Battery - location?

[Alfa02]

If I may add my $.03 here, and again just my opinion. I've spent most of my (Working) life on the road (Tanker Truck Driver) with over 2million miles on my Professional driving record, and quite a few miles (On the street) under my belt, in the sports cars I've owned. I can honestly say the number of accidents I've seen where the car had caught on fire in a rear ender, and the people were caught in car, is one, and I believe those people may have not survived the accident even if the car had not caught fire. If any of us were so worried about accidents, we sure as hell would have never picked Cobras to drive So I believe the odds are in our flavor. And again in racing this is a non issue, what with Fuel Cells, and Batteries well secured. If any of us were this worried about these thing's happening, most of us would never get back in (any) car. Cheers TommyRot.

[xb-60]

Originally Posted by Morris

...importantly mount the battery in a battery box for protection, and the main disconnect has to be reachable by someone outside of the car....

Now, it would be stupid to ask questions of the experts here on Club Cobra and not take the advice offered, yes?
So, thank you Morris, and other respondents whom I would regard as knowledgeable/experienced…I am attempting to find a suitable battery box to contain my battery.
It is still not at all possible to fit the battery anywhere under the hood, but it should now be safe in its own box in the trunk.
The installation will intrude significantly into my trunk space, but we don’t buy or build Cobras because of their large storage space anyway…

Cheers,
Glen

[Gaz64]

For when making a choice on construction, I believe the rear is safer.
How often is the rear involved in a head-on collision?

[t walgamuth]

Originally Posted by Gaz64

For when making a choice on construction, I believe the rear is safer.
How often is the rear involved in a head-on collision?

Good point.

[RUFdriver]

Originally Posted by patrickt

And why was that location chosen?

Multiple reasons, primarily access and maintenance . The battery is easily accessible thru the trunk or the wheel well, it’s a very convenient place to run the battery tender. The other option would be the forward bulkhead of the trunk ( ERA). Extra rear weight also aids traction, that’s why the 911 ( near 40/60 bias) has such an advantage on the track.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by RUFdriver

Multiple reasons, primarily access and maintenance.

That's reasonable. With my ERA I can not access the positive terminal of the battery without removing the front tire and access panel and pulling the battery out of the car. I might be able to fish my arm under the fender well and put my finger on the terminal... maybe... probably not. My positive cable has a knife disconnect switch on the firewall though and I actually prefer a knife switch -- it's really easy to tell when they're open and closed. That's where I attach my Battery Tender. Other than putting a BT on, my big ol' Interstate requires no maintenance whatsoever, but if you did have a battery that required maintenance, that might be a compelling reason in and of itself.