87 hatch

I want to make space in my engine compartment and i want to relocate the battery to the "trunk" of my hatchback and i know there are kits out there but, the kits say " trunk" not "trunk or hatch".

anyone know???

primetime5.0

ask dbeck he just did one

roundman

all depends on whether or not you intend to take the car to a drag strip and run it there as they have rules about relocated batteries that require them to be mounted in a sealed, approved battery box vented to the outside of the passenger compartment if the battery is not mounted in a true trunk which is separated from the passenger compartment by a firewall. they also require a master shutoff switch be installed on the rear of the car whenever the battery is moved to the rear.
if you don't plan on going to a strip, then you could move it without the approved box but I would still get some type of box to put it in to keep the acid and fumes sealed off from the rest of the car.

87 hatch

souds to complicated and potentially dangerous. this is just going to be my stop light racer so i guess ill just leave it up front.

thanks...

Dbeck002

do what roundman said, i just did a relocation and it was a headache.