Battery relocation and rear seat delete. Worth it?

FoMoCo · 10-10-2005, 01:46 AM

Is this worth the effort. What's your opinion.

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ZachW04Stang · 10-10-2005, 01:50 AM

Is the battery in the way of something you need to stick in the engine bay?

I don't think you will loose more than 30-40 pounds removing the rear seats in a hatch.

Quik · 10-10-2005, 01:56 AM

battery in rear is very benefical for several reasons

one is weight off nose
two is weight over tire

rear seat gone is worth it if you want a lighter car, that along with many other things help out for drag racing

if you knew the extent i went thru to lighten my car and i still finding things to ditch. every little pound adds up. next thing to go is the cruise control module and the brake booster

dc_mann8 · 10-10-2005, 03:38 AM

battery definetly helps!! any weight off the nose does wonders.. and if u can put it on the rear instead of front.. do it!

silver91gt · 10-12-2005, 02:10 AM

when I did my battery the only difference was my 100ft times decreased by mabye 1 or 2 tenths of a second.
I had my backseat out since I bought my car. that was the first mod I did.

Quik · 10-12-2005, 08:44 AM

2 tenths off ET is a very nice improvement doesnt matter if its for 60' or 1320. 2 tenths is a nice gain for something so simple

JD1969 · 10-12-2005, 01:08 PM

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ORIGINAL: silver91gt

when I did my battery the only difference was my 100ft times decreased by mabye 1 or 2 tenths of a second.
I had my backseat out since I bought my car. that was the first mod I did.

Only 1 or 2 tenths I would kill for 2 thenths right now. If you do relocate the battery make sure you get an NHRA approved box, other wise they will fail you at tech, unless you build a sealed off compartment. I think Moroso makes a nice affordible box.

blown93gt · 10-12-2005, 01:43 PM

I put my battery in the back. It not only helps to take weight of the front but it gets you better weight distribution. As for the rear seat delete, I was going to do it but I now have a daughter so I need it to be able to take her for rides. Besides, deleting the rear seat doesn't help too much.

tinman · 10-12-2005, 01:57 PM

You'll move about 1.5% of the wieght to the rear. This is good due to a stock 5.0 car being about 56% on the front.....

FReEK · 10-12-2005, 04:16 PM

Where can I get a rear seat delete kit for a hatch back?