KJ32

Would any of you go thur the trouble of relocating the battery in the right pass side of the trunk for more weight balance? I really feel the front is too heavy for carving curves.

ArN 2000 TL

i wouldn't go through all that trouble to save that small amount of weight...i know its 15lbs probbaly, but not enought to make a substantial difference right?

TopGum

I have thought about it. Not for weight, but if I get the CT supercharger. The blower sits right on the battery. Summit Racing has the necessary hardware.

NSXNEXT

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Why not just buy a lighter battery. I believe the Optima batteries are much lighter.

ChucksCL-S

KJ32 here's another way of looking at it. I've thought about this too but it does't pan out too well on paper. Our cars' weight is about 3500 wet for a decent round figure. The front half of our cars hold up 62% of the total weight or 2170lbs. Locating a 35 lb battery to the trunk makes it 2135 front and 1365 rear, up from 1330. But if you divide 2135 by 3500 you get 61%, only a 1% reduction. So I ended up not doing it because you'd also have to run at least one battery cable under the car (more weight too) and I couldn't find an easy access into the trunk. What I did do is turn the battery 90 degrees and relocated the tray so that the battery sits up against my AEM cold air pipe - this put it alittle closer to the front wheel axis and then I moved the white little coolant resevoir back more out in the open where I can now see the level at a glance. Guys with VW golfs and other small cars probably benifit more from moving batteries than us. Our cars are safe but alittle porky. Just my 02.