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 Battery Relocation / CAMS / Scrutineering
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| Spektor | |
All Motor Screamer Joined: Thu Jan 11 2007, 05:44PM Posts: 393 | I'm in the process of relocating my battery to the boot. I'm over-engineering the install as far as "street specification" go but I don't know what specs CAMS places on batteries. This is what I've done so far:
A 5mm thick aluminium plate is bolted in 8 places to the boot floor pan using 4mm high tensile bolts. On the plate are two 10mm high tensile bolts, which are used to hold the battery clamp, thus the battery in place. The battery is within a plastic battery box which is currently not sealed; I will be sealing it myself. I will also being adding a vent tube even though my battery is a dry cell. A 100A circuit breaker will be located on the box so the +ve lead is protected. All power cables will be 4gauge rated @ 120A continous.
The only possible problem I can see is if CAMS requires a metal battery box not a plastic one. Jai, as you were scrutineering last time, what's your take on this? Anyone else?
Glenn.
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| Jai |  Fri Feb 23 2007, 11:23AM | |
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| plastic is fine and actually better than metal as it is corrosion proof. as long as its a proper battery box and both the box and the battery are secure and cannot move then it is sufficient for CAMS
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| Spektor | | Fri Feb 23 2007, 11:26AM | |
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| Thanks Jai, that was quick....You should probably stop skiving off work to play with the computer 
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| Jai | | Fri Feb 23 2007, 01:06PM | |
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| your prolly right... hahaha
but the no limits page is hy home page when i open my browser at work... so i just go ... oh look a new POST....
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| James | | Fri Feb 23 2007, 02:52PM | |
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| look! it's Mr Sarti  long time....
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| Spektor | | Fri Feb 23 2007, 06:04PM | |
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| Well Well, Mr. Mandy, indeed it has been a VEERRY long time. And no pulsar SSS I see
You thinking of heading on down on thursday?
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| Jai | | Fri Feb 23 2007, 08:57PM | |
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| glenn i think you need to convince james to race his NEW car!!
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| Spektor | | Wed Apr 04 2007, 05:49PM | |
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| Minor update. The battery relocation I did passed scrutineering easily.
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| Jai | | Wed Apr 04 2007, 08:19PM | |
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| AWESOME. good to hear....
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| Spektor | | Wed Apr 04 2007, 08:26PM | |
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| You on drugs Jai? You're the one that scruitneered it
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| Jai | | Thu Apr 05 2007, 07:26AM | |
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| umm yes i am... hahaha sorry i thought you meant that you had been scruitineered by someone else for another event and it passed... hahaha 
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| anjin | | Thu Dec 11 2008, 10:33PM | |
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| What passes scrutineering varies, in my experience. I had a reloction to the rear held down by multiple 400kg straps which passed WASCC scutineering for Hill climbs and super sprints; but the kwinana Motoplex guys said not sufficient for drags, use metal tiedowns inside the battery box before I presented again.
So I have. Overdoing it is probably better in the end and an xx kg battery flying around the cabin is not good news.
Fior info, I did crash the car into a lightpost at about 50 kph and the box moved around a bit under the straps. Safe, but I do wonder what would ahppen at say 120kph at a barbagallo corner. I hope I don't get to report on the metal tiedowns under similar conditions.
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