2G Battery Relocation benefits?

[djalogik]

Can anybody tell me what the benefits of relocating the battery to trunk other than engine bay looks in a fwd are. I have an idea of actually cutting a hole in my trunk and then covering it with plastic to relieve weight in the back for max traction in the front... ????

 

[1gDSM4g63]

The whole idea of relocation the battery into the trunk it cleaning up your engine bay or creating more room for 3" inch IC piping and bigger throttle bodies. As for cutting a hole in the trunk on a FWD, that won't help at all. You'll have a real problem with the traction in the rear. Although putting more weight in the front will help the traction for launching, but it won't help it when you turn. You'll slide out.

 

[jrohner]

On a FWD you will probably lose a little bit of traction for accelerating. Moving the battery to the trunk helps handling by moving a little bit of weight back on these very front-end-heavy cars. The car will turn better. I can turn on clean tar and make my car slide sideways without even trying (just taking the corner fast).

It helps twice as much (weight wise), because you're actually transferring twice as much weight. If your battery weighs 30lbs, you are changing the weight distribution by 60lbs -- 30 off the front and adding 30 to the rear.

 

[IMANDREW18]

One of the main benifits of moving your battery to the trunk would be for handling. It's preferable to attempt to attain a 50/50 weight distribution so that all of the wheels share the load of getting a car around a corner as equally as possible. For drag racing, one strives to get as much weight as possible over the drive wheels to help traction. A car's heaviest end is often the opposite of what is ideal, such as a front-engine rear-drive car or a front-wheel drive car.

To try to improve the weight distribution, race car builders have resorted to things like setting the engine back to get more weight where it can do good. This is fine for the serious racer but out of the question for the average enthusiast. But what if you found out about a mod where you could get the same change in weight distribution as setting the engine back 5-10 inches that took very little time and money to do? You'd probably jump all over this, right?

You can get all of the benefits of setting the engine back by simply relocating the battery from the front of the engine compartment to the trunk. This simple mod can change the weight distribution of a car from 1 to 2 percent. This is a big difference that can easily be felt by the driver in terms of less understeer and/ or better traction.

 

[project_tsi]

Primarily the battery is moved to the rear to allow more engine room and to improve looks.

Weight distribution is true, but your not gaining much by moving a 40lb battery to your trunk, in reality your adding weight. A 15' run of 0 gauge battery cable isn't light.