Quick responses - thank you; much appreciated
I've collected quite a lot of pictures of original 289s and also ERA cars (I did actually have an ERA FIA ordered a few years ago) …going through them, couldn’t find much info at all regarding battery locations. Hence my posted question. The only detail (pictures) I could find were installation of 6V Rebats behind the seats.
I had been intending to use a battery box, but from your suggestions and also from eye-balling possible locations on my car, that idea is kiboshed.
So, I did what I should have done in the first place, ie asked here, but also I made up a cardboard box ‘dummy’ battery, and did trial fits in the suggested places.
Under the hood is not feasible. On top of the footbox (passenger side) ….not enough vertical room. In front of the passenger footbox is out as well as the headers will use that space.
So, to the trunk/boot…and a couple of locations are possibilities.
Left or right side would be OK.
Right side of the trunk is more space efficient as it fills the space behind the fuel plumbing between the tank and the filler. Probably not a good idea with proximity to fuel….no?
Left side of the trunk is good.
Also quite good is the area behind the rear face of my fuel tank, but that puts the battery right at the rear of the car. Is that a bad idea?
Comments welcome
Cheers,
Glen
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