Safe battery relocation w/ trunk located starter solenoid kit

[Volvo Heretic]

Here is a site that sells a battery in trunk relocation kit with a second trunk located starter solenoid to keep the starter wire NOT hot except when starting.

http://www.madelectrical.com/catalog/tm-1.shtml

Should make things much safer.

[NYrr496]

That's a great idea.

[barracuda]

i've been wondering about the battery and gas tank being in the trunk together. i have not gotten that far yet but i have this bad vision of starting my mopar and lighting it on fire or worse. i see alot of pro street cars like that. so can anyone tell me the hazzarads of this idea.      

[Crazy68Dart]

i've been wondering about the battery and gas tank being in the trunk together. i have not gotten that far yet but i have this bad vision of starting my mopar and lighting it on fire or worse. i see alot of pro street cars like that. so can anyone tell me the hazzarads of this idea.      

I agree, but you see it everywhere.  To be safe the battery should be in a sealed box and vented outside.  I would also hope that the cell was vented properly outside.  Still a little scary though.

[barracuda]

i don't want to put 10,000 or 12,000 in a car just to blow my a_ _ sky high. we are talking gas and spark after all. hopefully someone out there has experiance with this and can tell do you have to open the trunk for ten minutes before starting. i never worried about it untell a man was it my yard and said his car had a tank in the trunk and when he got in it all he could smell was gas. and with a 64 barracuda with a 360 an oversized radiator tranny cooler electric fans i'am about out of room.

[Volvo Heretic]

Here is a picture of how NOT to do it, but 30 years ago there were no kits available. Luckely, I have never been in a crash. Think of how much a 40# battery weighs when it trys to stop from 100 mph to 0 in a couple of seconds.

As long as it is in a sealed and properly vented box, and is held down with two 3/8" bolts that clamp down over the battery, it should be pretty safe.

[Ryan (Strange246)]

Here is a picture of how NOT to do it, but 30 years ago there were no kits available. Luckely, I have never been in a crash. Think of how much a 40# battery weighs when it trys to stop from 100 mph to 0 in a couple of seconds.

As long as it is in a sealed and properly vented box, and is held down with two 3/8" bolts that clamp down over the battery, it should be pretty safe.

Is that a beer keg for a gas tank?? If so that rocks

Ryan

[barracuda]

no that can't be   

[Volvo Heretic]

I guess the battery is missing so it's hard to see the riveted in plastic battery tray and vinyl tie down strap. Yes it is an aluminum 15 gallon beer keg. It only cost about $100 to have welded up including $5 for the keg at a flee market and was way cheaper than replacing the tiny 11 gallon gas tank that came in the car.

And I know you are wondering what I'm doing in a Mopar forum, but I have been researching putting late B-model spindles on my control arms to fix a welded up and redrilled bolt pattern change that came out .1" out of round.

[barracuda]

what kind of car is that anyway? i mean other than the party wagon.

[Volvo Heretic]

It's a '72 Volvo 1800e that had a 4cylinder engine that I stuffed a Volvo 6 cylinder into about 30 years ago. If I put the Mopar late B-spindles on the bolt on front suspension from another model Volvo, it will have room for a V8.

Next project is to find a good Jeep forum to join and see if I can find an '86 only Jeep CJ wide track Dana-44 rear axle that is 54.5" wide flange to flange.

Here it is on You Tube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKn-LTNa4rc

[Capt Jack]

neat car. looks like it'd be a blast to drive.


might have to ditch that keg though.   

[ky72dart]

It is coool!   but Drive it   just watch all the video! It looks like that thing could shake the dental work right out of your mouth!!! I love all different vehicles including this car but that video clip looks a lil shakey.     !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   keep up the work on that kool volvo!!!

[barracuda]

 new spindles a hod scoop and a hemi. and you'll be good to go.