Pre cat battery to the engine bay?

[Barreti]

With all this talk of moving batteries to give the passenger more legroom, has anybody with a precat thought of, or actually done, a move of the battery to the engine bay?

Seems to me we have space, but I know heat is a battery killer. But we now have some great heat insulation stuff so it got me to wondering...

Edited by Barreti on Wednesday 22 April 16:37

[clive f]

looks like your the guinea pig mate


come on get cracking

[V8 GRF]

Where were you thinking of putting it?

The only space I could see that would be big enough is behind the radiator and infront of teh 'Y' peice and that would be wrong for so many reasons I could think of, not least the heat you've mentioned but spoiling the airflow through the rad and blocking the air circulating round the engine.

[Barreti]

Well thats the spot I was thinking of V8 GRF.

Would a battery of the size we've got really spoil the airflow that much?
And in a battery box covered in the heat protection material we have to protect the battery would that protect it? Seems to do a good enough job on the inner wings.

Thought I'd just provoke some thought but it doesn't seem to have ignited anyones imagination.

.... yet

[RichB]

Also doesn't seem too clever from a balance point if view to move a heavy lump from low down in the centre of the car to higher up over the front axle line?

[GunShot (Wound)]

Theres a company I've used for heat resistant material called Agriemach.

Pretty sure I've seen in a catalogue of theirs some heat shield designed to wrap batteries and mops up any leaking acid, should there be any.

HTH.

Gunshot.