How's your battery secured?

#1

I’m closing in on completion of the car :laugh: and I’m focusing more on some of the smaller details.

How do you guys have your batteries secured?

And do you have any pics.

Thanks

#2

I use a piece of small square tube across the top and looong bolts.

Carter

#3

I ran into this problem also. My stock battery tie-down bolts were missing when I bought the car and I wanted something much stronger for on track. I had my roll-bar builder fabricate a simple bar bolted in across the battery using two tabs welded to the inside of the trunk. Here are some pictures for reference:

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Removed from car:

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Tab welded in, where it bolts to:

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Tabs that extend down to keep battery from shifting back and forth:

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#4

if your battery slips a bit, it looks like it could get shorted out. I went the other way down the middle with mine. Put some heavy tape around your positive terminal and you should be good. You will need to do that to pass a tech inspection anyway.
cheers,
bruce

#5

ah good call. its pretty secure, but I’ll add some tape.

#6

I used a piece of flat steel from the metal bin at Lowes. I forgot what it’s called but has holes every inch or so.

I bolted it in a left-right orientation across the top of the battery caps. The left side goes to the edge just beside the battery. The right side I put a few bends in and ran it down underneath the battery tray. If you remove the plastic tray, the pedestal that the tray mounts to provides a solid mount for the right-side.

Keeps it away from the battery terminals and seems pretty stout.