger side of the engine compartment with it.

all i know is it has worked well for me.

bickel i hope you're kidding if you are saying it isn't worth the couple hours of time and bit of coin it takes to take all that weight off the nose of the car and put it back where it should be..

Race Car Driver

it will not help the et, i've been there and tested it. In an experiment, u might see .01.

Ben R

The battery in and of itself makes almost no difference, but in an effort to take lots of weight out of a car, it plays its role.

chpmnsws6

iTrader: (70)

i've also been told to switch mine to the passenger side for weight distrubution reason but don't know why

Ben R

The reasoning behind that is to off-set the weight of the driver with the battery.