Sup guys,

I want to relocate my battery to my trunk but i dont know much about running the wires... or how, any one have intall info and a kit that includes all the wires and things i need.

 

i wanted to do that too... but i heard that if you do that you have to have a kill switch outside your car... but im not positive.

 

also someone mentioned something about the battery giving off gasses? which in a hatch might be a problem, anyone know anything else about that?

 

I dont have any info at all, but I can tell you this...you do NOT need a kill switch for your car. I have my battery in my trunk, and there is no kill switch at all.

 

if you relocate your battery, you need a switch for SCCA or any racing organization to approve it, its a safety thing so they can shut it off if there is a fire. goes for front batteries too, you're supposed to have a switch to race.

and if you have a dry cell, no gases. if you use a wet battery, it can leak, so you buy a battery box, which is sealed, and has a venting port that runs outside the car.

check me on the SCCA thing, but I'm pretty sure thats right...

 

Summit Racing equipment sells a kit...

http://store.summitracing.com/partde...t=SUM%2DG1200A

 

Thanx alot fellas, i do know that you only need the kill switch if you have plan on doing some sort of racing. Ill try and post some pictures with an install

 

i race solo 2 and i havent ever heard of a kill switch.

 

NHRA, SCCA, CNN, WTC, QWRG, WREGSDVF34, 243RWECW, LOL require a kill switch, just because of fire emergencies.

 

I guess I wont be running SCCA soon, if I do my car wont be a daily driver anymore

 

yeah all the drag cars at the track have the big ON/OFF switches at the back

 

isn't Solo 2 Sanctioned by the SCCA?... they seem to follow the guidelines, and I've never heard of a switch for Solo 2 either.

 

I dont know much about Solo 2... maybe cause its more of a weekend racer thing, they dont require everything?

 

The optima red top is "dry" and its not a bad price

 

If you are going to relocate your battery get a gel type like Optima's....it's not worth the risk putting a gaseous acid filled battery in a car's cabin.