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Old Dec 12, 2023 | 03:04 PM
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What years and models did Chevy relocate the battery from the right side engine compartment to the right rear trunk compartment? More importantly, WHY?
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Think that was an aftermarket thing..... You get more traction to the rear with the added weight of the battery.
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On a coupe with manual trans and a dry sump the battery was relocated to the right rear to make room for the extra oil reserve. Don't know what year it was started but it was not an after market "thing".
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Originally Posted by I M Tweety Bird
What years and models did Chevy relocate the battery from the right side engine compartment to the right rear trunk compartment? More importantly, WHY?
Manual transmission Grand Sport, Z06 and I think ZR1 were that way. Wasnt an aftermarket thing.
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Z06, ZR1, 427 vert, and manual GS have the battery in the rear. The dry-sump oil tank is located under the hood where the battery would be.
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Originally Posted by MKenM
On a coupe with manual trans and a dry sump the battery was relocated to the right rear to make room for the extra oil reserve. Don't know what year it was started but it was not an after market "thing".
Hence the word "think".......Learned something new today...... Appreciate you
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Originally Posted by JABCAT
Z06, ZR1, 427 vert, and manual GS have the battery in the rear. The dry-sump oil tank is located under the hood where the battery would be.
One clarification to the above. The manual GS "convertible" is the outlier to the rule that applies to the coupe and does not have a dry sump system so the battery is not located in the trunk, but under the hood.

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