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I'd either never noticed or perhaps never seen a Cobra with those strut rods on top of the foot boxes? Obviously my ed-u-ka-shun is lacking. Were they standard or is this a one-off?
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You guy’s are to funny....
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I guess my confusion is irrelevant.;)
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But, to be honest with you, if you're not driving car ridiculously hard to begin with, it probably doesn't matter anyway.:cool: |
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On their website, ERA state in their FAQs for the 427 that "Our standard car mounts the battery on top of the passenger's footbox, in approximately the same place as an original street car. Optionally, you can move the battery back into the trunk for more rear weight bias." By your reasoning, are they throwing caution to the wind, and saying "you choose"? ;) Cheers! Glen |
No, they'll put it in the back if you want. On a 427 car, with an iron block, aluminum heads, aluminum intake, and few other aluminum parts, it's better to have the battery up front. Even with my battery up front, I'm 48% weight up front and 52% weight on the rear, with me in the car.:cool:
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Having your battery in the trunk on either side is a dangerous situation because there is no protection for the battery especially next to the fuel container.....a simple accident could cause a major disaster.
And it doesn’t matter about your motor & transmission being mounted cause like Patrick said & I said on a US car....driver on the left side....the drivers weight goes on the Left Front, Left Rear, & Right Rear.....for those that don’t understand me....the Right Front will not get any significant weight...... Now placement of your battery is a weight you can move around to get balance where you want or need it....more to the rear will help rear weight but it needs to be encapsulated to prevent accidental damage.....in the passenger compartment it is protected by the cage or roll bar and side bar structure....which is much safer... Down under where you are just reverse everything I said.....but more importantly mount the battery in a battery box for protection, and the main disconnect has to be reachable by someone outside of the car....and marked with a decal......just saying.... |
Hi Morris. Thanks for the comments.
I understand what you’re saying, and yes, ideally, I would mount the battery in an encapsulated box in my trunk. That is what I was initially considering…. but had to reject the idea because of the unrealistic intrusion in the available trunk space. As I see it, the environment under the hood is somewhat challenging anyway for a battery, with extreme heat and the presence of a high pressure fuel system. In the trunk, there’s an absence of high temperatures. Yes, there’s fuel, but not under pressure. Both trunk and under hood areas are at risk in collision conditions. Cheers, Glen |
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Here’s mine, enclosed battery box right rear, the fuel cell protected in it’s own metal enclosure.
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Here’s where mine resides.
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I'm thinking of leaving the battery out ....and the engine and trans. out as well ....
Cheers! Fred Flintstone :rolleyes: |
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Well, you might as well do it right. There's no point putting it in the boot if you've already got a weight percentage back there greater than 50% -- even if you think it's easier to do it that way. That's kind of like the guy that loses a bolt out in the driveway one night but searches for it in the garage because the light is better inside.:cool:
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