Battery Relocation

[Simon T.]

How many times has this been brought up to change rules to allow the battery to be relocated?

I did a search on here and saw a few threads mentioning it, but why is it still illegal?

I don't see a real performance advantage but the battery being out of the engine bay usually makes for a much cleaner bay to work in, more room, etc.

I did see things of safety but IMO it's racing, there is a way to make a rule to be sure it's safe.

How would I push for this rule change?

[StephenB]

Honestly I don't see any major performance advantage AND I don't see any other real advantage. Keep it simple, keep it as close to stock as we can, and most importantly lets kept it IT.

So I vote no sorry bud
Stephen

[Streetwise guy]

In general, the batterys I've seen relocated are death on a cable. The two 5/16 bolts run through the 24ga floor pan behind the drivers seat don't seem quite sturdy enough for me. Let it get squashed by the wall. Its a long way away from me, and I like it that way.

[joeg]

I prefer keeping things "OEM".

I do run a lighter battery, but all of the solenoids, fusible links, etc. are in place and utilized.

I do not try to out smart the factory engineers and believe that batteries are normally placed where they are for good reasons.

[Andy Bettencourt]

I do run a lighter battery...

'Similar' in weight to OEM, right?

[Russ Myers]

Factory engineers put it there because it fits and its out of the way.

Russ

[Z3_GoCar]

How many times has this been brought up to change rules to allow the battery to be relocated?

I did a search on here and saw a few threads mentioning it, but why is it still illegal?

I don't see a real performance advantage but the battery being out of the engine bay usually makes for a much cleaner bay to work in, more room, etc.

I did see things of safety but IMO it's racing, there is a way to make a rule to be sure it's safe.

How would I push for this rule change?

It's not Illegal to relocate the battery IF the car had the battery in different locations from the factory. Sounds like a choose your horse kind of deal. In it's three years of production the four cylinder Z3 started out with a battery under the hood, and finished with it in the trunk. There's one car that's allowed to switch battery locations, and I'm sure there are more.

[Gary L]

In it's three years of production the four cylinder Z3 started out with a battery under the hood, and finished with it in the trunk.

Yup... that relocation happened right after BMW took a closer look at the Miata.