Need help on mounting battery so IVA friendly....
 

Hi all. I have got a nice small battery now that's perfect for what I need it to do. I want to try and mount it into the passengers foot well but need to make sure its IVA friendly. I don't want to drill/rivet through the floor but can weld tabs on if needed but could really do with some ideas on the best way to mount it so its good for the IVA test and also not going to get knocked around too much my passengers.

I've been looking at that as well today with the lecturer that is doing all of my electricery, and we have decided up to now that it is going in the back end of the car, but that's not a fixed idea yet.

Arfon

So let me get this correct in my own mind so I don't get this confused. You are considering putting the main thing that creates 300+ cranking amps of 12v power in the same compartment as the item that holds and freely vents petrol vapour....carry on son.

Four pieces of angle to hold it in place and strap over the top to secure, foot rest in front of it to stop passenger pushing over or make foot rest the battery holder,dont forget nice thick grommets over cables and mark earth cable,also cover terminals.

As for placing battery in boot,the cable would cost more than the car to buy,look at BMW bat cables about, 13 mm thick to counter volt drop over the distance of the cable

Its a good job I kept my one out of my donor then to keep that option open :D

Phil, when you are my age or older then you can call me son, have you never thought of boxing in the area above the diff and mounting it in there, and have you never looked in the rear of a 3 series BMW that just happens to have the battery in the boot.
Hay man keep grounding out that workshop of yours, in my humble opinion, that's about the best thing you will ever manage to complete successfully

kindest regards

Arfon

Very acidic comment given the battery content of this post.....:p

That is me being reserved, anyone that knows me would tell that is pretty mild.

Arfon

if thebattery is in the footwell i think it needs to be in a battery box. i am putting mine in the back left hand corner of the chassis. same as where it fitted in a mx5

Would be sensible to do so in my humble opinion,these days batterys dont seem to leak acid like they used to due to new things in use to produce eletrickery

Original mini had the battery in the boot too. And the fuel tank. I was considering putting mine in the back left corner when I get that far with it...

Exactly.

Arfon,44 years motor trade what do I know :rolleyes:

I just have one last question for Phil, with all of the advice you give out to everyone, all of your greater than thou opinions that you have, how many roadsters have you built from start to finish, you know completed on your own and through Iva

Arfon

As long as it's in a separate box and that box is vented away from the fuel tank.

Battery is secured correctly and the cables are run in a sensible route (plus big enough)

There shouldn't be an issue.

I put a gel battery in the passenger foot well bit easier for cable running.

Hell fire Ben, I thought I got up early in the morning :)

yeah even beats me up at around 5 each morning at least I now know there are stranger folks than me lol

The answer .None:

It would take two things to cause a problem with battery and fuel in the rear of the car, accumulation of fumes from fuel tank and a dickhead that would leave something loose/near some thing to spark to ignite said vapour.
Iva fail I believe to seal rear compartment if it contains fuel tank.

I was up at 3.45 ... I got to work at 5 ;-)

Why would Ben beat Gary up at 5 in the morning ?:confused: :p

I was up at 3AM, start work at 8:45...


Perils of being on call and automated allerting of system failuers that are not realy a failure... Back to bed at 3:30, back to sleep at 5:30, up at 6:50... :rolleyes:

BAck on topic though.

Can you not bolt through the trans tunnel.

TT