Who makes a complete battery relocation kit, wiring and all for the camaro?

 

summit or jegs have some i think

i also thing BMR makes one

 

I was looking at the bmr kit but you cant use a wet battery with it. Saw the taylor and summit ones and they look doable. I was thinking of mounting it where the spare tire resides so I could still have space for a bottle in the future.

 

The notation on the BMR kit about "dry use only" has nothing to do with a wet battery not fitting it as much as it is a safety hazard. Wet batteries like to explode acid all over the place if they're punctured at high velocity. If you should ever happen to get rear-ended or t-boned in the rear passenger's side, there's a good chance that if you've got a wet battery mounted in that location you'll have an interior (and possibly passengers) doused in battery acid. This is why fully enclosed battery boxes are mandated in Pro Stock racing.

This is totally at your own risk, I mean I'm not trying to tell you how to build your car, but no matter which of those kits you end up going with it would be to your advantage to upgrade to a dry cell battery for safety's sake.

 

Is there a big diff between wet and dry batteries besides safety?

 

In a word: longevity. As an example, typical wet cell batteries need to be cycled at least once every 1-2 months to keep their charge, whereas a battery like an Optima Redtop can start a car that's sat for upwards of a year. In addition to holding a charge longer, dry cells can hold more juice. It's nothing for me to turn my key to the accessory position and listen to the stereo for 3 hours on a Sunday afternoon while I'm detailing my car, and have the car start right up after I'm done with it. Also, I've NEVER had a problem starting the car in cold weather with a Redtop.

 

With that said the choice is easy. Ill go with the dry batt. Does the bmr kit come with the wiring and everything needed to do the conversion?

 

Mine didn't, but then again the BMR bracket is tailor made for our cars and I was worried about fitment issues with a "universal kit" so it wasn't a problem for me to buy a separate wiring kit. I got the wiring kit from Jeg's:

http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/store...0367&langId=-1

 

A little pricy but seems to be well worth it. How where the results for you?

 

Keep in mind that it's mandatory to have an accesible kill switch at the rear of the car.

 

I think flaming river makes a kill switch I was looking at. Starts to add up in the end and it still wont be within nhra specs using the bmr kit.

 

Snug as a bug in a rug:


In fact, the bracket fits down in the frame SO well, it's in there solidly enough that I can grab the top of the battery and wiggle it and wiggle the whole back end of the car.

Were you planning on racing it in a sanctioned class?

 

I dont plan on racing in any classes. Boy that does look good in that pic

 

How is a kill switch installed? Do you have to drill the rear body panel to install it? Thanks in advance for the info.

 

Im 99% sure you do.