because racecar

NGCnoproblem · Post by **NGCnoproblem** » Thu Jan 10, 2013 2:24 am

Forget putting the battery in the back lol

Don't worry its not just floating there

This knot was just to keep the extra from hanging down

Cables ran

I think the wires look pretty clean myself

Thanks for the idea Eric

dvon17 · Post by **dvon17** » Thu Jan 10, 2013 2:54 am

just find a cleaner way to hold it still and that'll be A-1!

NGCnoproblem · Post by **NGCnoproblem** » Thu Jan 10, 2013 9:47 am

I could care less cus no one will ever see it haha

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Thu Jan 10, 2013 12:39 pm

Is that... a permanent solution?

NGCnoproblem · Post by **NGCnoproblem** » Thu Jan 10, 2013 3:55 pm

i will replace tow strap with something fancier eventually. just trying to get this thing done. quite honestly i think it would work the way it is indefinitely

r/tguy02 · Post by **r/tguy02** » Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:00 pm

Pretty sure that wouldn't pass inspection...or at least I wouldn't pass it

NGCnoproblem · Post by **NGCnoproblem** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:09 am

Inspection from who? Lol.

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:21 am

Interesting location! Gotta keep those wheels planted. More weight in the front is good on any high power FWD car. Race car indeed, I like it!

Post by **racer12306** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 7:13 am

Location: Because Racecar

Method: Because Redneck

dvon17 · Post by **dvon17** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 7:42 am

Hudson_Neon · Post by **Hudson_Neon** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:34 pm

inspection at a track for sure

NGCnoproblem · Post by **NGCnoproblem** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:36 pm

racer12306 wrote:Location: Because Racecar

Method: Because Redneck

Lol method: because I'm in a hurry for boost and am good at working with wat I got

Post by **Canada** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 10:43 pm

Autostoned sells a universal battery tiedown metal bracket... Please for the safety or yourself and others, spend the $10 and install it.

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 10:54 pm

I feel like that should be posted here...

http://failblog.cheezburger.com/thereifixedit

NGCnoproblem · Post by **NGCnoproblem** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:04 pm

I want someone to explain to my how a tow strap tie down used to hold down much heavier items, can't hold a light battery. Ill eventually get a different strap but honestly I'm not worried about it

Post by **occasional demons** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:29 pm

It will work fine for short term, but once battery acid and the elements start working on it, your battery might become an ineffective wheel chock.

I would invest in a metal battery relocation tray in the near future.

mopar2 · Post by **mopar2** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:41 pm

The one thing I've come to learn with tow straps and tie downs over the years is they are smooth and vibrations from driving, hitting bumps, etc etc could cause the battery to move up and come off that lil piece of angle iron and drop down on to the road. I realize you wanna get on the road and all but what would a simple small piece of angle iron placed on the front upper edge of the battery with some J bolts take to install? Very little time. Another thing that bothers me is the battery has no tray under it. All it would take is a piece of road debris, car debris, etc etc to come up and strike that battery and cause it to come out or even worse puncture the battery causing acid to spill out. I would just contact Never Dead Racing on neons.org and get one of his trays for $55. Simple clean install!

NGCnoproblem · Post by **NGCnoproblem** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:12 am

Well it won't b there for years lol. And I could understand a puncture, maybe. But if somethin like that makes it up the i would worry it would puncture much worse things. Also the battery can't lift cus the the lip on the bottom is pinned under the bolts. Kind of like how its secured originally. And the angle iron is like 2 inches wide. It aint moving that far to fall off.

I guess time will tell haha

ragek23 · Post by **ragek23** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:24 am

hmm. I really think id rather a light weight battery over this mod. It just doesnt' look clean or safe even if its bringing weight to a lower center of gravity. I know its more than my 2 cents but id got with the odesssy or one of those new lithuim (5lb) batteries over this.

NGCnoproblem · Post by **NGCnoproblem** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:46 am

Eventually I want to do the same

slaw · Post by **slaw** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 8:39 am

that is going to suck when you have a dead battery, or need to jump someone, and need to pull the front bumper

mopar2 · Post by **mopar2** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 9:50 am

slaw wrote:that is going to suck when you have a dead battery, or need to jump someone, and need to pull the front bumper

There's a way to cure that problem. A person could easily go to a junkyard and pick up LH body jumper points. They would be on any LH, Intrepid, 300, Concorde. Or a person could make their own. Even cloud cars should have them as their battery was in the fender too.

INVUJerry · Post by **INVUJerry** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 10:04 am

Put the ground on the frame somewhere and the power on the fuse box bolt, done.

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 10:30 am

What I want to know is, what gauge cables are you using? They look awfully puny.

NGCnoproblem · Post by **NGCnoproblem** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 10:30 am

^^ that's wat I did. Also I still have the original clamps up top that I wrapped with tape. Just untape em and hook up jumpers. Easy

Dante- its 8 gauge which is wat my oem cables are. I only extended the wires about a foot or foot and a half

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 10:34 am

Got ya. For some reason they looked smaller

Post by **racer12306** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 9:31 pm

Danteneon wrote:Got ya. For some reason they looked smaller

I was wondering that too. I thought it was #10.

Hudson_Neon · Post by **Hudson_Neon** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 10:31 pm

they probably look smaller cause the terminals are way bigger