So I needed to relocate my battery in order to get started on my turbo build up. I had to meet a few requirements, however.
-Most important was keeping a powerful battery due to my love of music and 800watts of JL amps in the trunk. So a small motorcycle battery was not an option here.
-Not much room in my trunk, because as stated, it's full of audio equipment.
-Could have put it in front of the motor on the cross beam, but I think it's ugly and big there (keeping stock sized battery, again not a tiny one that is not noticable)
-Wanted to mount the battery as low as possible to keep a low center of gravity.

So I was going to mount if on the passenger side behind the front bumper underneath the headlight. But it would have been VERY tight to almost impossible with the 3" IC piping.

I did a quick few measurements after getting my 750hp precision IC mounted up, and what do ya know, it looked like it was going to fit between the IC and the condenser.

I just used 1" square tube and the OEM battery tray and tie down method.

Now I realize in it's location it will be blocking some air flow to the radiator, and even worse with the IC in the way. But with the large sized OEM radiator, and with AEM the option to have the fans turn on sooner than the oem set temperature, I feel it will be fine. We shall see once I get everything up and running and start beating on it a lot :D :D


Enough talk, on to the pics.

The start of it, getting everything tacked up:


Bottom side:


All mounted up, looks OEM to me!


And it was done to make room for this :D

 

the structure looks good but isn't it a bit heavy.? maybe is just my impression.. anyway ill never have locate my battery in this place... is too much exposed in cause of an accident..

 

damn! looks good to me! i might have to do the same thing when i finish my kit...

only thing i'd suggest is making a box around it or at least on the sides so it doesnt side around or jump up/get wet/etc.. idk just what I'D do. looks good tho..

pics with fmic/crashbar mounted.

 

badass ! i like it!

 

Blocking the radiator? Hmm... don't know how I feel about it. The craftsmanship is good, though.

 

ive never worked on an s2k so im curious if there would be room BEHIND the wheel in one of the fenders?? anyone have a pic of one with the fender off?

 

actually there is.. its a popular spot to put the fusebox.. but seeing as some people are missing their fender liners, idk how i'd feel driving in the rain with my battery/fusebox in the fender.

its directly behind the wheel at the top of the fender

 

enough room for the fusebox yes, but i don't think the oem sized battery will fit there. and that's only if you remove the windshield washer fluid reservoir.....this is a street car, i need the windshield washer fluid.

 

thats kinda scary to me.. that thing is going to explode if you get in a wreck

 

more cushion for the pushin.. who cares tho? its not like its going to get on HIM.. it'l just crack and drip down.. thats why i suggested a battery box.. just fab a steel/aluminum sheet box around it to protect it also from the elements.

 

whats in the other sides fender? any room over there? and i know you said you need a big battery for your stereo but if you not blaring music with the car off and you have a good power cap or two (which you should if you like any bass) wont your alternator give you enough power that you can run a smaller battery.

if you do keep it in the front, which i wouldnt really worry about wrecking and the "acid" leaking or exploding because unless you wreck with your face right above the battery and get the acid in your eye its not really gonna damage or hurt anything else cuz the battery acid is not that corrosive. you might get a little extra corrosion on the posts (but they make sprays for that) and theres a slim chance of parasitic draw issues if you have dirt and water sitting on top of the battery. but i think my main concern with the way you have it mounted would be the weight of the battery and the thousands of bumps you drive over multiplying that weight. instead of having the tubes welded to the sides of each other i think it would be stronger if you mitered the ends and but welded the tubes end to end and then gusseted each corner on the front and back. or at the very least boxing the ends of the tubes should add a little more strength.

edit: and since you have the front of the car cut off right now i would add some sheet metal to the sides of the vertical tubes of the battery support bars (and maybe even the top and bottom) to kinda box in the area in front of the radiator. this will make sure all the air that comes in the front will be pushed through the rad and not open spaces around it, even with the battery blocking the direct flow. ive seen and plan on doing this my fmic

 

I am going to do that.. there was factory plastic which did that, but I cut it all away to make room for everything. once I have the piping figured out, I will seal the passage up with thin sheet aluminum and rivet it on or small screws. this way all the air is forced from the IC directly into the condenser and radiator.

I forgot the gauge of the steel, but it seems pretty sturdy to me, and I welded around all edges that touch eachother with a decent amount of amps, so it did penetrate the metal all the way.

thanks for the suggestions!

 

pics when ur done.. also, do you have a build thread?

 

no build thread....i might make one up when everything is closer to done...right not the car is in pieces and the manifold is 99% done...just have a little more welding to do on it. i need some flanges and 4" piping and i will fab up the exhaust...hoping to get that done this week.