This is follow up to my earlier post. Has anyone relocated their battery to the rear of the car for wieght dist.?? ;)

 

Yes.

 

J/K, here's a pic...

 

...Hmmmm...

Safety wire, adjustable camber rods, dual pipes but single muffler...

Wonder what this car is used for... :D

 

Why...are you going drag racing??????????

Makes no sence to do this...its not a camaro.....

tony :cheers:

 

The idea is weight distribution; a vette is reasonably balanced because the engine's so far back, but still carries 52% of it's weight on the front tires. And of course a heavy driver (me- 280lbs) and a supercharger add extra to the left side. Moving 40lbs of battery from the front left to right rear so close to the corners can help a lot. Next is the carbon fibre hood and lexan windshield- will remove another 110lbs from the car; all from the front end.

In case you haven't guessed yet, this car is for road-racing...

 

I've done it in my IROC. I don't know what the rear looks like in your Vette, but I put mine down in the "well" in the rear to the pass. side. It was pretty easy. I got a bulkhead cable connector to go through the firewall instead of running the power wire through through the firewall and risk chaffing, I recommend doing the same.

 

george - dude... that is one bad rear end!

I love the single exhaust. so functional. so impressive. speaks loudly when silent. great statement....

and the rear mounted battery is sweet. is that a kit?

 

I must agree that your setup in the pic is awesome. How does the exhaust system sound?

 

:cool: setup

:cheers:

 

How do you like those adjustable camber rods???

Do you love 'em, or are they just "OK"...

 

Care to explain how it was done :D

also, what rate are your VB springs? Or could they not tell you?

Matt

 

This idea of yours is slowly growing on me...I dislike that puny little battery in mine...

...But I could put a big old 27F battery in that spare tire well...

Can anyone identify that sealed battery in the photo??? I'm not familiar with that color scheme...

 

Yes the vettes have a storage compartment behind the pass seat; that's where most battery relocations go. But it's also where my subwoofer enclosure is.

As for the exhaust- om, it's deep and pretty damn loud. I'll start a post with description and pics as I've been getting several requests lately:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=383197

Unfortunately the battery relocation wasn't a kit; I did it myself. Those are 2 metal battery trays from PepBoys with 3/8" theaded rod squeezing it together. I made steel brackets to space the upper tray off the fuel lines and had a shop weld the assembly to the rear crossmember. Cables are 0/1 ga Taylor; grounded to the frame. Positive runs along with the fuel lines up to the starter, then 4ga from there up to the original distribution block to power everything else (and enable jump starting from under the hood.) Couple more pics below.

Battery is an Optima gel-cell; it can be mounted in any position. Don't try laying a normal battery on its side like that.

I really like the adjustable camber rods; no more tightening the damn bolt to 120ft-lbs and hoping it doesn't move. Plus those new brackets let you adjust inner pivot height and get the links parallel to the ground (instead of alway angling down) at different ride heights.

Spring is VB&P 'sport' 580 lbs/in according to my serial #.






[Modified by gcrouse, 2:04 PM 9/8/2002]

 

It looks like you set the eccentric inboard bolts at 6 o'clock; then used the rod adjustment for your camber changes.

Who makes those adjustable rods???

Nice setup. Pretty much all business... :cheers:

 

Those are the VBP rods and brackets. The brackets are lowered to begin with; then the eccentric rides in a vertical slot to adjust the height of the inner camber rod end. I have mine as low as possible so they're about parallel to the ground at ride height. I think DRM sells these brackets too; and with better rods (heim joints.)

 

I plan on doing that kinda upgrade to my rear suspension - and soon.

however, I see one problem with the battery relocation... a factory exhaust, or factory like, would be seriously obstructed...

bummer.

looks great, tho!!!!!!!!!!

 

Just took a look at my rear end... (?) :eek:

It looks like there's ample room...(I have Borlas)... :D

You might want to see if that battery company makes 12v/700+ amp forklift batteries...They're slimmer, longer, and more heavy-duty...

 

very nice! will that work with a sick exhuast?