battery box?

richie 2 · 10-08-2012, 09:26 AM

10 sec. super/pro car need an enclosed battery box? '96 camaro with the battery down in the spart tire compartment along with the fuel cell... there's a hinged cover closes that area in.

HR9121 · 10-08-2012, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by richie 2

10 sec. super/pro car need an enclosed battery box? '96 camaro with the battery down in the spart tire compartment along with the fuel cell... there's a hinged cover closes that area in.

If the cover you have qualifies thickness wise for a rear firewall you do not need a battery box but regulations state that the relocated batteries must be secured to the frame or frame structure so unless you have some type of cross member back there you may still be in the grey area.

Rob Petrie E395 · 10-08-2012, 10:21 AM

It just depends on who is teching the car. I almost did not get to race at the bracket finals a few years ago because all I had was the piece that wolf racecraft makes in the back. We had to make up some panels out of sheet alum for the sides before I could run.Their arugument was that the gas fumes could come around the side plastics and into the driver area. They also wanted a seperate ground strap on the fuel cell even though it is aluminum and mounted directly to the steel body. 95 firebird here.

richie 2 · 10-08-2012, 11:37 AM

thankyou...mind as well be safe and put in a box. never did in the old days...save being in a jam if teck did'nt like it open.

10-08-2012, 09:26 AM	#1
richie 2 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 935 Likes: 361 Liked 170 Times in 78 Posts	battery box? 10 sec. super/pro car need an enclosed battery box? '96 camaro with the battery down in the spart tire compartment along with the fuel cell... there's a hinged cover closes that area in.

10-08-2012, 10:21 AM	#3
Rob Petrie E395 VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Woodlawn IL Posts: 1,093 Likes: 162 Liked 220 Times in 79 Posts	Re: battery box? It just depends on who is teching the car. I almost did not get to race at the bracket finals a few years ago because all I had was the piece that wolf racecraft makes in the back. We had to make up some panels out of sheet alum for the sides before I could run.Their arugument was that the gas fumes could come around the side plastics and into the driver area. They also wanted a seperate ground strap on the fuel cell even though it is aluminum and mounted directly to the steel body. 95 firebird here.

10-08-2012, 11:37 AM	#4
richie 2 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 935 Likes: 361 Liked 170 Times in 78 Posts	Re: battery box? thankyou...mind as well be safe and put in a box. never did in the old days...save being in a jam if teck did'nt like it open.