jps
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| posted on 1/10/17 at 11:52 AM |
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[Poll!] Where have you put your battery?
So, in a 7 type car, where did it go?
I'm thinking of either the passenger footwell or the n/s boot floor on the basis the scuttle is rather high for such an amount of weight.
I'm leaning towards footwell as at least the weight stays between the 'axles' that way...
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 1/10/17 at 12:13 PM |
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Mine is on top of the metal plate in front of the scuttle, passenger side. Maybe it's a big, heavy object that's high compared with the
CofG - but I don't care as I don't drive this car competitively. It is a very convenient place to put it.
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mark chandler
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| posted on 1/10/17 at 12:59 PM |
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On the scuttle but it's only a little bike battery, when I reconfigure the car I expect it will move lower down, possible in the passenger
footwell, I am competitive.
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907
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| posted on 1/10/17 at 03:11 PM |
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In front of the scuttle passenger side.
My passenger normally weighs less than I do.
Come to think of it, everyone weighs less than I do. 
Paul G
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CosKev3
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| posted on 1/10/17 at 03:26 PM |
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Got mine similar to where Westfield put them,in front of engine behind radiator in a box.
One thing to check if you are going to put it in the passenger footwell is leg room for any potential passengers 
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ianhurley20
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| posted on 2/10/17 at 07:19 AM |
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Mine uses the MX5 wiring loom so I put the battery where Mazda do as that's where the wires go. It's mounted n/s of the diff behind the
seat bulkhead so is almost between the axles - I also used the battery that came with the MX5
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peter030371
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| posted on 2/10/17 at 07:35 AM |
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on top of the scuttle but then its a light weight Lithium pack  Also gives the shortest possible wire lengths, the longer the wire the thicker it
needs to be and the more it weighs 
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nick205
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| posted on 2/10/17 at 08:07 AM |
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On top of an Aluminium panel, in front of the scuttle.
I did consider putting it elsewhere (passenger foot well), but TBH it was so much easier to place it where it went I did that. It wasn't a
competition car! Access and wiring was simple and it worked fine for me.
Had it been a competition car I may well have gone for the passenger foot well:
More or less central fore to aft
Mass as low as possible
No long runs of high Amperage cables
Competition cars don't usually carry passengers
[Edited on 2/10/17 by nick205]
[Edited on 2/10/17 by nick205]
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coozer
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| posted on 2/10/17 at 01:50 PM |
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Passenger footwell for me just because I didnt want anything on the scuttle..
Redtop 25 running a 2l zetec.
[Edited on 2/10/17 by coozer]
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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furryeggs
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| posted on 2/10/17 at 03:35 PM |
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I've got it on behind the engine centrally on the scuttle
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mistergrumpy
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| posted on 2/10/17 at 06:51 PM |
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Mines a small bike battery. I have it just a little behind but centrally under the steering rack. I wanted a clean look to the scuttle shelf and the
wiring just kind of dictated the position too.
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BenB
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| posted on 2/10/17 at 09:25 PM |
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I just used a lithium battery. Weights pretty much nothing so I'm not really worried about where the weight is.
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jps
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| posted on 3/10/17 at 08:46 AM |
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Really interesting range of responses - wish i'd put "Somewhere else - please say where" as 9 people have ended up with their
battery 'elsewhere' - but some of these locations will remain a mystery / closely guarded secret :-D
Thanks to everyone who has voted :-D
[Edited on 3/10/17 by jps]
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ste
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| posted on 3/10/17 at 05:38 PM |
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Westfield put the battery on the S2000 engine cars under the steering rack
 
Description
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