Re-routing battery to the boot

[Mustank]

Just changed car battery

 

died 1 year 4 months

 

changed to amaron 95ah at $180 in nam wah

 

nam wah told me that the heat from the diesel engine killed my old varta battery earlier as compared to petrol engine. he said that the lowlee chaps which battery is placed at the side and not near the engine compartment change battery 3-4 years.

 

i am thinking of re-routing the battery to the boot and use the savings from buying a new battery to fund the project

 

with a big space free up in the engine compartment, any ideas what can i do with the space?

 

 

possible options:

1) put loudhailer

2) put supercharger (i readly have turbo)

3) put another air filter

 

any other ideas? crazy ones are welcum

[Ithunk]

can be done...if u take a look at pasir gudang track cars...they are totally stripped....reinforced with a roll cage....and battery routed to drivers side...will post pics when there is time

 

and of course the single most important factor is the engine...

Edited December 29, 2009 by Ithunk

[Mustank]

thanks man.....but why the track cars want to re-route battery to cabin?

 

is it because they also realised that heat kills battery?

 

or it is they wanted to needed the space to put something extra in the engine compartment?

 

the nam wah guy told me that in SG, all teksi use amaron battery because these indian battery can tahan heat very well

 

but even then teksi 8 months battery die already

 

so it makes more economic sense for teksi to re-route battery to somewhere else. but teksi need the boot so i think they rather don want to do that

[Ithunk]

track cars are very light and very fast...it could be used as a counter balance

 

and the pasir gudang track is punishing on the tyres....i presume a normal road car can go for about 20 laps...40 laps and the tyres become slicks.....

 

anyway im not the pro here....u can ask the honda pros...becos i saw an eg with a battery routed to the back

 

going to pasir gudang was fun and its an experience....i would think one would be more worried of the vehicle being able to take the track and aggressive driving...

Edited December 29, 2009 by Ithunk

[Fcw75]

Find those heat resistant material and wrap your battery? The battery in my VW Caddy is wrapped up and so far it's been almost 2 and a half years.

[Creative_tec]

  On 12/29/2009 at 8:02 AM, Mustank said:

thanks man.....but why the track cars want to re-route battery to cabin?

 

is it because they also realised that heat kills battery?

 

or it is they wanted to needed the space to put something extra in the engine compartment?

 

the nam wah guy told me that in SG, all teksi use amaron battery because these indian battery can tahan heat very well

 

but even then teksi 8 months battery die already

 

so it makes more economic sense for teksi to re-route battery to somewhere else. but teksi need the boot so i think they rather don want to do that

 

reason why these track cars route their battery to cabin or boot is to free up the space in the engine bay. without the battery blocking there, its easier to narrow on the fault if there is any problem.

[Yeobh]

In the event of a short circuit /fire, the drive can activate the battery cut off switch

[Yeobh]

Wrapping can also cause heat to be trapped inside. The best is to have good ventilation

[York]

  On 12/29/2009 at 8:02 AM, Mustank said:

the nam wah guy told me that in SG, all teksi use amaron battery because these indian battery can tahan heat very well

 

but even then teksi 8 months battery die already

 

so it makes more economic sense for teksi to re-route battery to somewhere else. but teksi need the boot so i think they rather don want to do that

 

hmmm...cant compare tecksi....they 1 day clocked abt 600km(2 shifts)....take them to hit 20k/km a mth....which average motorist clocked abt 25k to 30k/km an yr....

moreover diesel engine need a more heavy duty battery to crank its diesel higher torque engine. Is quite common for battery of diesel engine to die in 12 to 16 mths.

[Bighappyjer]

battery to the rear in order to free up airflow in engine bay too..

[Zyrofillica]

eh install an internal towing winch inside your engine bay. then ur pigkarp can go offroading and wont get stucked cos you can carry out self rescue.

[Mustank]

does the caddy comes with the heat resistant wrapping? or you fix it yourself?

 

can show a picture or 2?

 

thanks man!

[Mustank]

i can't do that because the radiator, aircon radiator, and the rest of the radiator buddies all there....(blocking the steel cable from being drawn out from the winch)

[Zyrofillica]

what about a popcorn machine? go offroading need to have some fresh popcorn. its a god send! lol~

[Mustank]

acutally, i did something like this before

 

i placed some combat ration in the m113 engine compartment and it was ouch ouch hot at night

 

on the next day, there was not enough space in the engine compartment

[Fcw75]

  On 12/30/2009 at 12:57 AM, Mustank said:

does the caddy comes with the heat resistant wrapping? or you fix it yourself?

 

can show a picture or 2?

 

thanks man!

 

 

It comes with the heat resistant wrapping. Didn't do it myself.

 

Ok, I take a pick and show you later.

[Mustank]

thanks alot!

[Fcw75]

Sorry for late reply. Here is the pic bro.